Sakhariokskii (Sacharijok) (Record #241) rare-earth element deposit in Kola/Karelia, Russia

Sakhariokskii (Sacharijok)

Alkalic igneous rare earth element deposit in Kola/Karelia, Russia

Geographic location

Country	Russia
State or province	Kola/Karelia
Geographic location:	36.2, 67.666667
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Location references

Kogarko, L.N., Kononova, V.A., Orlova, M.P., and Wooley, A.R., 1995, Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the world; Part two, Former USSR: London, Chapman and Hall, 226 p.

Geologic characteristics

Deposit type	Alkalic igneous
Age of deposit	1740-2260 Ma (K-Ar, neph)
REE minerals	allanite britholite allanite bastnäsite
Ore minerals	pyrochlore fluorite galena apatite zircon
Gangue minerals	nepheline calcite aegirine albite microcline aegirine-augite amphibole biotite iron hastingsite
Host rock types	nepheline syenite syenite

Nearby scientific information

Geologic map unit	36.2, 67.666666666667
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Economic information

Status	Occurrence

Comments

Syenite is metasomatically altered.

Bibliographic references

Kogarko, L.N., Kononova, V.A., Orlova, M.P., and Wooley, A.R., 1995, Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the world; Part two, Former USSR: London, Chapman and Hall, 226 p.
Belolipetskii, A.P., and Voloshin, A.V., 1996, Yttrium and rare earth element minerals of the Kola Peninsula, Russia, in Jones, A.P., Wall, Frances, and Williams, C.T., eds., Rare earth minerals-- chemistry, origin and ore deposits: New York, Chapman and Hall, The Mineralogical Society Series 7, p. 311-326.