REE DEPOSITS IN AFRICA

 

REE DEPOSITS IN AFRICA

Primary deposits

Angola

• Bailundo
• Bonga
• Capuia
• Coola
• Longonjo (Mt. Chibilundo)
• Lutala (Serra da Neve)
• Lupongola (Lupulonga, Chitado)
• Monte Verde
• Nejoio
• Tchivira (Chivara, Quicuco)

Burundi

• Karonge (Gakara)
• Kasagwe

Cameroon

• Kribi

Congo (DRC, Zaire)

• Bingu
• Kirumba
• Kipushi
• Manono
• Saulia

Egypt

• Abu-Tartur
• Wadi el Sahrm

Gabon

• Mabounie (Moyen-Ogooue)

Ghana

• Kpong area

Guinea

• Los Archipelago (Los Islands, Iles de Los)

Kenya

• Buru
• Mrima Hill
• Ruri Complex
• Sokolo

Libya

• Jabal Archenu

Madagascar

• Ambatofinandrahana igneous complex
• Ampasindava area- Bezavona complex
• Ifasina
• Itremo
• Nosy Komba
• Tantalus

Malawi

• Kangankunde
• Kapiri
• Nsengwa
• Songwe Syenite
• Tundulu

Mali

• Anezrouf

Mauritania

• Bou Naga
• Tiguesmat el Akhdar (Tigsmat)
• Bofal-Loubboira (Wadi Guellouar)

Morocco

• El Hammam
• Tamazert (Oued Tamazert, Tamazeght, Bou Agrao)

Mozambique

• Alto Ligonha
• Cone Negosa (Negoza)
• Guilherme Group
• Ile (Namatacatue)
• Luicuisse (Lucuisse)
• Macotaia
• Meponda
• M'Tomoti

Namibia

• Agate Mountain
• Amis Complex
• Brandberg Complex
• Eureka
• Kalkfeld (Etaneno)
• Lofdal-Bergville (Damaraland)
• Marinkas Quellen (Marinkas Kwela)
• Okorusu Complex
• Ondurukurme Complex (Ondumakorume, Kameelberg)
•  Eisenberg 

Somalia

• Dalkainle
• Boorama

South Africa

• Buffalo Fluorspar (Transvaal)
• Glenover (Northern Transvaal)
• Goudini (Northern Transvaal)
• Pilansberg Complex (Pilanesberg, Pilaan's berg) (Transvaal)
• Nooitgedacht (Gelukshoek, Nooitgedagt)
• Palabora (Phalaborwa)
• Sandkopsdrif (Zandkops Drift)
• Steenkampskraal
• Wangu Hill
• Welgevonden

Tanzania

• Ilomba
• Makonde
• Mbeya (Panda Hill)
• Ngualla
• Sangu Carbonatite Group
• Songwe Scarp
• Wigu Hill

Uganda

• Bukusu Complex (Busumbu, Busumu, Busuku)
• Lolekek
• Sukulu

Zambia

• Chilembwe (Petauke)
• Kaluwe
• Keshya
• Kitumba
• Nkwombwa Hill Carbonate Deposit
• Sugar Loaf (Mumbwa North, NW Mumbwa)

Zimbabwe

• Bikita (Mdara)
• Great Dyke
• Kapfrugwa (Gungwa)

PLASER, MARINE

Egypt

• Nile Delta/Rosetta

Liberia

• Sinoe County?

Madagascar

• Fort Dauphine
• Pebane district
• Tolagnaro
• Vohibarika area

Mozambique

• Moebase (Moebane) (Zambezia)
• Quelemane (Zambezia)
• Congolone (Moma-Congolone, Ancoche) (Nampula)
• Moguiquel (Nampula)

Namibia

• Toscanini

South Africa

Richards Bay (Natal)

PLASER, FLUVIAL

Mauritania

• Sanbagoma (Placer, uncertain origin)

Nigeria

• Jos Plateau

 

© Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

June 29, 2016