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Vermiculite from
Vermiculite deposits, Dangin, Quairading Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Classification
Species:Vermiculite
Formula:Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vermiculite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vermiculite deposits, Dangin, Quairading Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1264459
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1264459:7
GUID (UUID V4):8500fcdb-dff1-4819-b97f-db85574debec
Nearest other occurrences of Vermiculite
92.4km (57.4 miles) Thomas and Truscotts mine, Goomalling Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sapphirine from Dangin, Western Australia By (Department of Geology, University of Western Australia) HILE examining...examining some vermiculite deposits at Dangin in 1940, on behalf of Messrs. Brisbane Wunderlich Co., Ltd...to schistose rocks associated with one of the vermiculite occurrences were seen to contain an appreciable...this was the first record of sapphirine from Western Australia, the mineral was separated and later chemically...W THE OCCURRENCE OF SAPPHIRINE-BEARING ROCKS Dangin, which is situated on the York-Bruce Rock railway
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from Dangin, Western Australia By REX T. PRIDER, Department of Geology, University of Western Australia...T HE greater part of the south-western portion of Western Australia is underlain by Pre-Cambrian rocks...amongst which charnockitic types are present. Near Dangin, situated on the railway from York to Bruce Rock...norites ") has been located. The rocks from the Dangin locality, a number of which can be matched exactly...exactly in many other Pre-Cambrian areas in Western Australia form the subject of this paper. These rocks
Report (issue)
series will be dropped. THE This publication on Vermiculite _is the first of the new issues. Constructional...latter are situated in hot climates, the mineral vermiculite, which is already widely employed elsewhere for...possi-bilities for Colonial vermiculite of good quality. Occurrences of vermiculite are already known in a...In presenting tl1e salient facts concerning vermiculite it is hoped that the search for and development...individuals that are concerned in any way with vermiculite. The assistance of those who have kindly aided
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
information on these and the associated vermiculite deposits is provided. The remaining two serpentinites...visible only at times of low water. Approaching the western contact the serpentinite banding becomes accentuated...of carbonate. The granulites adjacent to this western contact are brecciated. The eastern contact is...metamorphic effect on the surrounding granulites. The western margins possess the greatest amounts of magnetite...serpentinite is the presence of vermiculite deposits. Such deposits are rare in Great Britain and Eire
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about 1.00 in the half·cell formula, but in most vermiculite formulas the charge on the layer unit and the...Mg. INTRODUCTION The mineralogical status of vermiculite puzzied mineralogists until Gruner (1934) showed...in the alteration of a trioctahedral mica to vermiculite. Gruner (1934, p. 561) suggested that the positive...state, however, that "all analyzed samples [of vermiculite] are high in iron" and that "there appears to...wellauthenicated case of a true phlogopite weathering to a vermiculite". These authors believe that the rarity of vermiculites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks and associate Cu-Ni, Fe-P and apatite-vermiculite deposits from the Quruqtagh district, NW China Chunming...rocks and associate Cu-Ni, Fe-P and apatite-vermiculite deposits from the Quruqtagh district, NW China, Ore...associate IP T Cu-Ni, Fe-P and apatite-vermiculite deposits from the SC R Quruqtagh district, NW China...In the Quruqtagh, Cu-Ni, Fe-P and apatite-vermiculite deposits hosted in the ultramafic-mafic-carbonatite...Xingdi, Qieganbulake, Daxigou, and Kawuliuke. These deposits associated with the ultramafic-mafic-carbonatite
Report (issue)
STATE GEOLOGIST BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK... STATE GEOLOGIST BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK...of Vermiculite Uses of Vermiculite Page v vi 1 1 3 4 6 1 .' Geology Mineralogy of Vermiculite Sampling...Sampling of Vermiculite Deposits Mining Methods Processing of Vermiculite Vermiculite Deposits in Other...Other States Description of Vermiculite Deposits .Avery County Frank Deposit Unproven Localities Buncombe
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THE GEOLOGY OF VERMICULITE OCCURRENCES by WILLIAM A. BASSETT The University of Rochester, Rochester...Rochester, New York ABSTRACT Vermiculite occurrences can be divided into two Inajor categories, those having...macroscopic and those having microscopic or clay vermiculite. This paper is concerned with the former. The...The macroscopic type of vermiculite deposits can be subdivided into four categories based on the host rock:...that most and possibly all macroscopic-type vermiculite deposits formed by the action of supergene solutions
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Plate 1. Crude vermiculite before expansion. Virginia Division of Geology deposits will be found.... In the United States vermiculite deposits are known to occur in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia...Austra1i.a. Brazil, and Chile also produce some vermiculite, mostly for domestic use. According to the February...Mining Journal, the 1956 world production of vermiculite was expected to increase substantially over that...demands in the building industry, where gunapplied vermiculite-gypsum plaster is replacing dry-wall construction
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VOL. 44, MARCH-APRIL, 1959 THE ORIGIN OF THE VERMICULITE DEPOSIT AT LIBBY, MONTANA Wrrrr.cMA. Bessnrr...largest vermiculite mine at Libby, Montana has been studied and the origin of the vermiculite deposit...has been altered to biotite, hydrobiotite, and vermiculite. Numerous ,l'"rrit" dik.. may be observed in...of vermiculite under hydrothermal conditions and its application to the origin of the vermiculite deposit...hydrobiotite, a regularly interstratified biotite-vermiculite. It is concluded that augite altered to biotite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DESCRIPTION OF THE ORE DEPOSITS Stratigraphic position of the ore deposits Ore-bearing sediments of...20 21 24 27 4, THE SHIYELINKA AND THE KIROVO DEPOSITS OF IRON ORES The Shiyelinka deposit The Kirov°...COMPARISON OF THE LISAKOVKA ORES WITH ORES IN OTHER DEPOSITS IN THE EAST OF THE U.S,S.R . . . . ... . The furnace-smelting...help with the planned development of iron ore deposits farther east, in the AltaySayan territories and...ironstones of Lisakovka and of other iron ore deposits in the northern part of the Turgay Downwarp 3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 Deposits of nonmetallic mineral resources in weathering...Afanas'yev , L. A. Guzovskiy & V. I. Sivokon' (1976) Deposits of nonmetallic mineral resources in weathering...[Universite Laval] Date: 24 June 2016, At: 19:14 Deposits of nonmetallic mineral resources in w e a t h...form deposits. It is sufficient to name such varied and widely used items as kaolin, vermiculite, bentonite...been recognized in the class of residual deposits. The deposits of transformation are those of practical
Report (issue)
this type of geologic information for mineral deposits that can be associated with ultramafic rocks....eastern part of Beaverhead County, Montana, and the western part of Madison County, Montana. The study area...the BLM and USFS, is defined as follows: (1) The western boundary is U.S. Interstate Highway 15 from Monida...present in sufficient concentrations to form ore deposits that are mined for copper, nickel, chromium, cobalt...in tectonically stable areas, metallic mineral deposits can also be associated with smaller (typically
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metallogenic epochs, each with its own assortment of ore deposits, are typical of the province, from the eastern...its typical magmatic 'rocks and the associated deposits of ores, were shiftingl from east to west, in...sector of the Pacific Belt" (p. 4). "Among the ore deposits, there are specific 'In the dimension of t me...the youngest cycles of its geological evolution. Deposits of gold and those of tin... with their persistently...belts (80-92). N. A. Shilo and A. V. Lozhkin: Gold deposits in the Northeast (93-102). N. P. Anikeyer and
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The position of vermiculite deposits (separately for each genetic type) is due to the distribution of...magnesian-ferruginous micas, on the one hand, and vermiculite ores formed on their basis in the weathering...connection is established between provinces containing deposits of primary magnesian-ferruginous micas with certain...metamorphism of these rocks. The location of vermiculite deposits in these provinces is determined by their...of the siallitic type, and within them - with vermiculite or hydromicaceous zones (depending on the content
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........................................... Vermiculite............................................ Copper...fluorspar, beryl, mica, columbite-tantalite, vermiculite, copper, uranium, and geothermal energy, and...associated with pegmatites is considered to be low. Vermiculite is present in small occurrences near the study...assemblage of the vermiculite-producing bodies. The potential for undiscovered vermiculite within the study...signify commodity mined: F = fluorspar, V = vermiculite, C = coal, U = uranium. Short-dashed lines represent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gneiss, pelitic schist, and biotite-chlorite-vermiculite schist all occur within the Palmer Canyon deposit...ment of the schist was briefly investigated for vermiculite prior to 1944. According to Hagner (1944), this...have formed by the replacement of biotite by vermiculite under the influence of pegmatitic fluids (Hagner...tions of the corundum were provided by Hagner. Vermiculite was never commercially mined from the deposit...across, was found. Even though some samples of vermiculite-chloritebiotite-corundum schist were found in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia ISSN: 0812-0099 (Print) 1440-0952 (Online) Journal...Genetic and ore-forming ages of the Fe–P–(Ti) oxide deposits associated with mafic–ultramafic–carbonatite complexes...Genetic and ore-forming ages of the Fe–P–(Ti) oxide deposits associated with mafic–ultramafic–carbonatite complexes...Genetic and ore-forming ages of the Fe–P–(Ti) oxide deposits associated with mafic–ultramafic–carbonatite complexes...have led to the discovery of the Fe–P–(Ti)-oxide deposits associated with mafic–ultramafic–carbonatite complexes
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SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court Warrandyte Victoria 3113 Australia mal.southwood@bigpond.com BRUCE CAIRNCROSS Department...the Tropic of Capricorn and directly against the western boundary of the Kruger National Park (fig. 3)....in the 1930s and 1940s to recover apatite and vermiculite from the complex. In 1956 the Palabora Mining...minerals and metals including copper, apatite, vermiculite, magnetite, baddeleyite, uranium, nickel, gold...Cowey 1994). Prior to European exploration, copper deposits in the area had been worked by Africans in some
Report (issue)
Geologist BULLETIN NO. 46 KYANITE AND VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA By LOUIS M. PRINDLE Associate...publication a report on the Kyanite and Vermiculite Deposits of Georgia by Louis M. Prindle, W. D. Johnston...behind the recent commercial uses of kyanite and vermiculite is little known to the general public .. Years...to occur in Georgia although the extent of the deposits was not known. This investigation was undertaken...Georgia. It resulted in the discovery of important deposits of kyanite, described herein, which should prove
Report (issue)
Copyright@gov.on.ca ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES VERMICULITE IN ONTARIO with an appendix on PERLITE BY G....Miscellaneous Uses Mode of Occurrence Vermiculite Occurrences in Ontario Perth Deposits Stanleyville Deposit Olympus...Olympus Mines Limited P. Farrell Property Norden Vermiculite Limited Other Occurrences H.G. Greene Deposit...Butler Township Grade and Evaluation of Vermiculite Deposits Mining, Milling, and Beneficiation Exfoliation...Production and Consumption Bibliography Ontario Deposits General Information l l l 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 7
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ANTHOPHYLLITE-VERMICULITE DEPOSIT EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT M. S. AMIN A•n M. OF HAFAFIT, S. AFIA ABSTRACT...feldspar veins. On either sidesof these veins, vermiculite and anthophylliteare formed in workable quantities...quantities. INTRODUCTION Tx-xE anthophyllite-vermiculite depositexaminedoccursin Wadi Hafafit in the Ce...closureof the structure on the northern, eastern, and western sides, but it could be followed southward. The...mappedgeologicallyis in the oblong. ANTHOPHYLLITE-VERMICULITE GEOLOGY OF TI:iE DEPOSIT 319, DEPOSIT The
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ISSN 10757015, Geology of Ore Deposits, 2014, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 61–80. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd...replacement of exhausted resources with new promising deposits and ore types. The apatite–francolite ore sufficiently...spective sources of phosphate mineral commodities. Deposits of this type are known in many carbonatite complexes...Gabon; Mount Weld in Australia; etc. (Table 1). The involvement of these deposits in the sphere of economic...or potential apatite, pyro chlore, vermiculite, and other deposits often pertain ing to the same carbonatite
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P. Tokmakov a a Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of...(antigorite) in pseudomorphs on vermiculite. It is formed out of vermiculite and is surficial in origin i...i occurring as a gradual replacement of vermiculite in lower parts of ancient weathering crusts of magnesian...white with a silky luster; its association with vermiculite suggested its origin in that mineral. Later on...Kovdor deposit. Here, too, both sungulite and vermiculite were described as hydrothermal (4). The peculiar
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granitoids in Quruqtagh of northeastern Tarim Block, western China: Geochronology, geochemistry and tectonic...Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia d Tianjin Institute of Geology...pluton that hosts the world’s second-largest vermiculite deposit (Chen, 1989; Huang, 2001). 151 All...(chrysolite) can be observed in thin sections. Vermiculite is metasomatized from dunite. On several outcrops...outcrops, gradual transformation from vermiculite into serpentine can be observed. The pyroxenite, outcropping
 
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