Rodeo de los Molles
Deposit type: Magmatic, Hydrothermal alteration and REE-Th mineralization
Principal minerals: bastnasite, britholite (a rare earth silicon phosphate), and allanite.
Average grade: 2.0 to 2.5% rare earth content
A rare earth–uranium–thorium deposit is located in San Luis Province, Argentina. The project known as “Rodeo de los Molles” is located about 300 km southwest of Cordoba and 200 km northeast of San Luis.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org
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
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/001670379090362O
http://www.wealthminerals.com/wealth-acquires-6000-hectares-of-ground-surrounding-its-rodeo-de-los-molles-rare-earth-deposit-san-luis-province-argentina/
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00310751#page-1
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@ Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya
June, 2016
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