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

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