Buffalo Fluorspar (Record #742) rare-earth element deposit in Transvaal, South Africa

Buffalo Fluorspar

Other, F deposits rare earth element deposit in Transvaal, South Africa

Geographic location

Country	South Africa
State or province	Transvaal
Geographic location:	28.5, -24.5
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Location references

Jackson, W.D., and Christiansen, Grey, 1993, International strategic minerals inventory summary report-- Rare-earth oxides: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-N, 68 p.

Geologic characteristics

Deposit type	Other, F deposits
Age of deposit	Middle Proterozoic
REE minerals	monazite allanite bastnäsite
Ore minerals	fluorite apatite
Host rock types	granite

Nearby scientific information

Geologic map unit	28.5, -24.5
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Economic information

Status	Occurrence
Resource estimates	50 Mt @ 1% mon (1989)

References for resource estimates

Jackson, W.D., and Christiansen, Grey, 1993, International strategic minerals inventory summary report-- Rare-earth oxides: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-N, 68 p.

Comments

Veins in leptite pendants of the Bushveld Granite.

Bibliographic references

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.
Jackson, W.D., and Christiansen, Grey, 1993, International strategic minerals inventory summary report-- Rare-earth oxides: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-N, 68 p.
Gieré, R., 1996, Formation of rare earth minerals in hydrothermal systems, in Jones, A.P., Wall, Frances, and Williams, C.T., eds., Rare earth minerals--chemistry, origin and ore deposits: New York, Chapman and Hall, The Mineralogical Society Series 7, p. 105-150.
Watson, M.D., and Snyman, C.P., 1975, The geology and mineralogy of the fluorite deposits at the Buffalo fluorspar mine on Buffelsfontein, 347 NR, Naboomspruit District: Transactions of the Geologic Society of South Africa, v. 78, p. 137-175.