Bailundo

Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in , Angola

Geographic location

Geologic characteristics

Deposit typeCarbonatite
Age of depositCretaceous
REE mineralsbastnäsite
parisite
synchysite
rare earth phosphates
Ore mineralsapatite
barite
pyrochlore
magnetite
hollandite
strontianite
Gangue mineralscalcite
dolomite
ankerite
Host rock typescalcite carbonatite
phoscorite
fenite

Nearby scientific information

Geologic map unit15.95, -12.15
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Economic information

StatusOccurrence

Comments

Small scale mining of magnetite has occurred.

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