Lugin Gol (Record #50) rare-earth element deposit in East Govi, Mongolia

Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in East Govi, Mongolia

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1999, Geology and mineral resources of Mongolia: New York, United Nations, Atlas of Mineral Resources of the ESCAP Region, v. 14, 192 p.

Deposit type	Carbonatite
Age of deposit	Middle Triassic-- 230 Ma
REE minerals	bastnäsite synchysite parisite
Ore minerals	barite rutile
Gangue minerals	carbonate
Host rock types	nepheline syenite ijolite carbonatite dikes

Geologic map unit	108.56666666667, 42.95
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Status	Active exploration (1999)
Resource estimates	0.023 Mt REO @ 3.2% REO (drilled)

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1999, Geology and mineral resources of Mongolia: New York, United Nations, Atlas of Mineral Resources of the ESCAP Region, v. 14, 192 p.

In Gobi desert. 20 carbonatite dike zones with 400 separate mineralized pods.

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1999, Geology and mineral resources of Mongolia: New York, United Nations, Atlas of Mineral Resources of the ESCAP Region, v. 14, 192 p.
Kovalenko, V.I. Fladykin, N.V., Konusova, V.v., Smirnova, Ye.,V., and Goreglyad, A.V., 1976, Concentrated rare-element mineralization in the southern part of the Gobi Desert, Mongolian People's Republic: Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, v. 230, p. 213-216.
Kovalenko, V.I., and Yarmolyuk, V.V., 1995, Endogenous rare metal ore formations and rare metal metallogeny of Mongolia: Economic Geology, v. 90, no. 3, p. 520-529.
Neary, C.R., and Highley, D.E., 1984, The economic importance of the rare earth elements, in Henderson, P., ed., Rare earth element geochemistry: New York, Elsevier, Developments in Geochemistry 2, p. 423-466.