RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REE) DEPOSITS IN ASIA

Primary deposits

Afghanistan

• Khanneshin

China

• Bayan Obo (Inner Mongolia)

• Baerze (Inner Mongolia)

• Jarud Qi, no. 801 (Inner Mongolia/Jarud Qi)

• Weishan (Weishan) (Xinjiang)

• Chines Ion Adsorption Deposits

• Mianning (Sichuan)

• Wuhe (Guangdong)

• Xihuashan (Jiangxi)

• Cida (Sichuan/Miyi)

• Saima (Liaoning)

• Yangdun (Fujian)

• Weishan (Chisan, Xishan, 1010) (Shandong)

• Yinachange (Yenachang) (Yunnan)

• Zhijin (Guizhou)

• Xinhua ( Guizhou/Zhijin)

• Miaoya (Hubei)

• Kunyang (Yunnan)

• Maoniuping

• Xing'an

Iran

• Chador Malu (Bafq District, Central Iran)

• Esfordi (Bafq District, Central Iran)

• Choghart (Central Iran)

• Chahgaz

• Gazestan

• Shekarab

• Zarigan

Kazakhstan

• Amangeldy

• Borsuksay

• Karsakpai

• Kent

• Maykule

• Shok-Karagay

• Tleumbetskii

Kyrgyzstan

• Karaganskii

• Kutessai-II

• Kurgan

Mongolia

• Khaldzan-Buregtey

• Khan Bogdo

• Mushugay-Kuduk

• Halzan Buregtei

• Khan Bogd

• Lugeengol (Lugin Gol)

Saudi Arabia

• Ghurayyah

• Goudini

• Jabal Ar Rabuts

• Jabal Awja

• Jabal Kuara

• Jabal Sa'id (Jabal Sayid)

• Jabal Ebed

• Jabal Hamra'

• Jabal Tawlah

• Silsilah

• Umm al Birak

Sri Lanka

• Denegama (Balangoda)

• Teldeniya (Nugatenne)

• Nuwara Eliya

Tajikistan

• Darapioz

Turkmenistan

• Kalai-Mahmoud

Uzbekistan

• Tas Bulak

Vietnam

• Dong Pao

• Nâm Xe

Yemen

• Mahmoud

Placer deposits

PLASER, MARINE

Bangladesh

• Fakiraghona (Moheshkhali Island)

• Inani

• Matarbari Island (Matarbari Island)

• Teknaf

China

• Dianbai (Guangdong)

• Haikang (Guangdong)

• Nanshanhai (Guangdong)

• Yangjiang (Nanshanhai) (Guangdong)

• Zhanjiang district (Guangdong)

• Sai-Lao (Quoinghi) (Guangdong/Hainan Island)

• Wuzhaung (Baoding) (Guangdong/Hainan Island)

• Beihei District (Guangxi)

India

• Alwaya (Alwaye) (Kerala)

• Trivandrum (Kerala)

• Chavara (Quilon)- KMML (Kerala/ Kollam)

• Chatrapur (Chartrapur, Orissa Sands Complex/OSCOM) (Orissa)

• Puri (Orissa/ Puri)

• Manavalakuruchi (Tamilnadu/ Kanyakumari)

• Coleroon - Sirkazhi (Tamilnadu/ Thanjavur)

• Chilka Lake (Orissa)?

Indonesia

• Belitung (Billiton) (Banka-Belitung Island)

• Banka Island (Bangka) (Pulau Banka (Banka Island))

• Kembajan (Kalimantan (West))

• Banda Aceh (Sumatra)

• Bukit Duabelas (Sumatra (East))

• Singkep (Sumatra- Singkep Island (Pulau Singkep))

Myanmar

• Bilugyun and Kyaikkami Beach

Philippines

• Imuruan Bay

South Korea

• Hwajinpo

• Kusipo

Sri Lanka

• Balangoda

• Beruwala

• Kaikawela

• Kalutara

• Kokkilai

• Matara

• Mullaittivu

• Nayaru

• Nuwara Eliya

• Polkotuwa

• Pudavakattu

• Pulmoddai

• Teldeniya

• Tirrukkovil (Tirukkovil)

Taiwan

• Foulun

• Haifengtao

• Haishanchow

• Tungshanchow

Thailand

• Chumphon

• Prachuap Khiri Khan (Prajuab Kirikhan, Prachuab Kiri Khan)

• Takua Pa

Vietnam

• Mi Tho (Binh Dinh)

• Cat Khanh (Binh Dinh or Nghia Binh?)

• Ham Tan (Binh Thuan)

• Cam Hoa (Ha Tinh)

• Cam Nhuong (Ha Tinh)

• Ky Khang (Ha Tinh)

• Ky Ninh (Ha Tinh)

• Ke Sung (Thua Thien-Hu)

• Quang Ngan (Thua Thien-Hu)

• Vinh Mi (Vinh My) (Thua Thien-Hu)

• Huong Dien

• Long Hai

• Vinh Cam Ranh

PLASER, FLUVIAL

China

• Guangdong (Guangdong)

• Dianbai (Guangdong)

  • Zhanjiang (Guangdong)

• Beihei District (Guangxi)

• Qinzhou (Qinxian) (Guangxi)

• Xun Jiang (Guangxi)

• Yueyang (Hunan)

India

• Ranchi-Purulia (Bihar)

• Visakhapatnam (Andra Pradesh)

• Gaya (Bihar/ Gaya)

Malaysia

• Kinta Valley (Lahat) (Perak)

• Batang Berjuntai area (Selangor)

• Kuala Lumpur area (Selangor)

• Lahat

• Perak

Myanmar

• Mong Kung (Northern Shan)

• Sakagyi (Sagaing)

• Wan Hapalam (Shan)

• Mogok (Shan/Sagaing)

• Heinze Basin (Thanintharyi)

• Kanbauk (Thanintharyi)

• Kyan Chaung (Thanintharyi)

• Mogok (Shan/Sagaing)

South Korea

• Kwangsangun

• Namdaecheon River (Muju area)

• Soun-Miyang

• Yongsanpo

  Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya, 2016