DEPOSITS OF THE RARE EARTHS ELEMENTS (REE)

By Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

We know more than 681 deposits of REE in 79 countries to date.

The 450 occurrence this primary deposits of REE.

Distribution of deposits by continent:

Asia - 32 %

America - 23 % (North America - 16 %, South America - 7%)

Europe - 17 %

Africa -16 %

Australia - 12 %

The greatest number of REE primary deposits by country:

Russia 94 (of 96 deposits)

USA 54 (of 80 deposits)

China 19 (of 34 deposits)

Brazil 16 (of 37 deposits)

Australia 9 (of 75 deposits)

Countries that have 9-15 REE deposits:

Asia - Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India, Myanmar (these countries

have mainly alluvial deposits), Saudi Arabia

Africa - Mozambique, South Africa, Angola, Madagascar,

Namibia

Europe - France, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway

North America - Canada, Greenland (Denmark)

Countries that have all types of REE deposits (primary deposits,

alluvial and fluvial placers):

USA

China

Brazil

Not each REE occurrence can be considered as REE deposit!

References:
https://sites.google.com/site/concentrationofminerals/home

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

July 26, 2016
nataliapetrovsky@gmail.com