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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Florencite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Florencite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:849189
Long-form Identifier:1:3:849189:3
GUID (UUID V4):86c65852-d58c-4ef5-9eed-73152cc58f61
Nearest other occurrences of Florencite
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘAdmiral Hill Mine, Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formation of the highest grade deposits at Mount Weld (Australia) and Tomtor (Russia). For the individual... Bayan Obo, China; Mountain Pass, USA; Mount Weld, Australia; Lovozero, Russia), by-products (e.g. mineral...SC veins are present. Mount Weld – The Mount Weld deposit, Western Australia, is developed in a 70–130...volcano-sedimentary sequence, within the fault bounded Laverton tectonic zone, and has TE D itself undergone...monazite-(Ce), crandallite, goyazite, gorceixite, and florencite-(Ce), with the HREE being particularly concentrated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralisation within the Mr. Weld carbonatite laterite, Western Australia B.G. LOTTERMOSER* Department...University of Newcastle, Newcastle, N.S. W. 2308 (Australia) LITHOS Lottermoser, B.G., 1990. Rare-earth...mineralisation within the Mt. Weld carbonatite laterite, Western Australia. Lithos, 24:151-167. A thick...overlying, and derived from, the Mr. Weld carbonatite, Western Australia. oxidation of primary igneous minerals...carbonatite is referred to as the laterite of the Mt. Weld carbonatite. The terminology used here for laterite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phosphates andalumophosphatesof REE, Sr andBa (florencite, monazite, gorceixite, goyazite), rutfie,andpyrite...remote from modern trans- (Brazil) and Mount Weld (Western Australia),containsone portroutesandis almostcompletely...calcite earbonatites are medium to fine zite,florencite, crandallite, gorceixite, goyazite, etc.),oxides...finelydispersed, earthymonazite (rhabdophanite) with florencite, siderite,dolomite, quartz, andfeldspar. Themelanocratic...lowtemperatures, is accompanied by a very gorceixite, (6) florencite; 1-3, microprobe analyses (analyst O.M.Georgiev-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash...3800, Australia 3 CSIRO Mineral Resources, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia Abstract...global REO resources within our database, with Australia, Russia, Canada, and Brazil having 64.5, 62.3...Production (kt TREO+Y) 120 100 Other India Australia Notes: 1) “Other” includes Brazil, Malaysia, USSR/Russia...Burundi;   Mountain Pass, USA; Nolans Bore, Australia;   Steenkampskraal, South Africa Alkaline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
laterite are Nb-rich rutile, Nb-rich brookite, florencite-(Ce), and rare ankerite. Nb-rich brookite is...formation of spheroidal structures can be seen. Florencite-(Ce) is a minor component; it occurs as veinlets...sometimes forming a fibro-radiating pattern. Florencite-(Ce) veinlets was identified by SEM images and...clay layers, with minor quartz, jarosite, and florencite in all layers. Gibbsite occurs to a depth of...identified only in highly oxidized carbonaceous clay. Florencite-(Ce), identified by EDS analysis, occurs as aggregates
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Pass in the United States, and Mount Weld in Australia), as well as samples from exploration projects...Jacupiranga in Brazil, Kaiserstuhl in Germany, Mount Weld in Australia, and Phalaborwa in South Africa. Carbonatites... Sokli Motzfeldt St. HonorĂ© Oka 30˚ 120˚ Mount Weld −60˚ Harker Collection, University of Cambridge...Bayan Obo, Mountain Pass, and Mount Weld represent currently active REE mine sites and are labeled in a...Huang CR-25 CSM MW16C Ankerite carbonatite Mount Weld Australia Ank, Cal Ap, Mz, Syn CR-36 Harker 1155313
Report (issue)
gov/images/periodictable.pdf. Cover. The Mountain Pass Mine, San Bernardino County, California, was the only.............................................O4 Australia.............................................................................................O21 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................O22 Mine Closure...........................................Figures O1. O2. O3. O4. O5. Graph showing world mine production of rare-earth oxides, by country and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mining and processing, GHG emission, Radioactive mine waste Introduction Rare earth elements (REEs) have...University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia School of Geosciences, Monash University, Wellington...3800, Australia 3 CSIRO Process Science and Engineering, Box 312, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia 2 ...Brazil, Mountain Pass in the USA, and Mount Weld in Australia. However, the mineralogy, grades, tonnages...Bronze Age (3300–1200 BC); widespread 1838: Bastnäs mine, Västmanland, Sweden 1920: Kelly Gulch, Stanley
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Edward Street, Western Australia 6052 2. Peak Resources, 5 Ord Street, Western Australia 6005 Abstract...commissioned by Peak Resources estimated a 30 year mine life for the Weathered Bastnaesite Zone. The Ngualla...Craton (which is now broadly coincident with the western arm of the East African Rift). Currently available...carbonatite annulus (phlogopite-rich along the western margin of the magnesiocarbonatite plug and adjoining...were carried out by SGS Laboratories, Perth, Australia, by XRF on fused beads for a major metal suite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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)
Serrote in Brazil; Mabounie in Gabon; Mount Weld in Australia; etc. (Table 1). The involvement of these...resources, including 18.0 Brazil highgrade ore 2.0 Mount Weld, Aus Possible resources n.102–n.103 tralia Mabounie...secondary hydrous diphosphates of the crandallite– florencite group and secondary monazite. As will be shown...to 120–130 m from the surface. Four ore sites—western (I), southwestern (II), south ern (III) and northeastern...similar in structure and commonly combined into the western–central site. At these sites, the lode is trough
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
replacement of Ce-bearing minerals (monazite and florencite) by Y-bearing mineral, xenotime. It is found...foreign deposits as the Arash (Brazil) and Mount Weld (Australia). As demonstrated our previous studies (Lapin...crandallite-group minerals (gorceixite, goyazite, florencite), Sr-, Ba- and Pbpyrochlores with relicts of...compositions of REE minerals (monazite, goyazite, florencite, and xenotime) were determined by XRF on a Camebax–microbeam...blocks are monazite and florencite (usually, a phase of mixed goyazite–florencite composition). The chemical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vestini 30, 66100- Chieti, Italy University of Western Australia, Centre for Exploration Targeting, 35 Stirling... 4019, 664033 Russia MA NU 3 SC WA 6009, Australia *Corresponding author: fstoppa@unich.it Abstract...obtained from a new local mine. In the 1980s, the location of the mine, called ‘gold mine’, was recognised to...catastrophic earthquakes of 1703 and 1730, this mine district was abandoned. Locardi and Orsini (1990)...monazite-(Ce), rhabdophane-(Ce), tengerite-(Ce), florencite-(La) in the regolith materials overlying carbonatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusions, as Mountain Pass (USA) and Mount Weld (Australia). The ore minerals in these deposits are...commercial MLA 2.9 software package (JKTech, Brisbane, Australia) has been used [21]. The analytical routine proposed...4Hydrated asthe rhabdophane (REE)PO (H O) and florencite 4 2 involving coupled substitution of Y, Ca,...(SiO4 ,PO4 )3 (OH,F) variable (REE)PO 2O) and florencite 3(PO )2(OH) occur as well. In Ca,REE(CO the britholite...REE-Ca-F-phases REE-F-phases REE-F-phases monazite florencite britholite synchysite bastnaesite fluocerite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
references therein), and some, such as Mount Weld, Australia; Mountain Pass, USA; Bear Lodge, USA; Ngualla...constitute ore deposits. The world’s largest REE mine at Bayan Obo, China is also thought to be a highly...seventeen carbonatite intrusions, in two main belts: a western belt associated with lines of rifting and an eastern... feldspar, quartz and baryte. Synchysite and florencite are rare-earth-bearing minerals occurring occasionally...and baryte. The rare-earth-bearing minerals, florencite and bastnĂ€site were identified within some of
Report (issue)
ANGOLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH............................................ 89 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ................................................................ 89 6.7.1. Australia ..................................................placersQueensland, Australia; Offshore placersNeendakarai, Kerala, India; Alluvial placersWestern Australia, Australia;...Australia; Fossil placersNew South Wales, Australia; Metamorphic placerquartz pebble conglomerates, Ontario
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TREO1 grade (e.g., ~5 at Bayan Obo – [11]; ~4 at Mount Weld – [29]; >25 at Bokan Mountain – [30]; >4 at Strange...Molycorp (then the operator of the Mountain Pass Mine in California) as a joint venture (JV) partner....current REE resource is based on a modeled open pit mine comprising two adjacent smaller pits over the Bull...similar to QEMSCAN○R , on ores from the Araxá Nb-REE mine in Brazil. Hutchinson [24] used QEMSCAN○R on 16...Carbocernaite Cheralite Chlorite Crandallite Florencite Goyazite Jarosite Plumbopyrochlore Rhodochrosite
Report (issue)
for foreign countries, if a given name refers to a mine or deposit, a nearby location or administrative...names may be used to refer to a single deposit or mine. For large deposits or mineralized areas, a 3 single...is meant to identify the area, deposit, district, mine, or occurrence to which the geologic, economic,...Hagopian, D., 1983, Lower Eocene phosphorites of the Western Desert, Iraq: Sedimentary Geology, v. 33, no. 4...Phosphate deposits of the Georgina Basin, northern Australia, in Notholt, A.J.G., Sheldon, R.P., and Davidson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
typical primary REE deposits (Mountain Pass and Mount Weld up to 80,000 ppm), it is of interest because...detrital rhabdophane-(Ce) ((Ce,La)PO4·(H2O)) and florencite-(Ce) (CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6), whereas HREEbearing...features of some bauxite deposits from Nurra (Western Sardinia, Italy): Insights on conditions of formation...REEdeposits (Mountain Pass and Mount Weld up to 80,000 ppm), it is of interest because
Corporate Document
Songwe carbonatites (Broom, 2012) 51 Figure 7-14 Florencite-rich groundmass of carbonatite breccia (NHM and...together with a somewhat smaller area along its north western edge, is tentatively interpreted to form a ring...carbohydrothermal overprinting. The vent complex cuts the western end of the large Mauze nepheline syenite intrusion...intrusion, but the external contacts on the western and north western sides of the vent are hidden beneath recent...the License area and thus there are no existing mine workings, tailing ponds or waste dumps. There are
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)
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/)...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...Arzu South in the Kiziltepe prospect, Balikesir, Western Turkey D. E. Blanks1, D. A. Holwell1, I. Van Coller2
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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