 | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 12 THE TIN DEPOSITS OF ~ E S T E...Minister for Mines 77793-1 i National Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 7617 2 11 PREFACE...Although small by Australian and World standards, Western Australia’s tin deposits have yielded concentrates...million and have maintained mining communities at Greenbushes and in various parts of the Pilbara. The present...interested in searching for tin deposits in Western Australia. J H Lord 19th June 1978. DIRECTOR iii |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology, Mineralization, andGeochronology of the Greenbushes Pegmatite, WesternAustralia G.A. PARTINGTON*...andGeophysics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WesternAustralia 6907, Australia AND I.S. WILLIAMS Research...NationalUniversity, G.P.O.Box4, Canberra, ACT2601,Australia Abstract The Greenbushes pegmatite isa giantpegmatite dikeof...y to the tin and tantalum reserves of the Greenbushes mine. Because of the renewedactivityin thehard-rock...Office,c/oP.O. AdelaideRiver,NorthernTerritory0846,Australia. 0361-0128/95/1694/616-2054.00 tite is synchronous |  | | Report (issue) | | MILES, D.Sc. F.C.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY O F WESTERN AUSTRALIA, - AND DOROTHY CARROLL, PLD., P.I.C. GOVERNMENT... - WESTERN - AUSTRALIA. P A ~ T M E N TOF MINES. . MINERAL RESOURCES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BULLETIN... F.G.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY O F W E S T E R N AUSTRALIA, AND AND GOVERNMENT CHEMICAL LABORATORIES.... The production of tantalum ores has been one of Western Australia’s contributions to the war effort and...considered a comprehensive reference book f o r the Western Australian 1-esources of tantalnm and niobium. |  | | Report (issue) | | 22 TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J. M. Fetherston TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE:... FRONTISPIECE: Historic pump at the Wodgina tantalum–tin mine. Brought from Port Hedland by camel train about 1905...SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 22 TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J. M. Fetherston...Limerick DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Tim Griffin REFERENCE The recommended reference...FETHERSTON, J. M., 2004, Tantalum in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Archean Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatites of Western Australia Lillian A. Kendall-Langley, Anthony I.S. Kemp...minerals from Archean Li-CsTa type pegmatites of Western Australia, LITHOS, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos...geochronological data from Li-Cs-Ta pegmatites across Western Australia, that vary in age, host lithology and geodynamic...from Archean Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatites of Western Australia 3 4 Lillian A. Kendall-Langley*, Anthony...Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6 6009, Australia 7 8 *Corresponding author: |  | | Report (issue) | | Introduction, p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p...p. 95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst,” “Leigh Creek,” “Avondale Mine”; all these |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Simpsonite and stibiotantalite from Benson pegmatite mine, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia. By O. vox KNORRIXG, M...a number of pegmatites that comprise the Benson mine at Mtoko, in the north-eastern part of Southern...four pegmatite areas only: Tabba Tabba in Western Australia (Bowley, 1939), Alto do Giz and Onga mines...Stibiotantalite has been recorded from Greenbushes, Western Australia (Goyder, 1892), San Diego, California...of the forty pegmatites that occur in the Benson mine have stages containing a suite of minerals typical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Trueman and mulationsof amblygonite-montebrasite or lepidolite- •ern•, 1982).Notsince thepublications ofHornung...Ewing, 1977), and the Greenbushespegmatite, Western Australia(Pryceand Chester, 1978), emphasizethe point...(1961) Australia Greenbushes,Western Australia Pryce and Chester(1978) Mr. Marion, Western Australia...mayconvertholmquistite to lithian micas(zinnwaldite-lepidolite) with increasingchemical potentialof the exchangeoperatorKNa_]...Phaseabbreviations: Bt = biotite,Znw = zinnwaldite,Lpd = lepidolite,Hbl = hornblende, Him = holmquistite,Srl = schorl |  | Kesler, Stephen E., Gruber, Paul W., Medina, Pablo A., Keoleian, Gregory A., Everson, Mark P., Wallington, Timothy J. (2012) Global lithium resources: Relative importance of pegmatite, brine and other deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 48. 55-69 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.05.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | largest pegmatite deposits, such as those at Greenbushes (Australia) and Manono–Kitolo (Democratic Republic...43‐101 (Canada) or Joint Ore Reserves Committee (Australia) (Houston et al., 2011). Accordingly, the resources...importance, and petalite, eucryptite (LiAlSiO4) and lepidolite (KLi2AlSi4O10F2) are less common. Some pegmatites...lithium-bearing pegmatites at the Cachoeira (CBL) mine. The CBL mine contains an echelon group of pegmatites ranging...in Australia is the 2.57 Ga Greenbushes pegmatite in the southwestern corner of Western Australia (Fig |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | concentrate, or “Coltan,” that caused Ta mines in Australia and Canada to be placed on care and maintenance...% from tin slag refining and 10 % from secondary mine concentrates. Due to rapid industrialisation and...Canada account for about 92 and 7 % of Nb world mine production, respectively. Since the bulk of the...relatively stable and slightly increasing in Australia. While Ta production for 2012 is much lower (in...past producers, such as Wodgina, Mt. Cattlin (Australia) and Tanco (Canada), being placed on care and |  | | Report (issue) | | earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8. Mine production of lithium by country, 1980 to 1986-...subsequently joined by the Republic of South Africa, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The objective of ISMI...earth-science and mineral-resource agencies in Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the |  | | Report (issue) | | lithium ore minerals are spodumene, petalite, and lepidolite; cesium mainly comes from pollucite; and tantalum...Canada (2.1 Mt at 0.215 percent Ta2O5), Greenbushes in Australia (70.4 Mt at 2.6 percent Li2O), and Bikita... One of the largest and richest pegmatites, Greenbushes, is only 3-km long and a few hundred meters across...surroundings. This is the case in heavily wooded western Maine, where many of the glacially sculpted hilltops...in some climates (for example, Tabba Tabba in Australia) (Sweetapple and Collins, 2002), the quartz core |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia 2 Institute for Sustainable Futures, University...University of Technology, Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed;...estimates in some countries, such as the JORC Code in Australia, NI 43-101 in Canada and SAMREC in South Africa...in 2008; and the principal producers today are Australia, China and Chile. The cumulative amount of lithium...values) [2,4–13]. 25 Production (kt Li/y) 20 15 Australia Rock Brazil Rock FSU Rock China Rock USA Both |  | | Report (edition) | | Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin |  | | Report (issue) | | ............................................M24 Mine Waste Characteristics ........................................................................M27 Mine Closure .......................................................M21 M13. Bar charts showing global mine production of niobium and tantalum, from 2000 to...occur in Angola, Australia, China, Greenland, Malawi, Russia, and South Africa. Australia and Brazil have...resources include, in decreasing order of resources, Australia, Asia, Russia and the Middle East, Africa, North |  | | Report (edition) | | maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response...formal inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication |  | | Report (issue) | | ........................................... K15 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................leading producer of lithium from pegmatites is Australia. Other potential sources of lithium include clays...lithium had been found in other silicate minerals (lepidolite and spodumene) and had been detected in trace...then-revolutionary periodic table of elements. Petalite, lepidolite, and spodumene are found in granitic pegmatites...S. production lags far behind that of Chile, Australia, and several other nations. Additionally, two | | | Report (issue) | | ....................................... 2 World Mine Production .......................................Information Services Ltd., 2012). World Mine Production In 2011, world mine production of tantalum increased...in 2010. Rwanda accounted for 27 percent of total mine production in 2011; Brazil accounted for 20 percent;...tantalum have varied considerably since 2000. Australia, which was the leading producer from 2001 through...together accounted for 47 percent of the world’s mine production of tantalum. The locations of significant |  | | Report (issue) | | •• • •• ••• ••• ... • •• ••• • •• 15 Australia • •• •• • • •• •• • • •• • • • •• • •...Associated minerals include beryl, tourmaline, lepidolite, cryolite, quartz, felspar, monazite, wolfra...Malay States and Australia. Mangano-tantalite is found in Russia., Sweden, and Australia. The last is the...all of the demand being met by miheral from Western Australia, whe1·e the ores are of high g1·ade, and 1...the immediate neighbourhood of sta.nniferous lepidolite-greisen. The mine:ral has been found in l11rnps |  | Küster, Dirk, Romer, Rolf L., Tolessa, Dandena, Zerihun, Desta, Bheemalingeswara, K., Melcher, Frank, Oberthür, Thomas (2009) The Kenticha rare-element pegmatite, Ethiopia: internal differentiation, U–Pb age and Ta mineralization. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (7) 723-750 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0240-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | represents a globally important tantalum source. The mine produces around 120 t tantalum concentrate (~55%...unlike the well-known tantalum pegmatites in Australia (Greenbushes, Wodgina) or Canada (Tanco). We have carried...Kenticha rare-element pegmatite outcrops on the western flank of a N–S elongated ridge of serpentinite...quartz unit consists of quartz crystals and quartz–lepidolite greisen. It forms discontinuous bodies, measuring...Monomineralic quartz and quartz-mica assemblages (lepidolite, zinnwaldite) Saccharoidal albite coarse grained |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Smithsonian Institution Minerals of the Greenbushes T in field ....................................Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce .........length, collected in the Mindola open pit, Rokana mine, Zambia, by S. P. Korowski. The Mineralogical Record... I mean look at the beak! A nd certainly the lepidolite looks more like feathers than hair, does it not...under ground miner at the 115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August |  | Galliski, M. A., Marquez-Zavalia, M. F., Lira, R., Cempirek, J., Skoda, R. (2012) Mineralogy and Origin of the Dumortierite-Bearing Pegmatites of Virorco, San Luis, Argentina. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (4) 873-894 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.4.873 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Stilling et al. (2006); 69.14 and 14.67 wt.% for Greenbushes, Partington et al. (1995)] or abyssal pegmatites...associated. Holtite, originally described from Greenbushes, Australia (Pryce 1971, Hoskins et al. 1989) as approximately...in three localities other than Virorco: Greenbushes, Australia (Pryce 1971), Vasin-Myl’k, Voron’i Tundry...origin is non-uniform and rather unclear. In the Greenbushes occurrence, holtite, in association with stibiotantalite...from small (2-15 mm) pebbles in alluvium of the Greenbushes pegmatite. It is present mainly as intergrown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrences, such as Tanco (Canada) and Greenbushes (Australia) contain important resources of these metals...removal of Li (petalite or spodumene) and Li-F (lepidolite) minerals from the silicate melt, along with...plots in the granite field Canada, Africa and Australia [10,20,22], and Phanerozoic mountain belts, particularly...the Archean Yilgarn and Pilbara cratons of Western Australia, Sweetapple (2017) [21] demonstrated that...[56]. The pegmatite dikes of the giant Greenbushes deposit (Australia) are up to 3 km long, 40 to 250 m wide |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JamesCookUniversity, Townsville, Queensland 4811,Australia ONEofthemajoraimsoftherecently completed IGCPProj-...deposits whererecentworkhaspro- andWodginain Australia. motedsignificant advances in theunderstanding...Thailand(Suwimonprecha et al., andis dominated bythe Greenbushes (Aus1995),raremetals+ tin deposits suchasthe...inRaremetalsarevitalcomponents of manymanufacturingproduces lepidolite) thatoccurin many andproduction processes (Table1)...production fromlargeraremetalpegmatites in otherparts Australia). opportunities arerestricted mainlyto value-added |  | | Report (issue) | | deposits. Association: Albite, microcline, beryl, lepidolite, muscovite, tourmaline, spodumene, lithiophilite...Spruce Pine district, Mitchell Co., and the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina.... At Greens Well, Wodgina, Greenbushes, and elsewhere in Western Australia. In the Ishikawa district,...Publishing. Type Material: Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia, S1832c; The Natural History |
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