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Which is the best method to explore Coltan?

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Question added by kashinje masanja , Exploration geologist , Mawarid PLC
Date Posted: 2015/07/21
s m k kazimi
by s m k kazimi , Dy.Director General & Regional Mission Head of south India , GSI, Ministry of Mines

true but which rock is concentrating them and from where the solutions came the phased evolution related to which magmatic cycle which generated the solutions containing these minerals. But in reality in field only one things counts  how much and in which rock.3D imaging helps in knowing depth persistence of the ore body.

RAHUL VERMA
by RAHUL VERMA , READER (S/L GRADE) , BOTSWANA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Coltan is the popular name given to a columbite–tantalite  mix .It is a dull black metallic ore from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted. The niobium-dominant mineral in coltan is columbite and the tantalum-dominant mineral is tantalite.

These are associated with the terminal end of "Bowen's Reaction Series" and are mostly associated wtih hydrothermal solution containing rare metals. Also they are found in the vicinity of mafic dyke intrusions within granites.

Having properties like good electrical and thermal conductivity and radioactivity, the most suitable mix of exploration methods are - electrical and radioactive.

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