REE mineralization is hosted by carbonatite dykes in Hongcheon, central Korea.
SHRIMP monazite dating yielded a Late Triassic crystallization age.
The Hongcheon carbonatite and coeval high-K plutons are post-collisional products.
The Hongcheon carbonatite was derived from an ancient lithospheric mantle.
Post-collisional carbonatite and silicate magmas in central Korea are not consanguineous.