Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements in Manganese Deposits in the Anabanua District, Barru Regency, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

Muhamad Hardin Wakila; Citra Aulian Chalik; Alam Budiman Thamsi; Nurliah Jafar; Harwan; Emi Prasetyawati Umar

doi:10.25299/jgeet.2025.10.4.24882

Authors

Muhamad Hardin Wakila Department of Mining Engineering, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia.
Citra Aulian Chalik Department of Mining Engineering, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia.
Alam Budiman Thamsi Department of Mining Engineering, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia.
Nurliah Jafar Department of Mining Engineering, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia.
Harwan Department of Mining Engineering, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia.
Emi Prasetyawati Umar Department of Mining Engineering, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25299/jgeet.2025.10.4.24882

Keywords:

Rare Earth Element, manganese, Petrographic, XRD, ICP-OES

Abstract

Research programmes on rare earth elements have not been widely carried out, especially on manganese deposits, even though manganese deposits also contain rare earth elements. Research on manganese mineralogy has been done before, however, research has not focused on rare earth metal elements found in manganese deposits, so further research is needed to find out the mineralogy, geochemistry, and gardes of rare earth metal elements in manganese deposits in the tropics. There are 3 methods of analysis at once, namely petrographic, XRD, and ICP-OES methods. The minerals found in manganese samples in the study area are: Albite, Chlorite, Plagioclase, Orthoclase, Quartz, Chlorite, Opaque, Pyrolusite, Muscovite, Diopside, Hematite, Rodochroite, Manganochromite and Manganite. Rare earth element levels in manganese deposits are Yttrium (8.7-35.5 ppm), Scandium (4-28 ppm), Lanthanum (5.3-122 ppm), Cerium (9.4-198 ppm), Praseodymium (1.3-23.6 ppm), Neodymium (690.9), Samarium (1.2-15. 4 ppm), Europium (0.6-3.5 ppm), Gadolinium (1.4-13.5 ppm), Terbium (0.241.75 ppm), Dysprosium (1.4-7.9 ppm), Holmium (0. 3-1.3 ppm), Erbium (0.8-3.2 ppm), Thulium (0.1-0.4 ppm), Ytterbium (0.8-2.4 ppm) and Lutetium (0.14-0.39 ppm). These results indicate that manganese deposits in Anabanua Village, Barru Regency, have the potential to be a source of LREE (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Sm) with concentrations exceeding those of several deposits around the world, making them worthy of consideration in strategic mineral exploration in Indonesia in general.

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