Barra do Itapirapua (Record #8) rare-earth element deposit in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Barra do Itapirapua

Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Geographic location

Country	Brazil
State or province	Sao Paulo
Geographic location:	-49.216667, -24.683333
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Location references

Woolley, A.R., 1987, Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the world; Part 1, North and South America: London, United Kingdom, British Museum of Natural History, 216 p.

Geologic characteristics

Deposit type	Carbonatite
REE minerals	bastnäsite ancylite synchysite parisite
Ore minerals	fluorite galena barite strontianite pyrochlore
Gangue minerals	calcite dolomite melilite quartz
Host rock types	carbonatite (sovitic) nepheline syenite pulaskite

Nearby scientific information

Geologic map unit	-49.216666666667, -24.683333333333
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Economic information

Status	Occurrence

Comments

ama 6% REE in hematite mine. REE probably from hydrothermal solutions.

Bibliographic references

Mariano, A.N., 1979, Carbonatite exploration in Brasil: confidential report to Molycorp Inc., 39 p.
Woolley, A.R., 1987, Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the world; Part 1, North and South America: London, United Kingdom, British Museum of Natural History, 216 p.
Ulbrich, H.H.G.J., and Gomes, C.B., 1981, Alkaline rocks from continental Brazil: Earth-Science Reviews, v.17, no.1-2, p.135-154.
Mariano, A.N., 1989, Economic geology of rare earth minerals, in Lipin, B.R., and McKay, G.A., eds., Geochemistry and mineralogy of the rare earth elements: Washington, D.C., Mineralogical Society of America Reviews in Mineralogy 21, p. 309-348.