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A Note on the Yttrium Mineral Potential of Granitic Soils in Parts of Andhra Pradesh, India


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1 Atomic Minerals Division, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500 016, India
     

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Survey in parts of Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, has brought to light the occurrence of colluvial placer deposits with appreciable concentration of REE and Y minerals in Dharmawaram-Yerabali area. The heavy minerals in the soil are thorite, zircon, xenotime, monazite, rutile, ilmenite, brookite, and magnetite. Panned concentrates (n=18) analysed 0.19 to 0.40% Y2O3 Dilute sulphuric acid leaching of the mineral concentrates solubilised 50% Y2O3.

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Yttrium, REE, Soil, Andhra Pradesh.
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Authors

Yamuna Singh
Atomic Minerals Division, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500 016, India
S. D. Rai
Atomic Minerals Division, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500 016, India
Y. Lakshminarayana
Atomic Minerals Division, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500 016, India
R. N. Sankaran
Atomic Minerals Division, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500 016, India

Abstract


Survey in parts of Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, has brought to light the occurrence of colluvial placer deposits with appreciable concentration of REE and Y minerals in Dharmawaram-Yerabali area. The heavy minerals in the soil are thorite, zircon, xenotime, monazite, rutile, ilmenite, brookite, and magnetite. Panned concentrates (n=18) analysed 0.19 to 0.40% Y2O3 Dilute sulphuric acid leaching of the mineral concentrates solubilised 50% Y2O3.

Keywords


Yttrium, REE, Soil, Andhra Pradesh.