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Galena from
Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1361948
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1361948:2
GUID (UUID V4):df6064f1-0a22-4f74-aa71-0ed752929722
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘGranny Smith Gold Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘWallaby Gold Mine (Just In Case), Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘSunrise Dam Gold Mine (Sunrise pit; Cleo pit), Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
33.4km (20.8 miles) ⓘJupiter Gold Mine (Doublejay; Joanne; Jenny), Mount Margaret Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘAdmiral Hill Mine, Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘSouth Windarra deposit, Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery gossan; Poseidon deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
42.1km (26.2 miles) ⓘLancefield North prospect, Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
51.1km (31.7 miles) ⓘWindarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery gossan; Poseidon deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
98.6km (61.3 miles) ⓘYerilla King Gold Mine, Yerilla Goldfield, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold lodes in the Granny Smith–Wallaby district, Australia: U–Pb and Re–Os chronometry of two intrusion-related...youngest orogenic belt of the Yilgarn craton, Western Australia. At Granny Smith, a zoned monzodiorite–granodiorite...(*) 12a Belgrave Street, Maylands, Western Australia 6051, Australia e-mail: andreas@v-app.com.au H. J...44 Parliament Place, West Perth, Western Australia 6005, Australia R. A. Creaser Department of Earth...Edmonton T6G 2E3 Alberta, Canada A. A. Nemchin Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University of
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Complex, Halls Creek Orogen, Kimberley region, Western Australia Peter J. Downes 1 & Daniel J. Dunkley 2 &...southern Halls Creek Orogen, Kimberley region, Western Australia, has provided a reliable 207 Pb/206Pb age...Orogen during the amalgamation of Proterozoic Australia with Rodinia over the period ~1000–950 Ma. This...Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, WA 6986, Australia 2 Department...Applied Geology, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6945, Australia 3 John de Laeter Centre for Isotope Research
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remote from modern trans- (Brazil) and Mount Weld (Western Australia),containsone portroutesandis almostcompletely...hydroxides 0.91 0.82 Pyrite Sphalerite 0.12 0.01 Galena 0.03 tr 28.83 4.58 0.52 0.05 0.47 tr 6.00...Monazite, fiorencite, gorceixite, goyzite 27.83 Galena 683 TABLE 5. Strontium IsotopeComposition of...collectedby Friedmanand O'Neil (1977).Two pyrite-galena pairsgivehighertemperatures (272Ăž-313ĂžC), [ 0-1...twootherpairsappearnottobein equilibrium. One sphalerite-galena pairfromcarbonatite givesan improbably FIc. 6.
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Targeting, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia a r t i c l e i...South Africa, Mount Weld and Gifford Creek ferrocarbonatite complex in Western Australia, the controversial...South Africa (Kruidfontein, Goudini), Western Australia (Mount Weld and Gifford complex) and China (Bayan...of alkaline complexes and carbonatites in south-western Africa is shown in Fig. 2. 2.1. Brandberg The Brandberg...of monzonite outcrops in the Naib River on the western side of the complex and is likely associated with
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epithermal fluorite deposit at Speewah, Kimberley, Australia: carbon and oxygen isotope constraints on their...dykes at Speewah in the Kimberley region of Western Australia were emplaced along a north-trending splay...NiPlats Australia Limited, 22/77 Allendale Square, St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA 6000, Australia e-mail:...Environment, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia D. I. Groves e-mail: dgroves@cyllene...Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, WA 6986, Australia e-mail: peter
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characterisation of airborne inorganic particulate matter in western Derby Colin A Baker The Holocene 8200 BP event:...from the Late Triassic Arden Sandstone Formation, Western Park, Leicester 55 Albert Horton The occurrence...Mercia Mudstone at the opencast pit of Bantycock Mine, at Balderton, south of Newark. Photos by David...geology excursions both in Britain and abroad to the Western United States and Hawaii. These overseas trips... making this the largest unworked coalïŹeld in Western Europe (Mann, 1980; Vale of Belvoir Inquiry Report:
Corporate Document (Series)
gov.au www.mrt.tas.gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department...publisher in writing. in National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Bottrill, R...Adelaide mine, Dundas {Photo: A Wright] Rear cover: Bismuthinite on quartz and siderite, Princess mine {Photo:...Fluorite on ferroan magnesite, Mount Bischoff {Photo: A. Tuma] Siderite, Renison mine {Photo:]. Leeming] While...in Tasmania ... ... ... ... ... ... Geology and mine locations, Dundas mineral field Geology and major
Report (issue)
https://geology.com/. Photograph of Mountain Pass mine by Bradley Van Gosen. Rare Earth Element Mineral...................................3 Mountain Pass mine, southeastern California, June 2018...............States discussed in this report..............6 World mine production of rare-earth oxides, by country and...production came entirely from the Mountain Pass mine in California, providing only about 4 percent of...production coming entirely from the Mountain Pass mine in southeastern California (figs. 3 and 4). In the
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Wellmer. Cover photo: © Bernd Lehmann. Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea. 2011. © Copyright 2014 The...supply security and sustainability. They state that mine production of many metals has grown by one, two...the growing global population wishing to live a Western ‘middle class’ lifestyle. They also emphasise that...scarcity and resource depletion have been reawakened Western industrialised economies in the last ten years...dominated by China, which has a share in global REE mine production of about 90 %. He says that this percentage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Finland, such as at the former Mustavaara vanadium mine. For several years, Rare Element (RE)-pegmatite...W) Class Raw materials Exploration potential Mine/Deposit 2 Antimony Moderate Kalliosalo, TörnĂ€vĂ€...(continued) Class Raw materials Exploration potential Mine/Deposit 4 Magnesium Low 3 Natural graphite...accessory product from operating mine(s) in Finland (Eilu 2012) 2: Mine projects ‒ promising deposits 3:...05‒0.3 wt % REO Chi and Tian 2008 Greenbushes, Australia LCT-pegmatite 70.4 Mt 2.6 wt % Li2O Bradley
Book
Exploration Geoscience CSIRO Floreat Park, WA 6014, Australia H. ZEEGERS DĂ€partement Exploration BRGM F-45060...postgraduate students. G.J.S. GOVETT Sydney, NSW, Australia PREFACE This volume of the Handbook of Exploration...Geoscience CSIRO Private Bag, P.O. Wembley, Western Australia Australia 6014 H. Zeegers Chief Departement Exploration...Geoscience CSIRO Private Bag, P.O. Wembley, Western Australia Australia 6014 F. Bianconi Senior Exploration Geologist...Consultant Geologist 28 Greenock Avenue Como, Western Australia Australia 6152 G. Friedrich Director Institut
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia andℱ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 4. Industrial...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonatite complexes occur in central and south-western areas, usually related to alkaline rocks [8]. Dating...one case, the proportion of fragments is north-western area, hiding most outcrops. No intrusive carbonatite...occupied by the fenites. At central and north-western regions, alluvial and colluvialwith deposits contents...calciocarbonatite fragments; alkaline dykes Galena group Galena PbS Fenites; matrix-supported alkaline...occupied by the fenites. At central and north-western regions, alluvial and colluvial deposits form a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences (2002) 49, 623–660 Mineral systems of Australia: an overview of resources, settings and processes...WALSHE2 1 2 Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. CSIRO Division of Exploration...and Mining, PO Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia. Australia produces more than 22 mineral commodities...variety of deposit types, but >90% of the value of mine production is obtained from just 10 commodities...relative timing of critical events. KEY WORDS: Australia, geodynamics, giant deposits, metallogeny, mineral
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...earth-science and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...McLeod (retired), Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australia; Roy R. Towner, Australian Bureau of Agricultural...- - - - -- ----- - ---- - - -- -- -- 13. Average mine and mill production costs per metric ton of ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that of most other carbonatites. Elsewhere in the western USA, carbonatites have been proposed as possible...talc, are present in significant amounts locally. Galena is locally abundant but other sulfide minerals...Stockwork veins Jackson and Christiansen (1993) Great Western Minerals Group Allanite and (2007) apatite Jackson... system as at Mountain Pass. Elsewhere in the western USA, carbonatites have been investigated as possible...2.83 wt% REO + Y2O3 has been announced (Great Western Minerals Group, 2007). The REE are in allanite-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Enrichment Feasibility of Rare Earth-Bearing Minerals in Mine Tailings Jose L. Corchado-Albelo 1 and Lana Alagha...enrichment of rare-earth-bearing minerals in historic mine tailing using the froth flotation process. Characterization...Enrichment Feasibility of Rare Earth-Bearing Minerals in Mine Tailings. Minerals 2023, 13, 301. https://doi.org/...REEs, an increased desire for research in abandoned mine tailings sites has been coupled with the interest...sustainable mineral processing strategies [8]. However, mine tailings are low-grade resources that need selective
Book
Industrial Minerals dredge pond, Lang Lang Deep lead mine dumps at Allendale Potential silica resource areas...Major monumental stone processors in southeastern Australia Granites with dimension stone potential, Victoria...widespread in Victoria. The Murray Basin in north-western Victoria is of particular significance as a world...production of each commodity, with the emphasis on Australia, is included to enable Victoria's known deposits...placed in the context of their importance to Australia and the world. Victorian production Past and
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in the evaluation of a deposit and planning of a mine or quarry, completely separate from the exploration...The area is the site of Greenland’s only producing mine, due to close end 2013 (http://angelmining.com/)...mineralisation at Triades is largely of massive galena veins, containing the majority of the Pb (Marschik...largest satellite deposits are located at the western end of the terrane within the greenschist facies...formations (Seyitoglu, 1997) that are part of the Western Turkish magmatic arc complex associated with the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
creek ferrocarbonatite complex, province, western australia: Associated fenitic alteration and a putative...creek ferrocarbonatite complex, province, western australia: Associated fenitic alteration and a putative...CREEK FERROCARBONATITE COMPLEX, T PROVINCE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: ASSOCIATED RI P FENITIC ALTERATION AND...Survey of Western Australia, Mineral House, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia (2) Centre...Targeting, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA6009, Australia ED (3) CSIRO, Earth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sn-Nb-Ta Madeira deposit is located in the Pitinga mine (northern Brazil). The deposit is associated with...facies of the A-type Madeira Granite (~1,820 Ma). The mine commercially extracts tin (cassiterite), Nb and...000 t), Brazil (632,000 t), USA (595,000 t), Australia (595,000 t), Egypt (380,000 t), Turkey (374,000...cassiterite, xenotime, columbite, thorite, magnetite and galena occur in minor proportions. The AGB is peraluminous...the change of U-Pb-pyrochlore to columbite and galena; and the partial solubilization of zircon, with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Freibergite Fuchsite (chromium muscovite) Gahnite Galena Galkhaite Gallite Gallobeudantite Garnet (Ce,...Pb) may be won at a proïŹt from ore minerals, e.g. galena (PbS). Gangue comprises the various waste minerals...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...neither used for the extraction of metals (see galena used to recover lead) nor as fossil fuels (see...you look for a mine look near a mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Freibergite Fuchsite (chromium muscovite) Gahnite Galena Galkhaite Gallite Gallobeudantite Garnet (Ce,...Pb) may be won at a proïŹt from ore minerals, e.g. galena (PbS). Gangue comprises the various waste minerals...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...neither used for the extraction of metals (see galena used to recover lead) nor as fossil fuels (see...you look for a mine look near a mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonatites are mined for REEs (e.g. Mount Weld in Australia; Humphries, 2010, Mountain Pass in USA;... CE 3.2.3 Extrusive carbonatites AC At the western flank of the complex, up to three layers (each...accessories include sulfides (pyrite, pyrrhotite, galena, NU sphalerite, chalcopyrite), barite and rare...suggest that the extrusive carbonatites at the western flank of the complex may represent erupted equivalents...Phoscorites and SC carbonatites from mantle to mine: the key example of the Kola Alkaline Province 10:293-340
Report (issue)
Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration. Back cover. A handful....B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012............................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption.....................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine production from 1950 to 2011...................
 
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