Brockman (Record #163) rare-earth element deposit in Western Australia, Australia

Alkalic igneous rare earth element deposit in Western Australia, Australia

Deposit type	Alkalic igneous
Age of deposit	Lower Proterozoic
REE minerals	bastnäsite xenotime
Ore minerals	columbite pyrochlore zircon cassiterite sphalerite gallium
Host rock types	rhyolite tuff peralkaline granite

Geologic map unit	127.76666666667, -18.316666666667
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Status	Potential resource
Company	West Coast Holdings and Greater Pacific Investments (1988)
Resource estimates	9.0 Mt @ 0.15% Y2O3, 0.12% HREE, 1.3% Zr 4.29 Mt @ 0.123% Y2O3, 0.0355% REO, 0.440% Nb2O5, 1.040% ZrO2 9.3 Mt @ 0.215% REO

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Roskill Information Services, 1988, The economics of rare earths & yttrium, 1994, seventh edition: London, Roskill Information Services, 359 p. + appendices.
Jackson, W.D., and Christiansen, Grey, 1993, International strategic minerals inventory summary report-- Rare-earth oxides: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-N, 68 p.

18 km SE of Hall's Creek in the East Kimberley.

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Towner, R.R., 1992, International strategic minerals inventory summary report Zirconium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-L, 47 p.
Jackson, W.D., and Christiansen, Grey, 1993, International strategic minerals inventory summary report-- Rare-earth oxides: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-N, 68 p.
Roskill Information Services, 1988, The economics of rare earths & yttrium, 1994, seventh edition: London, Roskill Information Services, 359 p. + appendices.