Nam Xe South (Mau Xe North) (Record #344) rare-earth element deposit in Lai Chau, Vietnam

Metamorphic rare earth element deposit in Lai Chau, Vietnam

Deposit type	Metamorphic
Age of deposit	Late Permian
REE minerals	bastnäsite parisite
Ore minerals	barite fluorite strontianite pyrite thorium
Host rock types	basic volcanics

Geologic map unit	103.5, 22.483333333333
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Status	Prospect
Company	Vietnamese Gov't
Resource estimates	Proven + probable reserves-- 940 t REO Possible reserves-- 3.0 Mt REO average of 10.6% REO

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1990, Viet Nam: New York, United Nations, Atlas of Mineral Resources of the ESCAP Region, v. 6, 124 p.
Dzien, D.V., 1990, Rare earth deposits, in Geology and mineral resources of Vietnam: Vietnam General Department of Mines and Geology, v. 1, p. 144-147.

Metasomatic + weathered ore. On S side of Nam Xe River in Phong Tho district. REE reserves include 3225 t of Y2O3

Hedrick, J.B., 1997, Rare earths: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook 1996.
O'Driscoll, Mike, 1996, Minerals of VietnamSands future black and white: Industrial Minerals, no. 350, p. 73-93.
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1990, Viet Nam: New York, United Nations, Atlas of Mineral Resources of the ESCAP Region, v. 6, 124 p.
Premoli, Camillo, 1990, Industrial minerals of Vietnam: Industrial Minerals, no. 274, p. 58-71.
Juskowiak, O. Kanasiewicz, J., Stepniewski, M., and Sylwestrzak, H., 1986, Carbonatites with RE-minerals from Nam Xe region (SRV): Archiwum Mineralogiczne Warszawa 40, no.2 (1986) p. 23-41.
Dzien, D.V., 1990, Rare earth deposits, in Geology and mineral resources of Vietnam: Vietnam General Department of Mines and Geology, v. 1, p. 144-147.