Lofdal-Bergville (Record #47) rare-earth element deposit in Damaraland, Namibia

Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in Damaraland, Namibia

Deposit type	Carbonatite
Age of deposit	Late Proterozoic
REE minerals	xenotime bastnäsite monazite parisite
Ore minerals	thorite niobium hematite magnetite zircon fluorite apatite tungsten
Gangue minerals	calcite limonite
Host rock types	carbonatite nepheline syenite

Geologic map unit	14.75, -20.35
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Status	Occurrence

Swarm of carbonatite dikes in alkaline rocks. 30 km W of Khorixas on Lofdal 491 and Bergville 490 farms.

Mariano, A.N., 2001, Xenotime-bearing carbonatite veins from Lofdal, Damaraland, Namibia: confidential report to AMR Technologies Inc.
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.