Indikasi Potensi Skandium Di Zona Limonit Blok Tapunopaka, Konawe Utara, Sulawesi Tenggara

Paskarino Y.H, Sutarto Sutarto, Soesilo, J Soesilo, J, Sutopo, B Sutopo, B

Abstract


Skandium di dalam 27,22 juta ton sumberdaya terukur limonit di Blok Tapunopaka dengan kadar rata-rata 91,21 ppm atau setara dengan 2.482 ton skandium. Penelitian awal skandium dilakukan pada zona limonit dan batuan asal dari 200 data ICP OES daerah Konawe Utara termasuk 74 data dari Blok Tapunopaka, 8 data hasil petrografi batuan asal, dan 4 data hasil analisis XRD batuan asal. Batuan asal dari limonit mengnadung skandium adalah harsburgit dan klinopiroksenit. Kandungan skandium dalam batuan asal sangat menentukan kandungan skandium di zona limonit Skandium di zona limonit berkorelasi positif dengan alumunium dengan R2=0,6817, menunjukkan bahwa skandium hadir bersama dan evolusi skandium dipengaruhi oleh alumunium. Dengan tidak ditemukannya batuan basa yang kaya alumunium sebagai batuan asal dan teridentifikasinya lizardit ((Mg,Al)3((Si,Fe)2O5)(OH)4), margarit (CaAl2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2) dan klinoklor (Mg2.8Fe1.75Al2.7Si2.65O10(OH)8) sebagai mineral yang mengandung alumunium pada harsburgit dan klinopiroksenit maka lizardit, margarit, dan klinoklor diduga kuat sebagai mineral pembawa skandium.

Scandium, one of the elements forming limonite rocks, is highly prospective to develop economically. In Tapunopaka Block, this element is part of 27.22 million tons of limonite measured resources with the average grade of 91.21 ppm equivalent to 2,482 tons of contained metal. Research was carried on in the limonite zone and host rock taking 200 ICP OES data in North Konawe Region including 74 data from Tapunopaka Block, 8 petrographic data from host rocks and 4 data from XRD analysis of source rocks. The host rocks formed by scandium element are harzburgite and clinopyroxenite. The amount of scandium concentration in the host rocks highly influences scandium content in the limonite zone. Scandium in the limonite zone has a positive correlation with aluminum (R2=0,6817). This indicates that scandium presence and its evolution should be affected by aluminium. The research shows that no mafic rocks, identified as rich aluminium host rocks, was found and lizardite ((Mg,Al)3((Si,Fe)2O5)(OH)4), margarite (CaAl2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2) dan clinochlore (Mg2.8Fe1.75Al2.7Si2.65O10(OH)8) is recognized as mineral containing alumimium in the harzburgite and clinopyroxenite. This concludes that lizardite, margarite, and clinochlore is indicatively defined a scandium-bearing mineral.



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skandium;limonit;tapunopaka;lizardit

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31284/j.semitan.j.2022.v1i1.4954

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