Rio Tercero

Rio Tercero (Cardoba) Argentina

Deposit type: Placer, fluvial, alluvial

Principal minerals: Monazite

Ore minerals:

Host rock types: fluvial sand

Average grade: 0.0173 % monazite containing 60 % REO and 3.8% ThO2 (thorium)

Status Occurrence

Resource estimates 31.7Mt @ 0.0173% mon

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org

2. https://books.google.cl/books?id=jPskAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA4-PA13&lpg=RA4-PA13&dq=Green+Cove+Springs+Mine+monazite&source=bl&ots=8xH_PV9MoG&sig=MkXPfqzQ6OM4zmU2OWc-eHL2-GQ&hl=ru&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6-bG1mfbMAhUDE5AKHYGfCWsQ6AEIKDAD#v=onepage&q&f=false

3. http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show-ree.php?rec_id=669