A discovery of extremely REE-rich kimberlites: A possible new type of REE-deposit

Qi Hou; Xiaoyong Yang; Jun Tang; Yisu Ren; Qizhong Zhou; Jianbin Shi

Solid Earth Sciences (Dec 2021)

A discovery of extremely REE-rich kimberlites: A possible new type of REE-deposit

Qi Hou,
Xiaoyong Yang,
Jun Tang,
Yisu Ren,
Qizhong Zhou,
Jianbin Shi

Affiliations

Qi Hou: CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Hefei, 230026, China
Xiaoyong Yang: CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Hefei, 230026, China; Corresponding author. CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.
Jun Tang: CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Hefei, 230026, China; Corresponding author. CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.
Yisu Ren: CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Hefei, 230026, China
Qizhong Zhou: No.5 Geological Party, Jiangsu Geology and Mineral Bureau, Xuzhou, 221004, China
Jianbin Shi: No.5 Geological Party, Jiangsu Geology and Mineral Bureau, Xuzhou, 221004, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 4
pp. 367 – 369

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Two newly discovered Mesozoic Group II kimberlites in the southeastern margin of North China Craton show extremely high ΣREE contents (ranging from 1046 to 1869 ppm), which also higher than the nearby Weishan carbonatite and other REE-bearing rocks in China. We proposed that the possible of a new type of REE-deposit, and there is a wide range of potential prospecting area of the REE deposit in the southeast margin of NCC.

Published in Solid Earth Sciences

ISSN: 2451-912X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Geology
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