Los Archipelago

Alkalic igneous rare-earth element, 1 of 1 in Guinea country (in Africa)

Deposit type: Alkalic igneous

REE minerals: eudidymite, rosenbuschite, pyrochlore, astrophyllite, rinkite

Ore minerals: fluorite, galena, catapleiite, villiaumite, stacyite, kupletskite, zirconium, wöhlerite

Gangue minerals: arfvedsonite, aegirine, astrophyllite, nepheline, pyrophanite, sodalite, analcime, lavenite, serandite

Host rock types: peralkaline nepheline syenite

Average grade:

Status: Occurrence

Company:

Resource estimates:

Islands extensively covered by bauxite.

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org

2. http://energy.gov/maps/estimated-rare-earth-reserves-and-deposits

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

4. http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show.php?labno=218

5. http://country-in-africa.ru/jekvatorialnaja-gvineja.php