A mineralogical-geomorphological terrain analysis of hotspot volcanic islands - The missing link between carbonatite- and pegmatite Nb-F-Zr-Li-Be-bearing REE deposits and new tools for their exploration (Canary Islands Archipelago, Spain)

Dill, Harald G.; Buzatu, Andrei; Balaban, Sorin-Ionut; Rüsenberg, Kurt A.

doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2023.105702

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“…Nb-Ta mineralization occurs in primary or secondary deposits. Primary deposits are dominantly related to igneous rocks, where the mineralization is either magmatic or hydrothermal in origin and can be divided according to igneous association: (1) Carbonatites: these rocks contain most of the world's niobium resources and are often symbiotic with rare earth elements (REE) (e.g., Bayan Obo in China and Nolans Bore in Australia [3,4]);…”

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Age and Petrogenesis of the Dongjin Rare Metal Mineralized Intrusion in the Northern Margin of the North China Craton

Liu,

Chen,

Wang

et al. 2023

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Highly fractionated granites are widespread in the middle part of the northern margin of the North China Craton (MNNCC), and several are accompanied by rare metal mineralization. The Dongjin rare metal mineralized intrusion, which is representative of this region, is composed of fine-grained alkali-feldspar granite (FAG) and kali-feldspar granite (KG). The FAG and KG evolve continuously, exemplifying the relationship between magmatic evolution and rare metal mineralization. In this contribution, we present integrated columbite U-Pb geochronology, mineralogy, and whole-rock geochemistry analyses of the Dongjin intrusion to determine the timing of the mineralization, petrogenesis, and geodynamic setting, from which the following results are obtained: (1) LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating for columbite of the FAG and KG yielded the lower intercept ages between 248.9 ± 1.9 Ma and 250.1 ± 1.1 Ma on the Tera–Wasserburg concordia diagram; (2) Geochemically, the Dongjin intrusion is characterized by an enrichment in Si, Al, Rb, Th, U, Nb, and Zr and a strong depletion in Ba, Sr, P, and Ti, with extremely negative Eu anomalies, high LREE and HREE values, and a noticeable tetrad effect of rare earth elements; as a result, it belongs to high-K calc-alkaline rocks; (3) The Dongjin intrusion belongs to a highly differentiated I-type or A-type granite; (4) The fractional crystallization of plagioclase, K-feldspar, and biotite occurred during magmatic evolution; (5) The Dongjin intrusion was formed in a post-collisional extensional environment. In conclusion, the FAG and KG have a homologous evolution, and the FAG has a higher degree of fractional crystallization. The enrichment and mineralization of Nb-Ta are related to the highly fractionated crystallization of granitic magma and fluid–melt interactions in the final stages of magmatic evolution, and there is a rare metal mineralization related to highly fractionated granite in the MNNCC in the Early Triassic, which deserves full attention in future research and prospecting.

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Age and Petrogenesis of the Dongjin Rare Metal Mineralized Intrusion in the Northern Margin of the North China Craton

Liu,

Chen,

Wang

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“…The current study dealing with the deeper levels of Tenerife, Spain, is the mineralogical part of a binary study which is linked with a geomorphological terrain analysis focusing on the evolution of the landscape and landforms of those volcanic islands of the Canary Islands hosting these critical elements [10] (Tables 1 and 2).…”

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“…Table 1. Structural landforms and their landform series relevant for rare mineral exploration (see [10]). Table 2.…”

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Marker Minerals in Volcanics and Xenoliths—An Approach to Categorize the Inferred Magmatic Rocks Underneath the Present-Day Volcanic Landscape of Tenerife, Spain (NW African Rare Mineral Province)

Dill,

Rüsenberg

2023

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A mineralogical mapping (terrain analysis) based on micro-mounts has been performed in the Archipelago of the Canary Islands, Spain. The rare elements Be, F, Li, Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, and rare earth elements (REE) were investigated on the largest island of the Canary Islands Archipelago, Tenerife, Spain. This study forms a contribution to the metallogenetic evolution of the offshore area of the NW African Rare Mineral Province. The finds made at Tenerife were correlated by means of minero-stratigraphy with the adjacent islands La Gomera, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura, where typical critical element host rocks, e.g., carbonatites, are exposed. At Tenerife, these hidden rock types are only indicated by a wealth of 128 compositional first-order marker minerals hosting Be, F, Zr, Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, Li, Cs, Sn, W, Ti and REE plus Y and another 106 structural second-order marker minerals describing the geodynamic and morpho-structural evolution of Tenerife (Mn, Fe, Pb, U, Th, As, Sb, V, S, B, Cu, Zn, Mo, Au). Based upon the quantitative micro-mineralogical mapping of lithoclasts and mineralogical xenoliths (foid-bearing monzodiorite/gabbro, (nepheline) syenite, phonolite trachyte) in volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks, hidden intrusive/subvolcanic bodies can be delineated that are associated with contact-metasomatic, zeolitic and argillic alteration zones, as well as potential ore zones. Two potential types of deposits are determined. These are pegmatite-syenites with minor carbonatites bound to a series of agpaitic intrusive rocks that are genetically interlocked with rift zones and associated with a hotspot along a passive continental margin. Towards the east, the carbonatite/alkali magmatite ratio reverses at Fuerteventura in favor of carbonatites, while at Gran Canaria and La Gomera, shallow hypogene/supergene mineral associations interpreted as a marginal facies to Tenerife occur and a new REE discovery in APS minerals has been made. There are seven mineralizing processes different from each other and representative of a peculiar metallogenic process (given in brackets): Protostage 1 (rifting), stages 2a to 2d (differentiation of syenite–pegmatite), stages 3 to 4b (contact-metasomatic/hydrothermal mineralization), stages 5a to 5b (hydrothermal remobilization and zeolitization), stage 6 (shallow hypogene-supergene transition and kaolinization), and stage 7 (auto-hydrothermal-topomineralic mineralization). The prerequisites to successfully take this holistic approach in economic geology are a low maturity of the landscapes in the target area, a Cenozoic age of endogenous and exogenous processes amenable to sedimentological, geomorphological, volcano-tectonic and quantitative mineralogical investigations. The volcanic island’s mineralogical mapping is not primarily designed as a proper pre-well-site study on the Isle of Tenerife, but considered a reference study area for minero-stratigraphic inter-island correlation (land–land) and land–sea when investigating the seabed and seamounts around volcanic archipelagos along the passive margin, as exemplified by the NW African Craton and its metallogenic province. This unconventional exploration technique should also be tested for hotspot- and rift-related volcanic islands elsewhere on the globe for mineral commodities different from the ones under study.

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Bulk composition and O–C isotope constraints on the petrogenesis of Richat carbonatites (Mauritania)

Sedigh,

Ouali,

Jébrak

et al. 2024

Journal of African Earth Sciences

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A mineralogical-geomorphological terrain analysis of hotspot volcanic islands - The missing link between carbonatite- and pegmatite Nb-F-Zr-Li-Be-bearing REE deposits and new tools for their exploration (Canary Islands Archipelago, Spain)

Cited by 4 publications

References 209 publications

Age and Petrogenesis of the Dongjin Rare Metal Mineralized Intrusion in the Northern Margin of the North China Craton

Age and Petrogenesis of the Dongjin Rare Metal Mineralized Intrusion in the Northern Margin of the North China Craton

Marker Minerals in Volcanics and Xenoliths—An Approach to Categorize the Inferred Magmatic Rocks Underneath the Present-Day Volcanic Landscape of Tenerife, Spain (NW African Rare Mineral Province)

Bulk composition and O–C isotope constraints on the petrogenesis of Richat carbonatites (Mauritania)

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