1 Geochemistry, mineralogy and depositional environment implications of Late

2 Cretaceous Navay phosphorite deposit (Barinas-Apure Basin) West of Venezuela.

3 Linares. E a, Velásquez. G b, Manrique. J c. Monsalve. J a, Lo Mónaco. S a.

4 a
ICT, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Avenida Los Ilustres, Los Chaguaramos, Caracas 1010-A,
5 Venezuela

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Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC), FCFM, University of Chile, 8320000 Santiago, Chile

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Departament of de Geology and Mining, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto,
8 1101608, Loja, Ecuador

9 Abstract

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11 Key words: Navay Formation; Geochemistry; Phosphorites; Paleoenvironments; REEs;

12 Uranium.

13 1. Introduction
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16 2. Geological setting
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19 3. Samples and analytical methods
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21 4. Results
22 4.1 Petrography and mineralogy
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24 4.2 Geochemistry
25 4.2.1 Major elements
26 4.2.2 Trace elements

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30 5. Discussion
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33 6. Conclusions

34 Acknowledgements

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36 References

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