 | | Report (issue) | | MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 15 LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by K. M. Ferguson < < EWG1CAL...EWG1CAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTWCA DEPARTMENT OF LvdNERALS AND ENERGY LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS...DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 . , .- FRONTISPIECE Sulfur and copper staining in creek draining the Sulphur...Sulphur Springs deposit, Pilbara Craton GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN... Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA David Blight Copy editors: I. R. Nowak and |  | | Book | | most fertile of Scotland's mineral locations: the lead mines at LeadhillsWanlockhead. The author has accessed...of Mineralogy, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Herr H. Hofmann and Frau Heidrun Fuchs of the...Dumfries; Mr S. C. Brownlee of Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council; Mr R. Hunter and Mr Kevin Wilbraham of...Russell Society and the Museum Trust of the Museum of Lead Mining, Wanlockhead, to help defray publication...Thomson's collection, National Museum of Victoria, Australia) and became national treasures, numerous aspects |  | | Book | | THAMES II 14 6 MINERALS OF THE MIDLANDS 7 THE SOUTH EAST 8 SCOTLAND _ Section 2 _ 15 PARTICULAR SITES...BAY 13 CORNWALL’S BEACHES 26 14 15 16 17 29 EAST SUSSEX FLINTS _ GEMSTONES OF ARRAN FOSSICKING AT...West Country are found the lead and zinc mines of the Men dip Hills, east Somerset, the celestite workings...iron mines in the Forest of Dean. The Derbyshire lead and fluorite mines dominate the scene for the collector...distinctive char acter: hematite in West Cumberland, lead and zinc in the northern Pennines and a wide variety |  | | Catalog/List | | PERI0OT CRYSTALS Naran, Kagan Valley, Mansehra District, North Pakistan Single gemmy light green crystals...to 1 inch high £20 to £145 OPAL Queensland, Australia Small specimens. excellent colour, partly polished...long £-18 each CHAROITE Muran Massif, Chara River area, near Oleminsk, Yakutia, Russia Polished slabs...1) AZURITE with MALACHITE - New S outh Wales, Australia £18 ( 12) AZURITE with MALACHITE - Cwennap...- Beer Alston, Devon (47) FLUORITE on quartz - East Pool Mine, Cornwall (4 8) GALENA with FLUORITE |  | | Book | | Barium Be Beryllium 4 Bi Bismuth 83 Pb Lead 82 Br Bromine 35 Pd Palladium 46 C Carbon...problem Arthur W. G. Kingsbury wus born in 1906 at East Meon, Hampshire. He received a classical education...publishing his first work on the minerals of the Mendip Hills (Kingsbury 1935). he aspired to become a professional...specimens of crystallized gold from K.anowna.Western Australia, and Kingsbury's specimens labelled "Porthcurnick...work (as chief collaborator on Kingsbury's Lake District "discoveries") is most affected by the problem |  | | Book | | of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit-types, District Metallogeny, the Evolution of Geological Provinces...visible gold. Tt most likely came fro1n the bonanza East Dorne area which was discovered in l 9 l 0. It consists...of Canada A Synthesis of Major Deposit-Types, .District Metallogeny, the Evolution of Geological Provinces...of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit-Types, District Metallogeny, the Evo lution of Geological Provinces... . . . . . . . . . 163 Mississippi Val ley-Type Lead-Zinc Deposits Suzanne Paradis, Peter f{annigan, |  | | Journal (issue) | | winning o f such minerals as gold from the earth will lead susceptible collectors inevitably into the realm...postcard scenes from the famous Cripple Creek district in Colorado (Ron Bentley collection); old stock...“Sutter’s M.” showing gold miner; spoon marked “Lead S.D .” and showing a miner. Earl Bentley collection...collect ing. Mining scenes are a legitimate part of Western Art, along with the better-known depictions of...Guide B ook o f United States Coins. 35th edition, Western Publishing Company, Racine, Wise., 219-241. Figure |  | | Report (issue) | | neutrons produces the emission of beta rays, and lead to the discovery of fission of U. On December 2...be offset by carbon taxes in the future, but the lead time for building a nuclear power plant is lengthy...used to refine exploration strategies. This can lead to the discovery of new deposits if the model is...Athabasca Basin in Canada and the Alligator River region of Australia and these deposits average 0.8% U, with...(Velichkin et al. 2005), the Paterson Basin in Western Australia (McKay & Miezitis 2001) and the Thelon Basin |  | | Book | | Distributed in Australia by Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty Ltd. P.O. Box 6651, Baulkham Hills, Business Centre...Centre, NSW 2153, Australia Printed and bound in Hong Kong All rights reserved Sterling ISBN 0-8069-8570-4...water. The narrower the cylinder the 4 are heavy (lead 7.5). In mining practice, more accurate the volume...higher at before the lighter sand minerals in river the edge of the cylinder than it is in the and...cleavability Magnetism spar. Examples include feldspars, river Magnetic behavior varies for different spar (sapphire) | | | Book | | Distribu ted in Australia by Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty Ltd. P.O. Box 6651 , Baulkhan1 Hills, Business...normal (calcite 2. 7); and those above 4 are heavy (lead 7.5). In mining practice, minerals with a value...moving watersbefore the lighter sand minerals in river and coastal deposits. Specific gravity is established...cleavability spar. Examples include feldspars , river spar (sapphire), spar calcite or Iceland spar, and...Hamburg/Germany; Lim fjord/Denmark; Victoria/Australia; Papland/South Africa; Reunion island/lndian Ocean | | | Book | | Distributed in Australia by Capricorn Link (Austnilia) Pty Lid. P.O. Box 665 1, Baulkham Hills, Business Centre...normal (calcite 2. 7); and chose above 4 are heavy (lead 7 5). In mining practice, minerals with a value...moving watersbefore the lighter sand 1ninerals in river and coastal deposits. Specific gravity is esrnblished...clea,·abiluy spar. Examples include feldspars, river spar (sapphire). spar calcne or Iceland spar. and...◄ Hamburg/Germany, LimfJord/De nmark, Victona/Australia; Papland/South Alnca; Reunion 1sland/lndtan Ocean |  | | Journal (volume) | | '• Pyrite PY UK and Ireland: 0870 890 2730 Australia: (03) 9872 4000 New Zealand: (09) 308 2871 South...copy? Ring Customer Services UK: 0870 870 2575 Australia: (03) 9872 4000 New Zealand: (09) 308 2871 South...found chiefly in the Indian sub-continent and South East Asia, but are also mined in America, and, in small...where the gems have been deposited by a flowing river or stream when the rock in which they originally...are in south East Asia. In Burma, fine examples are found in the valley of the lrawaddy River, north of | | | Book | | _41147 Strand, London WC2N SJE Distributed in Australia by Capricorn Link Ltd. PO Box 665 . Lane Cove...normal (calcite 2.7) ; and those above 4 are heavy (lead 7.5). In mining practice, minerals with a value...moving watersbefore the lighter sand minerals in river and coastal deposits. Specific gravity is established...cleavability spar. Examples include feldspars , river spar (sapphire), spar calcite or Iceland spar, and...around Paris/France; Tunisia; Morocco; Usbekistan, western Ural region/USSR, Utha, New Mexico/USA; Chile. |  | | Book | | Logo's been unfurled For North is North and E,a.st is East both often very cold But ne.v£r fear the Group is... BOL1WOODITE 7mm. Goanikontes Claim, Araandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia. Photo: John Hall CALCITE...and Wales, and gradually extended to the Lake District and Scotland. Later on, SMLS organised many overseas...(Lithostrotion). (17cm). Carboniferous Limestone, Lake District. Collected on one of the many university geology...(6cm across). Tangkuban Praho (="upturned boat"), western Java, Indonesia. Somehow I remained at university |  | | Book | | (asbestos), scaly (haematite-specularite), massive (sphalerite), or dendritic or flatly arborescent (psilomelane)...fluorite, garnets, magnetite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, cuprite, and some native elements...amount of an activator, usually manganese, copper, lead, silver, uranium, elements of rare earths, water...minerals; formations of polymetallic ores of silver-lead-zinc in quartz-carbonate veins; the formation of...Belt' in Zaire and Zambia; and in Bura-Bura Mine, Australia. Sedimentary copper is found in schists near Mansfeld |  | | Book | | Kirkcowan and Wigtown district Geological succession and n1ain events in the district. Artificial (man-made)...of the Whithorn, Kirkcowan and Wigto,vn district The district described in this memoir is covered by Sheet...towards the north-east into the upland area around Cairnsmore of Fleet. ~1uch of the district is devoted to...plantations on the higher ground. Geologically the district forms part of tl1e extensive outcrop of Lower...pluton, part of which crops out in the north-east of tl1e district. Large-scale strike-slip tectonisrn was |  | | Journal (issue) | | focus for limited resources. F Specialisation can lead in interesting and unforeseen directions. In the...micromounters, anatase, rare-earth minerals, wulfenite or lead secondaries ... They would certainly make good projects...report further occurrences of the mineral at Lead hills in southern Scotland and the Charlotte United...Leadhills and Wanlockhead are famous for specimens lead-, zinc- and copper-bearing supergene minerals, most...(Rust ecal., 2003). On the specimens from the Lead hills it is the last mineral to cry talli e a paragenetic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metasedimentsare conoccurrence)north of the Bullet River (Fig. 1), sidered,on the basisof a singlegraptolite...havebeenthermallymetamorphosed locallyto mediately to the east of the mineralized zone, form purplishbi.otitehornfels(and...otitehornfels(and sometimes brecciated), the western margin of the Kammea granite batho- 630 A. J. EGGERS...feldspars,all suggestthat the branchof the Mokihinui River, where reconnaissance Bald Hill granites have been...Greenland the south of the Bald Hill area, Buller district, i.e., Group argillitesand hornfels,total rock |  | | Book (edition) | | Establish- Easthampton, Redlands, Denver, Australia, MinMassa- California, Colorado, Gregory,...still frequently mentioned in California and other western states, Magnus Vonsen (1879-1954), formerly of...The chapters to follow will begin with the atom, lead into crystals, then into their properties and tests...irresistibly drawn to the conclusion that atoms, even lead atoms, must consist mostly of empty space! Perhaps...this isn’t the impression we receive when we drop a lead weight on our toe, but apparently it is true. Atomic |  | | Book | | Birkenhead, Merseyside and Printed by Thomson Litho Ltd., East Kilbride, Scotland. be in by in PREFACE This...the plains or platforms such as the lowlands of western Russia and the Great Plains of North America (figure...at their colours. For example, galena is always lead-grey. Unfortunately, however, some minerals can...scratch contained glass while in pencil graphite ‘lead’) (a substance rubs off onto Minerals are given...shown Shape magnetite, iron pyrites, galena, sphalerite, fluorite halite, garnet cube Density The |  | | Book | | earlier stage in their development fashioned gems; to lead those who have already tion about minerals that...(cubic), diamond and fluorite (octahedral), and sphalerite (dodecahedral). The dicular | ; 5 = tetragonal...has been exposed | by the erosion of the Colorado River. Tne rocks were originally + deposited as sediments...the land was raised by geological forces and the river cut into it This chapter aims to throw light on...which reflect differences in the original magmas and lead to different sorts of minerals. Apart from the principal |  | | Book (edition) | | especially true of the Tertiary igneous centres of the Western Isles and of the structural and metamorphic geology...ASSYNT ALKALINE INTRUSIONS BASIC INTERLUDE OF NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND THE APPINJTE SUITE FORCEFUL NEWER GRANITES...LACIATION Maximu1n glaciation Early drifts of north-east Scotland Aberdeen-Lammermuir readvance The Perth...METALS Iron Chromite NON-FERROUS METALS Gold Silver Lead and zinc Copper and nickel Uranium Barytes AGE OF...north-western outcrops, and in small inliers they are to be seen in the northern Highlands east of the |  | | Book | | Printed in Great Britain by Thomson Litho Ltd, East Kilbride In this book an attempt has been made...through them can show how sand is deposited in a river; and rocks can be squeezed to find out how they...Red Sea and a ridge which passes south of 6 Australia into the Pacific. In the Pacific the main ridge...densities, e.g. the relative density of galena (lead sulphide) is 7.5; pyrite (iron sulphide) has a relative...react with the hot acid. Sulphides such as galena (lead sulphide) give off hydrogen sul¬ phide (rotten eggs |  | | Book | | such as Bawdon Castle, Tickow Lane Lead Mine, Earl Ferrers' Lead Mine, Mancetter Manganese Mine, the...organised; the original excavation of the Tickow Lane Lead Mine was one of these projects (see the 'Society...Branch by Harry Critchley. Finally in 1995 the South-East Branch was formed by Austin Lockwood bringing the...of shafts to gain access to a small lead deposit (Tickow Lane Lead Mine), and extensive investigations...feasibility study on reopening the famous Earl Ferrers' Lead Mine at Staunton Harold. For a description of these |  | | Book | | of mineral species. Ernest H. Nickel Wembley, Australia — aa 4 i | a4 ‘ eS wum iver) {ORE...pioneering work in organic geochemistry. Green River Formation, Uinta County, Utah, U.S.A. Trudell, L...L.C. (1970): Lithologic Description of Western Oil Shale Corporation Project Utah EX—]. Laramie Petroteum...(1989): Mineral. J. 14, 279. Flores mine, Huanuni District, Oruru, Bolivia. Agardite-(La) (La,Ca)Cu¢(AsO4)3(OH)6°3H20...name is derived from its occurrence at the Achates River (now Drillo) in southwestern Sicily. Mohs (1804) |
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