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Bokan Mountain, USAAlay, CanadaRock Canyon Creek, CanadaThor Lake, CanadaNisikkatch, CanadaHoidas Lake, CanadaElliot Lake, CanadaSaint-Honoré, CanadaStrange Lake, CanadaSnowbird, USANorth Fork, USALemhi Pass, USABald Mountain, USABear Lodge, USAIron Hill, USAWet Mountains, USAPea Ridge, USAHicks Dome, USACarolina placers, USA

Green Cove Springs, USAMountain Pass, USAGallinas Mountains, USAPajarito Mountain, USASierra de Tamaulipas, MexicoMorro dos Seis Lagos, BrazilCatalão I, Brazil

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Araxá, BrazilSerra Verde, BrazilPocos de Caldas, BrazilBarra do Itapirapuã, BrazilSarfartôq, GreenlandMotzfeldt, GreenlandIlímaussaq, GreenlandFen, NorwayBastnäs, SwedenNorra Kärr, SwedenOlserum, SwedenSokli, Finland

Lovozero and Khibina complexes, RussiaTomtor, RussiaGornoe Ozero, RussiaKhamna, Russia

Kizilcaören, TurkeyAksu Diamas, TurkeyTamazeght complex, MoroccoBou Naga, MauritaniaNile Delta and Rosetta, EgyptKaronge (Gakara), BurundiMrima, KenyaWigu Hill, TanzaniaKangankunde, MalawiSongwe Hill, MalawiCongolone, MozambiqueAmbohimirahavavy, Madagascar

Etanero, Namibia

Okorusu, NamibiaEureka, NamibiaKalkfeld, NamibiaOndurakorume, NamibiaSteenkampskraal, South AfricaZandkopsdrift, South AfricaPilanesberg Alkaline Complex, South AfricaNaboomspruit, South AfricaPhalabowra (Palabora), South AfricaRichards Bay, South AfricaChavara, IndiaAmba Dongar, IndiaSarnu, IndiaOrissa, IndiaWajiertage, ChinaMushgai Khudag, MongoliaLugin Gol, MongoliaBayan Obo, ChinaWeishan, China

Maoniuping/Dalucao, ChinaMiaoya, ChinaXunwu/Longnan, ChinaNam Xe, Vietnam

Northern MyanmarThai Peninsula, ThailandPerak, MalaysiaEneabba, AustraliaJangardup, AustraliaMount Weld, Australia Brockman, Australia

Nolans Bore, AustraliaMary Kathleen, AustraliaOlympic Dam, AustraliaWIM 150, AustraliaDubbo Zirconia, AustraliaFraser Island, Australia

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REE mine

Deposit/occurrence

Marine placerAlluvial placerPalaeoplacerIon-adsorption clayAsh-fall placerBy-product of tin mining

Carbonatite-associatedAlkaline igneous rock-associatedIron-REE depositHydrothermal deposit

Global rare earth element (REE) mines, deposits and occurrences (May 2021)

How to cite: Deady, E. (2021) Global rare earth element (REE) mines, deposits and occurrences (May 2021). British Geological Survey.