Prado area

Prado area

Placer, shoreline rare earth element deposit in Bahia, Brazil

Deposit type: Placer, shoreline

REE minerals: monazite, xenotime, allanite

Ore minerals: ilmenite, zircon, spinel, garnet, thorite

Gangue minerals: quartz, staurolite, kyanite

Host rock types: beach sand

Average grade: 19.98% REO

Status: Past byproduct producer, Current?

Company: Nuclebras de Monazita e Associados Ltda. (1989)

Resource estimates: Measured reserves-- 4564 t mon grading 19.98% REO

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