Mine detail: Cerro Manomo Carbonatite-Nb-Ree Deposit Nb-Ree Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

-15.50604, -60.69684

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite, REE
Secondary:	Niobium (Columbium), Manganese, Scandium, Uranium, Thorium
Ore:	Bastnaesite
Gangue:	Goethite, Quartz
Other material:	Barite
Discovery year:	1977

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Manomo Carbonatite Complex
Host type:	Intrusive Carbonatite,Gneiss
Alteration processes:	Paragneiss Core Zone Highly Altered (Silicified).

References

MRDS	BL30243
DEP	10006668
Reference	{Deposit:: LITHERLAND, M., AND OTHERS, 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153P.}{Deposit:: HAWKINSM M.P. AND OTHERS, 1987, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE MANOMO, BRITISH GEOLIGCAL SURVEY - GEOBOL, 1:250,000.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.