AUSTRALIA RARE EARTHS REE LANTHANIDES … · at Ponton, Yangibana and in the east Kimberley region...
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www.dmp.wa.gov.au Geological Survey of Western Australia REE WESTERN AUSTRALIA Project Total rare earth oxides (TREO), including yttrium Host rocks Resources (Mt) * Contained TREO (kt) Current REE resource estimates Average grade (% TREO) * RARE EARTHS LANTHANIDES AND YTTRIUM Cummins Range Regolith; Carbonatite Mt Weld Regolith; Carbonatite Source: Lynas Corp Ltd. Mt Weld open pit and ore stockpiles with REO percentages Mount Weld — a new supply of dominantly light rare earths to the world! Some historic, pre-JORC resource estimates exist for deposits at Ponton, Yangibana and in the east Kimberley region Ambassador (Mulga Rock) uranium — 3% of projected revenue from by-product REE (dominantly La, Ce, Nd) Western Australia has great exploration potential for REE in: Carbonatite and alkaline to peralkaline ring complexes Ash-flow tuffs erupted from the volatile-rich roof zone of magma chambers Olympic Dam style deposits of iron oxide– copper–gold (IOCG) Sandstone-hosted detrital monazite Sandstone-hosted and lignite-hosted U–REE Ion absorption clays associated with laterite Hastings– Brockman Trachytic tuff 4.9 23.9 36.2 1.7 7.9 0.2 85 1891 76 Hydrothermal quartz veins Alluvial placers and heavy mineral sands Perth Fitzroy Crossing Derby Telfer Newman Broome Albany Wyndham Halls Creek Leonora Exmouth Norseman Karratha Carnarvon Geraldton Coolgardie Meekatharra Southern Cross Bunbury Kalgoorlie–Boulder Kununurra Esperance Mines, deposits, prospects and occurrences 200 km Ponton Mt Weld Brockman John Galt Copperhead Mulga Rock Cummins Range Cundeelee Carbonatite and igneous intrusions Felsic volcaniclastic rocks Hydrothermal Pegmatite Sandstone-type U–REE Lignite-hosted U–Sc–REE Regolith Town Mineralization type Killi Killi Browns Range Wabli Creek Yangibana Errida Creek Webb Highway Phosphate deposits in Phanerozioc sediments Browns Range Hydrothermal 1.4 0.73 10.5
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REEWESTERNAUSTRALIA
Project
Total rare earth oxides (TREO), including yttrium
Host rocks Resources(Mt)
*
ContainedTREO
(kt)
Current REE resource estimatesAverage
grade(% TREO)
*
RARE EARTHSLANTHANIDES AND YTTRIUM
CumminsRange
Regolith;Carbonatite
Mt Weld Regolith;Carbonatite
Source: Lynas Corp Ltd. Mt Weld open pit and ore stockpiles with REO percentages
Mount Weld — a new supply of dominantly light rare earths to the world!
Some historic, pre-JORC resource estimates exist for depositsat Ponton, Yangibana and in the east Kimberley region
Ambassador (Mulga Rock) uranium — 3% of projected revenue from by-product REE (dominantly La, Ce, Nd)
Western Australia has great exploration potential for REE in:Carbonatite and alkaline to peralkaline ringcomplexes
Ash-flow tuffs erupted from the volatile-richroof zone of magma chambersOlympic Dam style deposits of iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG)
Sandstone-hosted detrital monaziteSandstone-hosted and lignite-hosted U–REEIon absorption clays associated with laterite
Hastings–Brockman
Trachytic tuff
4.9
23.9
36.2
1.7
7.9
0.2
85
1891
76
Hydrothermal quartz veins
Alluvial placers and heavy mineral sands
Perth
Fitzroy Crossing
Derby
Telfer
Newman
Broome
Albany
Wyndham
HallsCreek
Leonora
Exmouth
Norseman
Karratha
Carnarvon
Geraldton
Coolgardie
Meekatharra
Southern Cross
Bunbury
Kalgoorlie–Boulder
Kununurra
Esperance
Mines, deposits, prospectsand occurrences
200 km
Ponton
Mt Weld
Brockman
John GaltCopperhead
Mulga Rock
Cummins Range
Cundeelee
Carbonatite and igneous intrusionsFelsic volcaniclastic rocksHydrothermalPegmatiteSandstone-type U–REELignite-hosted U–Sc–REERegolith
Town
Mineralization type
Killi Killi
Browns Range
Wabli CreekYangibana
Errida Creek
Webb
Highway
Phosphate deposits in Phanerozioc sediments
BrownsRange Hydrothermal 1.4 0.73 10.5
Crown tantalum–niobium deposit
Swan phosphatedeposit
Central LanthanideDeposit (CLD)
Alluvium
Lacustrine clays
Archeangreenstone
Caprock(weathered carbonatite)
Supergenezone
Residual zone
1 km
Dyke
Dolerite
enoz noitaretla etirem
milG
MT WELD CARBONATITE
Archeangreenstone
Glim
merite alteration zone
Quartz veins
Carbonatite dykes and sills
Iron oxide veins
Rare Earth Element (REE) prospect
Uranium prospect
100 µm
Stone Tank Well
Tongue
Gossan
Frasers
Bald Hill
Yangibana
Hook SouthKanes Gossan
Yangibana South
Yangibana North
Fraser Creek
Spider Hill
Hook
Gifford Creek (U)
regolithcover
granite
Rare Earth Element prospects around Gifford Creek, Yangibana
Back-scattered (BSE) image showing ferrocolumbite(grey) and monazite (white) grains from GiffordCreek carbonatite complex, Yangibana
Total Magnetic Intensity image showing Mt Weld carbonatite
Schematic section of the Mt Weld carbonatite
JUNE 2013
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Mt Weld
Photo of core showing fluorite associated with the raremetal - rare earth mineralized zone
10 km
Cummins Range drill intersections; East Kimberley Source: Navigator Resources Ltd
