 | | 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 Australia’s tin deposits have yielded concentrates...million and have maintained mining communities at Greenbushes and in various parts of the Pilbara. The present...interested in searching for tin deposits in Western Australia. J H Lord 19th June 1978. DIRECTOR iii |  | | Report (issue) | | MILES, D.Sc. F.C.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY O F WESTERN AUSTRALIA, - AND DOROTHY CARROLL, PLD., P.I.C. GOVERNMENT... - WESTERN - AUSTRALIA. P A ~ T M E N TOF MINES. . MINERAL RESOURCES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BULLETIN... F.G.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY O F W E S T E R N AUSTRALIA, AND AND GOVERNMENT CHEMICAL LABORATORIES.... The production of tantalum ores has been one of Western Australia’s contributions to the war effort and...considered a comprehensive reference book f o r the Western Australian 1-esources of tantalnm and niobium. |  | | Report (issue) | | Introduction, p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p...p. 95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst,” “Leigh Creek,” “Avondale Mine”; all these |  | | 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) | | Chelleen type. 9. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. — Bulletin No. 32 (1908) contains three...the Geology of the Greenbushes Tinfield," which is situated in the south-western division of the State...State upon the Bunbury Bridgetown Railway, 159 miles from Perth. Tin-ore (cassiterite) has for some years...3 deal with the Mount Malcolm Copper-mine and with Eraser's Gold-mine in the Yilgarn Gold-field. 10. |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Smithsonian Institution Minerals of the Greenbushes T in field ....................................Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce .........length, collected in the Mindola open pit, Rokana mine, Zambia, by S. P. Korowski. The Mineralogical Record...under ground miner at the 115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August...presented at his trial, Stokes began sneaking into the mine at night and stealing (“highgrading”) gold. No one |  | | Report (issue) | | 54.94 iron 55.85 cobalt 58.93 nickel 58.69 copper 63.55 zinc 65.39 gallium 69.72 germanium 72...............................................M24 Mine Waste Characteristics ........................................................................M27 Mine Closure .......................................................M21 M13. Bar charts showing global mine production of niobium and tantalum, from 2000 to...occur in Angola, Australia, China, Greenland, Malawi, Russia, and South Africa. Australia and Brazil have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | spodumene-hosted inclusions from the Tanco and Greenbushes occurrences of granitic pegmatite are presented...provenant des pegmatites granitiques de Tanco et Greenbushes démontre les avantages d’une analyse tri-dimensionnelle...collected from the lithium zone of the Greenbushes pegmatite, Western Australia (Partington et al. 1995), and...zabuyelite in inclusions from the Tanco and Greenbushes pegmatite was ascertained using the vibrational...Instruments X-ray analysis system at the University of Western Ontario Nanofabrication Facility was used for focused |  | | Report (issue) | | ....................................... 2 World Mine Production .......................................iron and steel plants, four limestone mines, three copper facilities, two gold refineries, two lead refineries...high-purity aluminum, cadmium, smelted and refined copper, and nickel in ferronickel was reduced by more...Information Services Ltd., 2012). World Mine Production In 2011, world mine production of tantalum increased...in 2010. Rwanda accounted for 27 percent of total mine production in 2011; Brazil accounted for 20 percent; |  | | Journal (issue) | | page 4 News -o f Pegmatite Mining in Wes tern Australia Mark Ivan Jacobson Perth Pouch P. 0 . Box 6046...decade, pegmatite prospecting and mining in Western Australia has experienced a slow but steady increase...mining . n talum, tin, and lithium from the Greenbushes pegmatite and the Mt. Cassiterite-Wodgina Main...hardrock exploration companies are attempting to mine lithium (spodumene) and tantalum (tantalite-microlite)...increased the activity focused on pegmatites. Many Western Australian geologists and companies have added |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Sverige) Aln6 lsland, titanomagnetite, 265 Brattfors mine, Nordmarks Odalffalt, Viirmland, manganhumite, katoptrite...Gutter, Brook, Hampshire, glauconite, 373 Mill Close mine, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, corundophilite, I7I Seathwaite... 373 Turf Pits mine, Grassington, Yorkshire, spencerite, I76 Cornwall Botallack mine, digenite, I72 Carn...pseudomorphous after analcime, 245 INDEX Geevor mine, neotocite, 279 and M26 Luxulyan, luxullianite (in...apatite, hornblende, diopside, 427 South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, francevillite, I72 Stamps |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | concentrate, or “Coltan,” that caused Ta mines in Australia and Canada to be placed on care and maintenance...% from tin slag refining and 10 % from secondary mine concentrates. Due to rapid industrialisation and...Canada account for about 92 and 7 % of Nb world mine production, respectively. Since the bulk of the...relatively stable and slightly increasing in Australia. While Ta production for 2012 is much lower (in...past producers, such as Wodgina, Mt. Cattlin (Australia) and Tanco (Canada), being placed on care and |  | | Report (issue) | | IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by F? B. Abeysinghe and J. M. Fetherston -m GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA... Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA David Blight Copy editor: L. Day The recommended...FETHERSTON, J. M., 1999, Kaolin in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources...Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 7309 6649 6 Abeysinghe, P. B. Kaolin in Western Australia Bibliography...2. I. II. 111. Kaolin -Western Australia. Kaolin industry - Western Australia. Fetherston, John, 1943- |  | | Journal (issue) | | 3 19 Alabama Alaska Argentine Republic Asia Australia Austria 21 21 N 25 25 26 28 -. Banka 29...Domingo Scotland Siam Siberia South America South Australia South Dakota Spain Swaziland ; 145 146 148...Virginia .186 CONTENTS V PAGE Washington Western Australia 187 Wyoming 190 191 203 209 General Bibliography...Geological Survey of Western Australia, Ann. Progr. Rep. Geol. Surv. Western Australia. Perth. Annual...Geologist-in-charge, Washington, D. C. Bull. Western Australia Geol. Surv Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist California |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JamesCookUniversity, Townsville, Queensland 4811,Australia ONEofthemajoraimsoftherecently completed IGCPProj-...deposits whererecentworkhaspro- andWodginain Australia. motedsignificant advances in theunderstanding...Thailand(Suwimonprecha et al., andis dominated bythe Greenbushes (Aus1995),raremetals+ tin deposits suchasthe...production fromlargeraremetalpegmatites in otherparts Australia). opportunities arerestricted mainlyto value-added...gittinsite(CaZrtential mines such as Mount Weld, Western Australia(see- (CaZrSiaO•5.2H.20) Si.207) in altered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Centre, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin...Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia Abstract 6 The use of detrital rutile as an indicator of...trace element chemistry, mineral exploration, Western Australia, 30 principal component analysis, hierarchical...as many different ore types as possible in Western Australia including 139 from known Au, Au-Cu, lamprophyre...were selected primarily from the University of Western Aus- 141 tralia’s (UWA’s) museum archives (http://www |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | here. 30 Q&A Cornwall Resources Tin/ Tungsten/ Copper Our Q&A session with Founding Member Cornwall Resources...develop its capabilities in battery metals – lithium, copper, graphite etc. Darryn’s role is to support the...provides an overview of critical mineral mining for: Copper Cobalt Graphite Lithium Nickel Tin Tungsten PGMs...20) Sulphur squeeze spells trouble for Congo's copper, cobalt miners https://www.miningweekly.com/ar...com/article/sulphur-squeeze-spells-troublefor-congos-copper-cobalt-miners-2020-05-20 DRC (6.5.20) Pollution |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | J, A. Thomson—Rocks of Western Australia. 147 diamond-shaped, with the lower part of the diamond more...I . — T H E CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROCKS OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS. By J. ALLAN THOMSON, B.A...this Paper. Difficulties of Field Geology in Western Australia. General Statement of the Problem, and Discussion...general geological features of those parts of "Western Australia in which mining is carried on are now well...1017/S001675680011413X 148 J. A. Thomson—Rocks of Western Australia. in the world. And yet it is safe to assume |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Microscopy Centre University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009, Western Australia (Received 24 January 1978)...mixed, a drop was placed on a carbon film on a copper grid. After 5 min the grid was removed, washed...brass stubs and coated with a 20-nm-thick layer of copper. The specimens were examined in an A.R.L. SEM-Q...references. The kaolinite was from Greenbushes, Western Australia, and has been described by Bolland... Sedimentary illite from Mullellorina, South Australia, was X-ray powder diffraction analysis of random |  | | Report (issue) | | 54.94 iron 55.85 cobalt 58.93 nickel 58.69 copper 63.55 zinc 65.39 gallium 69.72 germanium 72.............................................. K15 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................leading producer of lithium from pegmatites is Australia. Other potential sources of lithium include clays...S. production lags far behind that of Chile, Australia, and several other nations. Additionally, two...about $40 million. This sample is from the Dunton Mine in Newry, Maine. Courtesy of the Mineralogical & |  | | Report (issue) | | •• • •• ••• ••• ... • •• ••• • •• 15 Australia • •• •• • • •• •• • • •• • • • •• • •...Malay States and Australia. Mangano-tantalite is found in Russia., Sweden, and Australia. The last is the...all of the demand being met by miheral from Western Australia, whe1·e the ores are of high g1·ade, and 1...cross-section is 0.155 ohm, or about 8 times that of copper and 3 times that of tungsten. The g1'eat ductility...the cold state.. It is fax· rno1"e copper, silver or gold, as it is possible in successive |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Co. Rare-element pegmatites are enriched in copper alloys are in components of aerospace, automotive...of fluxing components (Li, P, F, followed by Australia (21%), China and Southeast Asia and B). For example...greater pegmatites (e.g. Tanco, Canada; Greenbushes, Australia; than 100,000. One of the greatest challenges...explain how such extreme elemental tites (Wodgina, Australia), and albite–spodumene pegmaenrichment occurs...family of pegmatites, tites (Mt. Cassiterite, Australia) (Černý and Ercit 2005). A the NYF pegmatites |  | Phillips, G.N., Vearncombe, J.R., Anand, R.R., Butt, C.R.M., Eshuys, E., Groves, D.I., Smith, R.E. (2019) The role of geoscience breakthroughs in gold exploration success: Yilgarn Craton, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 112. 103009 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in gold exploration success: Yilgarn Craton, Australia G.N. Phillips, J.R. Vearncombe, R.R. Anand, C...in gold exploration success: Yilgarn Craton, Australia, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...in gold exploration success: Yilgarn Craton, Australia G.N. Phillipsa,b,c,*,neil@phillipsgold.com.au...of Melbourne, Australia cDepartment dSJS P/L, Box 3 Central Park Victoria 3145 Australia of Earth Sciences...Bridge 6153 WA Australia eCSIRO fDGO Mineral Resources, Box 1130, WA 6102 Australia Gold Ltd, Box |
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