Preliminary study of scandium enrichment in Çaldağ-Manisa lateritic Ni-Co deposit, Western Anatolia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.17824/yerbilimleri.1491285" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.17824/yerbilimleri.1491285</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17824/yerbilimleri.1491285" target="_blank" >10.17824/yerbilimleri.1491285</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Preliminary study of scandium enrichment in Çaldağ-Manisa lateritic Ni-Co deposit, Western Anatolia

Original language description

Scandium is one of the most valuable critical metals, with high demand in applications ranging from biomedical research to electronics. Lateritic Ni-Co deposits are considered prime targets for scandium (Sc) exploration because Sc can be concentrated during weathering through residual and secondary enrichment, reaching up to 100 ppm and making it a potential by-product.nThis study investigates the distribution of Sc in the unweathered parent rocks and various laterite zones within two distinct pits of the Çaldağ lateritic Ni-Co deposit in Western Anatolia. In the Hematite pit, the serpentinite protolith shows an average Sc content of 10.3 ppm, with significant enrichment in the middle-upper limonite zone, reaching up to ~66 ppm. Although this represents a sixfold increase compared to the serpentinite protolith, the maximum Sc concentrations (53.6–65.7 ppm) are relatively low compared to other nickel laterites with by-product Sc potential (~100 ppm). This lower concentration is attributed to the initial low Sc content of the serpentinized peridotite protolith and post-lateritization tectonic activity. Conversely, the South pit exhibits higher initial Sc content in the protolith (~13 ppm) but lower average Sc content (~6.4 ppm) in the limonite zone, likely due to post-lateritization dissolution of Sc-hosting minerals by alteration and secondary weathering processes within the highly deformed pit.nThe findings suggest that while the Çaldağ deposit exhibits Sc concentrations up to ~66 ppm in the limonite zones, the potential for Sc as a by-product alongside Ni production is limited. Further detailed mineralogical and geochemical investigations are recommended to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of Sc distribution in the Çaldağ deposit and other lateritic deposits in Türkiye.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10505 - Geology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

YERBİLİMLERİ/Bulletin for Earth Sciences

ISSN

1301-2894

e-ISSN

2687-2978

Volume of the periodical

45

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

TR - TURKEY

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

1491285

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85214931122