{"id":1158470,"date":"2020-01-07T08:15:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1010503"},"modified":"2020-01-07T08:15:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:15:43","slug":"us-geological-survey-maps-ree-deposit-in-mountain-pass-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1158470","title":{"rendered":"US Geological Survey maps REE deposit in Mountain Pass region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.geoscienceworld.org\/gsa\/geosphere\/article\/doi\/10.1130\/GES02066.1\/579772\/Geophysical-characterization-of-a-Proterozoic-REE\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"report (opens in a new tab)\">report<\/a> published on the online journal <em>Geosphere<\/em>, scientists from the US Geological Survey mapped a rare earth element deposit of magmatic carbonatite located in the Mountain Pass region of the eastern Mojave Desert, some 60 miles southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The article details the geophysical and geological setting of the deposit, including a map of the deposit&#8217;s subsurface extent. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>The idea behind the report is to help land-use managers evaluate sites for further exploration<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>To obtain and present such information, the experts used geophysical and geological techniques and analyzed gravity, magnetic, magnetotelluric, and whole-rock physical property data to image geologic structures related to REE mineral-bearing rocks at depth. 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