Kizilçaören (Record #44) rare-earth element deposit in Eskisehir, Turkey

Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in Eskisehir, Turkey

Deposit type	Carbonatite
Age of deposit	Tertiary
REE minerals	bastnäsite
Ore minerals	fluorite barite thorium
Host rock types	phonolite trachyte and alkaline pyroclastic rocks

Geologic map unit	31.383333333333, 39.633333333333
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Status	Potential resource
Company	Maden Tetik ve Arama Enstititüsü
Resource estimates	4.7 Mt @ 2.78% REE (1990)

Castor, S.B., 1994, Rare earth minerals, in Carr, D.D., ed., Industrial minerals and rocks, 6th edition: Littleton, Colorardo, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploratin, Inc., p. 827-839.

Bastnasite-fluorite-barite rock lenses associated with carbonatite dikes. Lat-long is for population center of same name.

Castor, S.B., 1994, Rare earth minerals, in Carr, D.D., ed., Industrial minerals and rocks, 6th edition: Littleton, Colorardo, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploratin, Inc., p. 827-839.
Morteani, G., and Satir, M., 1989, The bastnaesite-fluorite-barite deposit of the Kizilcaoren district, Eskisehir, Turkey, in Moeller, P, Cerny, P., and Saupe, F., eds., Lanthanides, tantalum, and niobium; mineralogy, geochemistry, characteristics of primary ore deposits, prospecting, processing and application: New York, Springer, p. 189-194.