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Occurrence of Rare Earth Elements in Panchpatmali Bauxite Deposit and Red Mud, Koraput District, Orissa


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1 RCER, AMD, (P.O), Assam Rifles, Shillong - 793011, India
2 1-10-153/156, AMD, Begumpet, Hyderabad - 500 016, India
     

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The geochemistry reveals LREE enrichment, high degree of fractionation, positive Ce anomalies and negative Eu anomalies in the samples. Red mud contains 18 to 29% of heavy minerals; and thus the red mud could be an alternative source to beach sands.

Keywords

Economic Geology, REE, Bauxite, Heavy Minerals, Orissa.
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Authors

A. V. Subrahmanyam
RCER, AMD, (P.O), Assam Rifles, Shillong - 793011, India
Jagmer Singh
1-10-153/156, AMD, Begumpet, Hyderabad - 500 016, India

Abstract


The geochemistry reveals LREE enrichment, high degree of fractionation, positive Ce anomalies and negative Eu anomalies in the samples. Red mud contains 18 to 29% of heavy minerals; and thus the red mud could be an alternative source to beach sands.

Keywords


Economic Geology, REE, Bauxite, Heavy Minerals, Orissa.