Agate Mountain (Record #2) rare-earth element deposit in Namibia

Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in , Namibia

Deposit type	Carbonatite
Age of deposit	Post-early Cretaceous
REE minerals	bastnäsite
Ore minerals	fluorite manganese
Host rock types	beforsitic carbonatite breccia fenite

Geologic map unit	12.083333333333, -18.45
Other databases	Find additional scientific data near this location

Status	Occurrence

Carbonatite contains irregular patches of bastnasite.

McManus, M.N.C., and Schneider, G.I.C., 1994, Namibia: industrial minerals, in Mathers, S.J., and Notholt, A.J.G., eds., Industrial minerals in developing countries: British Geological Survey and Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID) Report Series Geosciences in International Development 18, p. 111-134.
Woolley, A.R., 2001, Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the world-- Part 3: Africa: London, The Geological Society, 372 p.