Kpong area

Alkalic igneous rare-earth element, in Ghana country (in Africa)

Deposit type: Alkalic igneous

REE minerals: monazite, allanite

Ore minerals: titanite, apatite, zircon, fluorite

Gangue minerals: calcite, biotite, nepheline, cancrinite, garnet

Host rock types: alkaline gneiss

Average grade:

Status: Occurrence

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Resource estimates:

This deposit variously described as a carbonatite, a metasomatic introduction of calcite into a mylonite, and as altered alkaline volcanic rocks.

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org

2. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1cmK2rTG-Mrv0AukA6JAxONVFuzc

3. http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show.php?labno=209

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana