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The increased global demand for and price of rare earth elements (REEs) has led to intensive search for them in rocks of the upper continental crust all over the world. This study is aimed at characterising the granitoids at Okeho within Southwestern Nigeria using geochemical data and assessing their potential for REE enrichment. Ten representative rock samples of the Proterozoic intrusives, syenite and granodiorite, were studied for their mineralogical and elemental compositions. Elemental concentrations were analysed using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS).
Average major oxide concentrations revealed SiO2 (57.53 wt. %), Al2O3 (13.25 wt. %), CaO (5.05 wt. %), and MgO (5.59 wt. %) for the syenite and SiO2 (62.39 wt. %), Al2O3 (14.98 wt. %), CaO (3.67 wt. %), and MgO (3.25 wt. %) for the granodiorite. Total Alkali–Silica (TAS), Aluminum Saturation Index (ASI), and La/10-Y/15-Nb/8 plots discriminated the granitoids as metaluminous monzonite-syenite and peraluminous diorite-granodiorite. Average total REE concentrations in the syenite (625.06 ppm) and porphyritic-granodiorite (364.51 ppm) were above values reported for the granites in some mines in Jiangxi Province, Southern China.
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The increased global demand for and price of rare earth elements (REEs) has led to intensive search for them in rocks of the upper continental crust all over the world. This study is aimed at characterising the granitoids at Okeho within Southwestern Nigeria using geochemical data and assessing their potential for REE enrichment. Ten representative rock samples of the Proterozoic intrusives, syenite and granodiorite, were studied for their mineralogical and elemental compositions. Elemental concentrations were analysed using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS).
Average major oxide concentrations revealed SiO2 (57.53 wt. %), Al2O3 (13.25 wt. %), CaO (5.05 wt. %), and MgO (5.59 wt. %) for the syenite and SiO2 (62.39 wt. %), Al2O3 (14.98 wt. %), CaO (3.67 wt. %), and MgO (3.25 wt. %) for the granodiorite. Total Alkali–Silica (TAS), Aluminum Saturation Index (ASI), and La/10-Y/15-Nb/8 plots discriminated the granitoids as metaluminous monzonite-syenite and peraluminous diorite-granodiorite. Average total REE concentrations in the syenite (625.06 ppm) and porphyritic-granodiorite (364.51 ppm) were above values reported for the granites in some mines in Jiangxi Province, Southern China.

Geology and Rare Earth Element Geochemistry of Magnesian Granitoids Within Proterozoic Schist Belt of Southwest Nigeria

Materials and Geoenvironment

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Geologija in geokemija redkih zemelj iz magnezijevih granitoidov proterozojskega pasu skrilavca v JZ Nigeriji

The increased global demand for and price of rare earth elements (REEs) has led to intensive search for them in rocks of the upper continental crust all over...

Geology and Rare Earth Element Geochemistry of Magnesian Granitoids Within Proterozoic Schist Belt of Southwest Nigeria

Article Category: Original Scientific Article

Publié en ligne: 26 juil. 2023

Pages: -

Reçu: 01 janv. 2023

Accepté: 20 févr. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rmzmag-2023-0002

Mots clés
major oxides, REE, syenite, granodiorite, orogenic-setting

© 2023 Olufemi Williams Okunola et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Geology and Rare Earth Element Geochemistry of Magnesian Granitoids Within Proterozoic Schist Belt of Southwest Nigeria

Article Category: Original Scientific Article

Publié en ligne: 26 juil. 2023

Pages: -

Reçu: 01 janv. 2023

Accepté: 20 févr. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rmzmag-2023-0002

Mots clésmajor oxides, REE, syenite, granodiorite, orogenic-setting

© 2023 Olufemi Williams Okunola et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
major oxides, REE, syenite, granodiorite, orogenic-setting