Placer deposits of ores containing REE

PLASER, MARINE

North America

USA

  • Green Cove Springs (Florida)

  • Maxville (Florida)

  • Trail Ridge (Highland Trail Ridge, Starke Trail Ridge) (Florida)

  • Brunswick-Altamaha (Georgia)

  • Cumberland Island (Georgia)

  • Hilton Head Island (South Carolina)

  • Natchez Trace deposit (Tennessee)

  • North Camden (Kerr-McGee deposit) (Tennessee)

  • Old Hickory (Stony Creek) (Virginia)

  • Kerr-McGee deposit

Greenland

  • Milne Land

South America

Brazil

  • Alcobaça (Bahia)

  • Cumuruxatiba (Curumuxatiba, Comoxatiba) (Bahia)

  • Porto Seguro District (Bahia)

  • Prado area (Bahia)

  • Vitoria District (Bahia, Espirito Santo)

  • Anchieta (Espirito Santo)

  • Aracruz (Espirito Santo)

  • Guarapari (Espirito Santo)

  • Itapemirim (Boa Vista, Siri) (Espirito Santo)

  • Sao Mateus (Espirito Santo)

  • Serra (Jacareipe) (Espirito Santo)

  • Buena (Buena Norte, Buena Sul) (Rio de Janeiro)

  • Sao Joao de Barra (Rio de Janeiro)

  • Se Petiba (Rio de Janeiro)

  • Camaratuba (Rio Grande do Norte)

  • Brejo Grande - Pacatuba (Sergipe)

Uruguay

  • Aguas Dulces (Rocha)

Asia

Bangladesh

  • Fakiraghona (Moheshkhali Island)

  • Inani

  • Matarbari Island (Matarbari Island)

  • Teknaf

China

  • Dianbai (Guangdong)

  • Haikang (Guangdong)

  • Nanshanhai (Guangdong)

  • Yangjiang (Nanshanhai) (Guangdong)

  • Zhanjiang district (Guangdong)

  • Sai-Lao (Quoinghi) (Guangdong/Hainan Island)

  • Wuzhaung (Baoding) (Guangdong/Hainan Island)

  • Beihei District (Guangxi)

India

  • Alwaya (Alwaye) (Kerala)

  • Trivandrum (Kerala)

  • Chavara (Quilon)- KMML (Kerala/ Kollam)

  • Chatrapur (Chartrapur, Orissa Sands Complex/OSCOM) (Orissa)

  • Puri (Orissa/ Puri)

  • Manavalakuruchi (Tamilnadu/ Kanyakumari)

  • Coleroon - Sirkazhi (Tamilnadu/ Thanjavur)

  • Chilka Lake (Orissa)?

Indonesia

  • Belitung (Billiton) (Banka-Belitung Island)

  • Banka Island (Bangka) (Pulau Banka (Banka Island))

  • Kembajan (Kalimantan (West))

  • Banda Aceh (Sumatra)

  • Bukit Duabelas (Sumatra (East))

  • Singkep (Sumatra- Singkep Island (Pulau Singkep))

Myanmar

  • Bilugyun and Kyaikkami Beach

Philippines

South Korea

Sri Lanka

  • Balangoda

  • Beruwala

  • Kaikawela

  • Kalutara

  • Kokkilai

  • Matara

  • Mullaittivu

  • Nayaru

  • Nuwara Eliya

  • Polkotuwa

  • Pudavakattu

  • Pulmoddai

  • Teldeniya

  • Tirrukkovil (Tirukkovil)

Taiwan

  • Foulun

  • Haifengtao

  • Haishanchow

  • Tungshanchow

Thailand

Vietnam

  • Mi Tho (Binh Dinh)

  • Cat Khanh (Binh Dinh or Nghia Binh?)

  • Ham Tan (Binh Thuan)

  • Cam Hoa (Ha Tinh)

  • Cam Nhuong (Ha Tinh)

  • Ky Khang (Ha Tinh)

  • Ky Ninh (Ha Tinh)

  • Ke Sung (Thua Thien-Hu)

  • Quang Ngan (Thua Thien-Hu)

  • Vinh Mi (Vinh My) (Thua Thien-Hu)

  • Huong Dien

  • Long Hai

  • Vinh Cam Ranh

Australia and Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

  • Barrytown (South Island/Westland)

  • Coromandel Peninsula (North Island)

  • Westport (inclueds Nine Mile Beach, Carters Beach) (South Island)

Europe

Romania

Africa

Egypt

  • Nile Delta/Rosetta

Liberia

Madagascar

  • Fort Dauphine

  • Pebane district

  • Tolagnaro

  • Vohibarika area

Mozambique

  • Moebase (Moebane) (Zambezia)

  • Quelemane (Zambezia)

  • Congolone (Moma-Congolone, Ancoche) (Nampula)

  • Moguiquel (Nampula)

Namibia

  • Toscanini

South Africa

  • Richards Bay (Natal)

PLASER, FLUVIAL

North America

USA

  • Bear Valley (Idaho/Valley County)

    • Big Creek (Idaho/Valley County)

    • Gold Fork-Little Valley (Idaho/Valley County)

  • Chamberlin District (Idaho)

    • Pearsol Creek (Idaho)

  • Ramey Meadows (Idaho)

  • Horse Creek (Aiken County) (South Carolina)

  • Oak Grove (Tennessee)

  • Silica Mine (Tennessee)

  • Bald Mountain (Wyoming/Albany County)

  • El Dorado Creek area (Alaska)

  • McGrath (Alaska)

  • Port Clarence (Alaska)

  • Ruby Meadows (Alaska)

  • Tolovana (Alaska)

South America

Argentina

Brazil

  • Pitinga (Amazonas)

  • Careacu (Minas Gerais)

  • Sao Gonçalo do Sapucai area (Minas Gerais)

  • Mataraca (Paraiba)

Uruguay

  • Atlantida

Asia

China

  • Guangdong (Guangdong)

  • Dianbai (Guangdong)

    • Zhanjiang (Guangdong)

  • Beihei District (Guangxi)

  • Qinzhou (Qinxian) (Guangxi)

  • Xun Jiang (Guangxi)

  • Yueyang (Hunan)

India

  • Ranchi-Purulia (Bihar)

  • Visakhapatnam (Andra Pradesh)

  • Gaya (Bihar/ Gaya)

Malaysia

Myanmar

  • Mong Kung (Northern Shan)

  • Sakagyi (Sagaing)

  • Wan Hapalam (Shan)

  • Mogok (Shan/Sagaing)

  • Heinze Basin (Thanintharyi)

  • Kanbauk (Thanintharyi)

  • Kyan Chaung (Thanintharyi)

South Korea

  • Kwangsangun

  • Namdaecheon River (Muju area)

  • Soun-Miyang

  • Yongsanpo

Europe

France

  • Châteauneuf-du-Faou (Brittany)

  • Châteaubriand (Brittany)

  • Corlay (Brittany)

  • Le Grand-Fougeray (Brittany)

  • Le Vigan (Cévennes)

  • Montagne Noire

Russia

  • Ilmenskoe (Ural)

Spain

  • Rambla de las Granatillas

Africa

Mauritania

    • Sanbagoma (Placer, uncertain origin)

Nigeria

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

June, 2016

nataliapetrovsky@gmail.com