The Hyderabad-based National Geophysical Research Institute has found inAndhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district large deposits of 15 rare earth Elements (REE) – critical components in a variety of daily-use and industrial applications, from cellphones and TVs to computers and automobiles.
NGRI scientists were conducting a survey for non-traditional rocks like syenites when they made the significant discovery of the Minerals in the lanthanide series. The elements identified included allanite, ceriate, thorite, columbite, tantalite, apatite,zircon, monazite, pyrochlore euxenite and fluorite.
Metallogeny is a branch of geology that deals with the genetic relationship between the HISTORY“>Geological history of an area and its mineral deposits. The alkaline complexes are located west and southwest of the Paleoproterozoic Cuddapah basin in Anantapur district.