Synnyr (Record #253) rare-earth element deposit in Khrebet, Russia

Synnyr

Alkalic igneous rare earth element deposit in Khrebet, Russia

Geographic location

Country	Russia
State or province	Khrebet
Geographic location:	111.333333, 56.916667
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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	300-400 Ma
REE minerals	eudidymite allanite apatite bastnäsite
Ore minerals	magnetite titanite rutile zircon perovskite baddeleyite
Gangue minerals	biotite nepheline aegirine cancrinite garnet phlogopite wollastonite epidote corundum staurolite kyanite
Host rock types	nepheline syenite pulaskite shonkinite

Nearby scientific information

Geologic map unit	111.33333333333, 56.916666666667
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Economic information

Status	Occurrence
Resource estimates	204-349 Ma

References for resource estimates

various

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.
Möller, P., 1989a, Rare earth mineral deposits and their industrial importance, in
Notholt, A.J.G., 1979, The economic geology and development of igneous phosphate deposits in Europe and the USSR: Economic Geology, v. 74, p. 339-350.
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.
Hedrick, J.B., and Templeton, D.A., 1991, Rare-earth minerals and metals: U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook, 1989, p. 825-844.