ALKALICZNA INTRUZJA SYENITOWA M£ŁWY A PERSPEKTYWY WYSTĘPOWANIA PIERWIASTKÓW ZIEM RZADKICH

Abstract

THE MŁAWA SYENITE ALKALINE INTRUSION – A PERSPECTIVE OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS OCCURRENCEAbstract. A number of alkaline and alkaline-ultramafic bodies have been known within the hidden basement of the East European Craton (EEC) in north-western Poland for a long time. These are the strong anomalies of Ełk, Pisz, Tajno and Mława identified based on a geophysical survey. Syenite and quartz syenites, were drilled by only four deep boreholes on the periphery of the Mława anomaly (Płońsk IG 2A/2, Ciechanów 1, Konopki Wielkie and Gradzanowo 2). The REE- and Zr-rich Mława metaluminous syenites are relatively late-stage products of fractionation processes. Electron microprobe analyses confirm primary-appearing REE-fluorocarbonate (bastnäsite–parisite) and zircon abundance as major host phases to REE and Zr in the syenites. A significant concentration of the REE-bearing minerals shows a genetic and spatial relation to an alkaline rocks, therefore the Mława igneous bodies should be the subject of further investigations.