 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Metal Pegmatites in the North Pilbara Craton, Western Australia MARCUS T. SWEETAPPLE† AND PETER L. F. COLLINS...of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia Abstract The Pilbara pegmatite province in the...fields, including the giant Mount Cassiterite tantalum orebody in the Wodgina pegmatite district. Generally... All of the major tantalum deposits (Wodgina, Mount Cassiterite, Tabba Tabba, Strelley, Pilgangoora)...ARCHEAN North Pilbara Craton in northwestern Australia (Fig. 1) is one of the world’s major tantalum |  | | 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 |  | | 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...interested in searching for tin deposits in Western Australia. J H Lord 19th June 1978. DIRECTOR iii................. ... ... . . Tin mining in Western Australia ......................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | concentrate, or “Coltan,” that caused Ta mines in Australia and Canada to be placed on care and maintenance...Pyrochlore (Nb–Ta), columbitetantalite (Nb–Ta), wodginite (Ta, Nb and Sn) and microlite (Ta and Nb) are...fergusonite, strüverite, euxenite, samarskite and wodginite (Table 2). Ta is a hard but ductile metal, with...relatively stable and slightly increasing in Australia. While Ta production for 2012 is much lower (in...several major past producers, such as Wodgina, Mt. Cattlin (Australia) and Tanco (Canada), being placed on |  | | Report (issue) | | ixiolite, microlite, tantalite, tapiolite, and wodginite. Tantalum-bearing mineral deposits are found in...tantalum have varied considerably since 2000. Australia, which was the leading producer from 2001 through...respectively. Tantalum production in Australia stopped in 2010; however, Australia contains large resources of...of tantalum in the Greenbushes and the Wodgina deposits, and production is expected to resume in the future...kilometers (km) from Perth in southwestern Western Australia. The Greenbushes Mine, which is hosted by |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mining the Main Tantalite Dyke Wodgina, Western Australia, Australia Mark Jacobson 108 Farmington Drive...mineralogically famous Main Tantalite Dyke at Wodgina, Western Australia and the adjacent tantalum-bearing pegmatites...pegmatites in the PiIbara were discovered during a cassiterite mining boom in I 901-5. The brothers Francis...tantalite to the United Kingdom in I 905, labeled as cassiterite thus fortuitously not paying duty on the rare...----2 Wodgina Tantalite (Continued from page l) Cassiterite was discoYered in the cassiterite-greisen |  | Dittrich, Thomas, Seifert, Thomas, Schulz, Bernhard, Hagemann, Steffen, Gerdes, Axel, Pfänder, Jörg (2019) Archean Rare-Metal Pegmatites in Zimbabwe and Western Australia - Geology and Metallogeny of Pollucite Mineralisations. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-10943-1 | Book | | Archean Rare-Metal Pegmatites in Zimbabwe and Western Australia Geology and Metallogeny of Pollucite Mineralisations...Archean Rare-Metal Pegmatites in Zimbabwe and Western Australia Geology and Metallogeny of Pollucite Mineralisations...Earth Sciences The University of Western Australia Crawley, WA, Australia Axel Gerdes Department of Geosciences...for Li and rare metals in pegmatites. In Western Australia, the Meso- to Neo-Archean units in the Yilgarn...(Li-Ta-Sn) and Wodgina (Li-Ta-Sn). Geological mapping programmes by the Geological Survey of Western Australia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | analysis of cassiterite and columbite group minerals from Archean Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatites of Western Australia...analysis of cassiterite and columbite group minerals from Archean Li-CsTa type pegmatites of Western Australia...geochronological data from Li-Cs-Ta pegmatites across Western Australia, that vary in age, host lithology and geodynamic...methods to date columbite group minerals and cassiterite samples. In a novel approach, reconnaissance...reconnaissance Lu-Hf isotope data obtained from cassiterite samples by LA-MC-ICPMS are also reported providing insights |  | | Report (issue) | | 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...Ixiolite (Ta,Fe,Sn,Nb,Mn)4O8 8.3 68.96 Wodginite Wodginite (Ta,Sn,Mn,Nb,Fe,Ti)O2 1.35 to 7.1 67...at grades of < 0.05 Ta2O5 Greenbushes and Wodgina, Australia; Tanco, Canada; Volta Grande, Brazil; Kenticha...Catalão, Brazil; Tomtor, Russia; Greenbushes, Australia 60° 50° 40° 30° 20° 10° 0° 10° 20° |  | | Report (issue) | | Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration. Back cover. A handful...of the UG2 Chromitite at the Karee Mine in the western part of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa...............N20 Map showing the geology along the western margin of the Duluth Complex, Minnesota, with the...down to 2 kilometers in the southern area of the western limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa.......structure of cassiterite................................... S6 S4. Photograph of cassiterite crystals.. |
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