Study on concentration mechanism and resource potential of heavy rare earth elements and indium

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19253005
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Petrology/Mineralogy/Science of ore deposit
• Research Institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE Yasushi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 地圏資源環境研究部門, 主任研究員 (90358383)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MURAKAMI Hiroyasu 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所, 地圏資源環境研究部門, 主任研究員 (40371083) ; MATUEDA Hiroharu 北海道大学, 総合博物館, 教授 (20108921) ; YOSHIDA Takeyoshi 東北大学, 理学研究科, 教授 (80004505) ; MIZUTA Toshio 秋田大学, 工学資源学部, 教授 (80094051) ; ISHIYAMA Daizo 秋田大学, 工学資源学部, 教授 (30193361) ; SHIMIZU Masaaki 富山大学, 総合理工学部, 教授 (50162714) ; KIMURA Jyunichi 独立行政法人海洋研究開発機構, 地球内部変動研究センター・研究グループ, グループリーダー (30241730) ; WATANABE Koichiro 九州大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (10182916) ; IMAI Akira 秋田大学, 工学資源学部, 教授 (90223304) ; URABE Tetsuro 東京大学, 理学研究科, 教授 (50107687) ; SHIKAZONO Naotatsu 慶応大学, 理工学部, 教授 (10011751) ; HAYASHI Kenichiro 筑波大学, 大学院・生命環境科学研究科, 教授 (40124614) ; SANEMATSU Kenzo 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所, 地圏資源環境研究部門, 研究員 (40462840) ; HOSHINO Mihoko 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所, 地圏資源環境研究部門, 研究員 (10549885)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2010
• Keywords: 重希土類 / インジウム / 資源 / 濃集機構

Research Abstract

The worldwide field surveys on heavy rare earth and indium deposits led to the discovery of the weathered crust enriched in heavy rare earths in Vietnam, Thailand, etc., and indium resource estimation in Japan, China, Vietnam, Peru and Bolivia. These results indicate that significant heavy rare earth and indium potential present in the countries outside China. The study also shows the conditions that form these ore mineralization.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] <40>^Ar/<39>^Ar ages of the Da Lien granite related to the Nui Phao W mineralization in northern Vietnam (2011)
  • Author(s): Sanematsu, K., Ishihara S.
  • Journal Title: Resource Geology 61巻 (印刷中)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mobility of rare earth elements in basalt-derived laterite at the Bolaven Plateau, Southern Laos (2011)
  • Author(s): Sanematsu, K., Moriyama, T., Sotouky, L., Watanabe, Y.
  • Journal Title: Resource Geology 61巻 Pages: 140-158
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Inferred indium resources of the Boliviantin-polymetallic deposits (2011)
  • Author(s): Ishihara S., Murakami H., Marquez-Zavalia, M.F.
  • Journal Title: Resource Geology 61巻 Pages: 174-191
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Wakefieldite-(Nd), a new neodymium vanadate mineral in the Arase stratiform ferromanganese deposit, Kochi Prefecture, Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Moriyama, T., Miyawaki, R., Yokoyama, K., Matsubara, S., Hirano, H., Murakami H., Watanabe, Y.
  • Journal Title: Resource Geology 61巻 Pages: 101-110
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] <40>^Ar/<39>^Ar ages of granitoids from the Truong Son fold belt and Kontum massif in Laos (2011)
  • Author(s): Sanematsu, K., Murakami H., Duangsurigna, S., Vilayhack, S., Duncan, R.A., Watanabe, Y.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 106巻 Pages: 13-25
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Chemical characteristics of lead-zinc ores from North Vietnam, with a special attention to the In contents (2010)
  • Author(s): Ishihara S., Tuan Anh Tran, Watanabe, Y., Trong-Hoa Tran
  • Journal Title: Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 61巻 Pages: 307-327
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Processing and interpretation of ASTER TIR data for mapping of rare-metal-enriched albite granitoids in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt (2010)
  • Author(s): Aboelkhair, H., Ninomiya, Y., Watanabe, Y., Sato, I.
  • Journal Title: Journal of African Earth Sciences 58巻 Pages: 141-151
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Crystal chemistry of zircon from granitic rocks, Japan : genetic implications of HREE, U and Th enrichment (2010)
  • Author(s): Hoshino, M,, Kimata, M., Shimizu, M., Nishida, N., Akasaka, T.
  • Journal Title: Neues Jahrbuch Fur Mineralogie- Abhandlungen 187巻 Pages: 167-188
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Crystal chemistry of volcanic allanites indicative of naturally induced oxidation-dehydrogenation (2010)
  • Author(s): Hoshino, M., Kimata, M., Shimizu, M., Nishida, N., Chesner, C.A., Akasaka, T.
  • Journal Title: Mineralogy and Petrology 99巻 Pages: 133-141
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Dissakisite-(Ce) chemical composition : some implications for its origins (2010)
  • Author(s): Hoshino, M., Kimata, M., Nishida, N., Shimizu, M.
  • Journal Title: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 37巻 Pages: 255-263
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 東北地方北部の金属鉱床に随伴する高インジウム鉱石の形成条件 (2010)
  • Author(s): 山田亮一・吉田武義・掛川武・奈良郁子・小川泰正
  • Journal Title: 資源地質 60巻 Pages: 153-164
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 東北地方北部の金属鉱床に随伴するレアメタルの分布特性 (2010)
  • Author(s): 山田亮一・吉田武義
  • Journal Title: 資源地質 60巻 Pages: 143-152
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] レアメタルテキスト:(1)希土類 (2010)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧
  • Journal Title: 資源地質 60巻 Pages: 103-122
• [Journal Article] Rare Earth Elements in Weathered Crusts of ranitic Rocks in Southeast Asian Tin Belt (Northern Thailand, Southern Thailand (Ranong-Takua Pa-Phuket) and Bangka Island, Indonesia (2009)
  • Author(s): Imai, A., Ikuno, T., Sanematsu,K., Sueoka, T., Ishida, S., Watanabe, K., Sitha, K., Setijadji, L.D., Boosayasak, J.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 2nd Regional Conference Interdisciplinary Research on Natural Resources and Materials Engineering Pages: 45-52
• [Journal Article] Sixomxuen Duangsurigna and Siphandone Vilayhack (2009)
  • Author(s): Sanematsu, K., Murakami H., Watanabe, Y.
  • Journal Title: Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan Pages: 527-558
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 華南のインジウム資源の地質的背景、特に大廠鉱床の成因について (2008)
  • Author(s): 石原舜三・村上浩康
  • Journal Title: 資源地質 58巻 Pages: 139-150
• [Journal Article] REE abundance and REE minerals in granitic rocks in the Nanling range, Jiangxi province, southern China, and generation of the REE-rich weathered crust deposit (2008)
  • Author(s): Ishihara S., Hua, R., Hoshino, M., Murakami H.
  • Journal Title: Resource Geology 58巻 Pages: 355-372
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] ベトナム北部の亜鉛鉱床のインジウム含有量-予察調査 (2008)
  • Author(s): 石原舜三・浦辺徹郎, Vo Tien Dung
  • Journal Title: 資源地質 58巻 Pages: 23-28
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Rare earth element enrichment in Late Archean manganese deposits from the Iron Ore Group, east India (2008)
  • Author(s): Moriyama, T.Panigrahi, M.K., Pandit, D., Watanabe, Y.
  • Journal Title: Resource Geology 58巻 Pages: 402-413
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] REE mineralization of weathered crust and clay sediment on granitic rocks in the Sanyo belt, SW Japan and the southern Jiangxi province, China (2008)
  • Author(s): 村上浩康, 石原舜三
  • Journal Title: Resource Geology 58巻 Pages: 373-401
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Crystal chemistry of zircon from granitic rocks, Japan : genetic implications of HREE, U and Th enrichment (2010)
  • Author(s): Hoshino M., Kimata, M., Shimizu, M., Nishida, N., Akasaka, T.
  • Organizer: 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association
  • Place of Presentation: Budapest (Hungary)
  • Year and Date: 20100822-20100824
• [Presentation] Japan's search for alternative rare earths supplies (2010)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧
  • Organizer: 6th International Rare Earths Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 香港(中国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-11
• [Presentation] So-called "ion-adsorption type" REE Deposits Found in weathered Crust of ilmenite-series granite in northern Vietnam (2010)
  • Author(s): Mentani, T., Ohmura, T., Watanabe Y., Urabe, T.
  • Organizer: 2010 GSA Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: デンバー(米国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-01
• [Presentation] Rapid quantitative analyses of REE and trace elements in 1:10 XRF Glassbead using LA-ICPMS (2010)
  • Author(s): Kon, Y., Murakami H., Hirata, T., Takagi, T., Watanabe Y.
  • Organizer: 2010 GSA Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: デンバー(米国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-01
• [Presentation] Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Mushgai Khudag REE deposit, Mongolia (2010)
  • Author(s): Sanematsu K., Kon, Y., Hirano, H., Watanabe Y.
  • Organizer: 2010 GSA Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: デンバー(米国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-01
• [Presentation] Critical metals for the new energy future (2010)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧, Hitzman, M.
  • Organizer: 2010 GSA Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: デンバー(米国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-01
• [Presentation] Indium resources and metallogeny in Japan, China and Bolivia (2010)
  • Author(s): Murakami H., Ishihara, S.
  • Organizer: 2010 GSA Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: デンバー(米国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-01
• [Presentation] Formation process of zircon associated with REE fluorocarbonate and niobium minerals at the Nechalacho REE deposit in the Thor Lake syenite, Canada, (2010)
  • Author(s): Hoshino M., Watanabe Y., Murakami H., Kon, Y.
  • Organizer: 2010 GSA Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: デンバー(米国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-01
• [Presentation] A Japanese perspective for the stable supply of rare earths (2010)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧
  • Organizer: Minor Metals & Rare Earths 2010
  • Place of Presentation: アモイ(中国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-19
• [Presentation] トアレイクNechalacho REE 鉱床におけるREEフッ化炭酸塩鉱物とNb鉱物を伴うジルコンの形成過程 (2010)
  • Author(s): 星野美保子、渡辺寧、村上浩康
  • Organizer: 日本鉱物科学会
  • Place of Presentation: 島根大学(島根県)
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-25
• [Presentation] Rare earth usage in Japan : Future requirements, sourcing challenges and the Japanese perspective (2010)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧
  • Organizer: 21st Workshop on Rare-Earth Permanent Magnets and their Applications
  • Place of Presentation: ブレッド(スロベニア)
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-30
• [Presentation] Crystal chemistry of volcanic allanites indicative of naturally induced oxidation-dehydrogenation (2010)
  • Author(s): Hoshino M., Kimata, M., Shimizu, M., Nishida, N., Akasaka, T.
  • Organizer: 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association
  • Place of Presentation: Budapest (Hungary)
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-25
• [Presentation] Indium Mineralization in Magmatic-Hydrothermal System (2010)
  • Author(s): Shimizu, M., Cook, N.J., Shimizu, M., Sundblad, K.L.
  • Organizer: 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association
  • Place of Presentation: Budapest (Hungary)
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-23
• [Presentation] REE sequential extraction and geochemical behavior in hydrothermally-altered and weathered granitic rocks in southern Thailand and Bangka island (Indonesia) (2010)
  • Author(s): Ikuno, T., Imai, A., Yonezu, K., Sanematsu K., Setijadji, L., Sitha, K., Dimara, A., Pistha-Arnord, V., Nakapadungrat, S.
  • Organizer: 資源地質学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-25
• [Presentation] Enrichment and modes of occurrence of rare earth elements in weathered granites in northern Vietnam (2010)
  • Author(s): Mentani, T., 渡辺寧, Urabe, T.
  • Organizer: 資源地質学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-24
• [Presentation] 重希土類元素を含有したジルコンの鉱物学的研究 (2010)
  • Author(s): 星野美保子、実松健造、渡辺寧
  • Organizer: 日本希土類学会
  • Place of Presentation: 北九州国際会議場(福岡県)
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-28
• [Presentation] 豪州・ノーランズボア鉱床産鉱石と燐灰石のREE組成 (2010)
  • Author(s): 村上浩康、佐藤比奈子、石山大三、昆慶明、石原舜三
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張コンベンションセンター(千葉県)
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-23
• [Presentation] High-tech metals and the needs of society (2009)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧
  • Organizer: 7th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining
  • Place of Presentation: ロバニエミ(フィンランド)
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-03
• [Presentation] Rare earth elements : a new scope of mining for saving energy and environment (2008)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧
  • Organizer: The 33rd International Geological Congress
  • Place of Presentation: オスロ(ノルウェー)
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-12
• [Presentation] 希土類資源の現状と重希土類元素の新たな供給源の探索 (2008)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧
  • Organizer: 日本希土類学会第25回希土類討論会
  • Place of Presentation: タワーホール船堀(東京)
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-29
• [Book] レアメタルレアアース (2011)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧, 他
  • Total Pages: 144
  • Publisher: ニュートンプレス
• [Book] ガラスの加工技術と製品応用 (2008)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧, 他
  • Total Pages: 11-26
  • Publisher: 株式会社情報機構
• [Book] 希土類の材料技術ハンドブック (2008)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧, 他
  • Total Pages: 591-611
  • Publisher: 株式会社エヌ・ティー・エス
• [Book] レアメタル (2007)
  • Author(s): 渡辺寧・守山武・村上浩康, 他
  • Total Pages: 50-90
  • Publisher: 工業調査会