 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Metal Pegmatites in the North Pilbara Craton, Western Australia MARCUS T. SWEETAPPLEā 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 worldās major tantalum |  | | Report (issue) | | 22 TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J. M. Fetherston TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE:... FRONTISPIECE: Historic pump at the Wodgina tantalumātin 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 Australiaās 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 ......................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | species, including ixiolite, microlite, tantalite, tapiolite, and wodginite. Tantalum-bearing mineral deposits...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 (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 (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 (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) | | 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...Ti)2(O,OH,F)7 Trace to 3.4 73.7 to 86.0 Tapiolite Tapiolite (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6 0 to 35 Up to 86 Ixiolite...but different crystal structure) to the mineral tapiolite. Columbite-tantalite minerals are found as accessory...Other oxide minerals, such as loparite, ixiolite, tapiolite, and the perovskite group (table M2) are less |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | concentrate, or āColtan,ā that caused Ta mines in Australia and Canada to be placed on care and maintenance...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...production at the massive Greenbushes pegmatite (Australia) has stopped, though Li production continues....negotiated contracts with concentrate buyers. In western countries, a typical mine may take more than 3 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | U. K. Magnetic and non-magnetic cassiterite from St. Michael's Mount and Cligga Head, Cornwall, have...ore mineral. The main tin-bearing mineral is cassiterite, but stannite and kesterite also occur in small... The presence of stannoidite in St. Michael's Mount has also been confirmed by the authors. The occurrence...localities in Cornwall by Russell and Vincent (1952). Cassiterite was deposited in two stages; early fissure veins...the chemistry of the main tin-bearing species, cassiterite. The scope of the work presented here is the |  | | 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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