Present Situation and Research Direction of Strategic Critical Mineral Exploration: Taking Qinghai Province as an Example

Su Huimin, Che Yuying, Yin Yanliang, Dong Jiaxiang, Zhang Wei, Jiang Shaoyong

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Earth Science ›› 2023, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (04) : 1543-1550. DOI: 10.3799/dqkx.2022.426

Present Situation and Research Direction of Strategic Critical Mineral Exploration: Taking Qinghai Province as an Example

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Critical mineral resources refer to strategic mineral resources that are necessary for the sustainable development of modern society at present and near future but have high risks in terms of stable supply, mainly including the so-called “three rare metals” (rare earth elements, rare metals, rare dispersed metals), and other strategic metals, such as chromium, manganese, titanium, cobalt, nickel, and vanadium, as well as strategic non-metallic minerals, such as crystalline graphite, fluorite, talc, and boron.Qinghai Province is rich in critical metal deposits with a variety of ore deposit types and potential large resource reserves. In future study, it should focus on the fundamental geological theory of super-enrichment of the critical metals and efficient and modern technology for mineral exploration, including the following major tasks: to unravel the ore-forming controlling factors, ore formation regulations, the behavior of critical metals and their enrichment mechanisms; to investigate the occurrence state of rare metal elements, improve the utilization rate and reduce environmental pollution, and improve the level of exploration. Based on the situation of critical mineral resources in China and abroad, in this paper it puts forward some thoughts and suggestions on comprehensively improving the management, exploration, development and utilization level of critical mineral resources in Qinghai Province to secure the safety of mineral resources.

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strategic critical minerals / exploration status / scientific problem / Qinghai Province / mineralogy

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Su Huimin , Che Yuying , Yin Yanliang , et al . Present Situation and Research Direction of Strategic Critical Mineral Exploration: Taking Qinghai Province as an Example. Earth Science. 2023, 48(04): 1543-1550 https://doi.org/10.3799/dqkx.2022.426

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