 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralization, andGeochronology of the Greenbushes Pegmatite, WesternAustralia G.A. PARTINGTON*, N.J...andGeophysics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WesternAustralia 6907, Australia AND I.S. WILLIAMS Research...P.O.Box4, Canberra, ACT2601,Australia Abstract The Greenbushes pegmatite isa giantpegmatite dikeof Archcan...four subsidiary zoneshavebeenrecognized in the pegmatite. Thiszonation is unusual, andperhaps unique,in...intrusion of the pegmatite; the granitoids havebeenpostulated asthe sourcefor the pegmatite. It is therefore |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Giant Rare Metal GreenbushesPegmatite,Western Australia G. A. PARTINGTON* Key Centerfor StrategicMineralDeposits...WesternAustralia,Nedlands,WesternAustralia6009,Australia Abstract The Greenbushespegmatitedistricthasbeen...pegmatitedepositsin the world.The intrusiverocksin the Greenbushes pegmatitedistrictare concentrated alongthe ancientcrustal-scale...ancientcrustal-scale, Donnybrook-Bridgetown shearzone, analogousto the presentSanAndreasfault system,and...bandssuggesting sinistralstrike-slipmovement.The Greenbushes pegmatiteoccursin a higher temperatureandhig |  | | 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 Australiaâs 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 Australiaâs 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) | | 22 TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J. M. Fetherston TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE:... FRONTISPIECE: Historic pump at the Wodgina tantalumâtin 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) | | from Archean Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatites of Western Australia Lillian A. Kendall-Langley, Anthony I.S. Kemp...minerals from Archean Li-CsTa type pegmatites of Western Australia, LITHOS, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos...processes that facilitate the generation of Li-Cs-Ta pegmatite melts are not fully understood. Knowledge of the...tectonic setting of this class of rare element pegmatite is limited in particular by the availability of...geochronological data from Li-Cs-Ta pegmatites across Western Australia, that vary in age, host lithology and geodynamic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Holmquistite-bearing amphibolite from Greenbushes, Western Australia M. T. FROST AND G. TSAMBOURAKIS 1 CSIRO...Victoria Australia 3207 AND J. D A V I S Grecnbushes Tin Limited, PO Box 31, Greenbushes, Western Australia...Australia, Australia 6254 Abstract Holmquistite idioblasts occur in a hornblende-titanite-quartz-plagioclase...contact with a lithium (spodumene) pegmatite at Greenbushes, Western Australia. Unit cell parameters, chemical...amphibole, amphibolite, Greenbushes, Australia. Introduction THE Greenbushes pegmatites are unique in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Simpsonite and stibiotantalite from Benson pegmatite mine, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia. By O. vox KNORRIXG...and stibiotantalite is described from a lithium pegmatite at Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia. Optical, chemical...a number of pegmatites that comprise the Benson mine at Mtoko, in the north-eastern part of Southern...previously described from four pegmatite areas only: Tabba Tabba in Western Australia (Bowley, 1939), Alto do...Stibiotantalite has been recorded from Greenbushes, Western Australia (Goyder, 1892), San Diego, California |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | positivelyor ten- andchloriteadjacentto the pegmatite,andholmquistativelyidentifiedat 25 newlocalities(Table1)...Harding pegmatite,New Mexico (Jahnsand Ewing, 1977), and the Greenbushespegmatite, Western Australia(Pryceand...recentlyconfirmedin am- reolesextendfor up to 20 m away from pegmatite phiboliticwall rocksaroundthe spodumene-rich Edi-...data, 1985) Europe Holmquistite at the Taneo Pegmatite Heinrich's(1965) assessment of holmquistitestability...was basedlargely on observationsfrom the Tanco pegmatite(seealsoWright, 1963). At Tanco and elsewhere,holmquistiteis |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | inclusions from the Tanco and Greenbushes occurrences of granitic pegmatite are presented to demonstrate...serial sectioning, 3D reconstruction, granitic pegmatite, spodumene. Sommaire Nous nous sommes servis...provenant des pegmatites granitiques de Tanco et Greenbushes dĂ©montre les avantages dâune analyse tri-dimensionnelle...faisceaux, sections en sĂ©rie, reconstruction 3D, pegmatite granitique, spodumĂšne. § E-mail address: aanderso@stfx...collected from the lithium zone of the Greenbushes pegmatite, Western Australia (Partington et al. 1995), and | | | Report (issue) | | TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 22 116° 120° Inset 2 120° Northern Carnarvon...South Ceremonial Dam Kangan Eastern Pegmatite Marble Bar Pegmatite Gully West Wodgina Pilgangoora Alluvials...Alluvials Coondina Hillside Upper Five Mile 22° Western Shaw Pippingarra West Junda 3 Junda 2, 4 Mount... Tas 28° YILGARN Geological Survey of Western Australia Department of Laverton Leonora PINJARRA...Exmouth ton 0 Yeneena Basin Pegmatite Gully Marble Bar Eastern Pegmatite Hartigans Pinga Creek bur |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EXSOLUTION IN NIOBIAN RUTILE FROM THE PEGMATITE DEPOSIT AT GREENBUSHES, AUSTRALIA MARIANA KLEMENTOVç AND MILAN...Sn4+0.003)0.99 O2 from the Greenbushes granitic pegmatite, Western Australia, contains lamellae (~5 50...optimal phase-boundary, granitic pegmatite, Greenbushes, Australia. SOMMAIRE Un Ă©chantillon de rutile...Sn4+0.003)0.99 O2 provenant de la pegmatite granitique de Greenbushes, en Australie occidentale, contient...dâexsolution, interface optimale, pegmatite granitique, Greenbushes, Australie. INTRODUCTION Presently |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department of Geology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009 Austraha âDepartment of Applied...Curtin University of Technology, Bentley 6102 Australia (Received February 6, 1990; accepted in revisedfirm...cassiterite from the Archaean Greenbushes pegmatite, Western Australia. The latter Sn is 0.15% per mass...the geological museum at The University of Western Australia). S.XOlple Descriptionof Tin Sample Lab...Pilbara, Westem Australia. cass. #2 Cassiterite Fromthe A&wan Greenbashes Pegmatite. Balingup MetamorphicBelt |  | | Report (issue) | | ............................................M24 Mine Waste Characteristics ........................................................................M27 Mine Closure ..........................................regional lithium-cesium-tantalum rare-metalbearing pegmatite zoning above a parental granite.................zoned lithium-cesium-tantalum rare-metal-bearing pegmatite..............................................................M21 M13. Bar charts showing global mine production of niobium and tantalum, from 2000 to |  | | Report (issue) | | 39.75 Total 100.02 98.9 100.00 (1) Greenbushes, Western Australia. (2) Mesa Grande district, California...pegmatites. Association: Tantalite (Greenbushes, Western Australia); antimony, allemontite, microlite...Distribution: From the Greenbushes tin placers, Wodgina district, Western Australia. Large crystals at the...mines, Alto Ligonha, Mozambique. From the Benson mine, Mtoko, Zimbabwe. In the USA, from Topsham, Sagadahoc...in San Diego Co., fine crystals from the Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande district; at the Katerina, Stewart |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | holmquistites: Ferroholmquistite from Greenbushes (Western Australia) and hints for compositional constraints...Pagano (Italy), and comes from the Greenbushes pegmatite (Western Australia). The analyzed sample has been...occurrence of holmquistite might be used as a tool for pegmatite exploration. The few available chemical analyses...holmquistite samples (one from Greenbushes, Western Australia, and one from the QLC mine, Quebec). Litvin et al...deuterated samples of holmquistite from Greenbushes (Western Australia). Complete Raman spectra and band assignment |  | | Report (issue) | | ....................................... 2 World Mine Production .......................................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;...tantalum have varied considerably since 2000. Australia, which was the leading producer from 2001 through...together accounted for 47 percent of the worldâs mine production of tantalum. The locations of significant |  | | Journal (issue) | | Continued on page 4 News -o f Pegmatite Mining in Wes tern Australia Mark Ivan Jacobson Perth Pouch...Durin g the last decade, pegmatite prospecting and mining in Western Australia has experienced a slow but...mining . n talum, tin, and lithium from the Greenbushes pegmatite and the Mt. Cassiterite-Wodgina Main Lode...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 383(4) Z = 4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Greenbushes, Western Australia. 10.28 (100), 2.94 (40), 5.89 (34)...35 0.45 0.11 0.57 1.13 . 99.71 (1) Greenbushes, Western Australia; B2O3 thought to be low; corresponding...and replacing tantalite in a pegmatite (Greenbushes, Western Australia); in pegmatites cutting amphibolites...from pegmatite. Association: Stibiotantalite, tantalite, tourmaline, microlite, quartz (Greenbushes, Western...Western Australia); stibiotantalite, microlite, tantite (Voron'i massif, Russia). Distribution: At Bunbury |  | Kesler, Stephen E., Gruber, Paul W., Medina, Pablo A., Keoleian, Gregory A., Everson, Mark P., Wallington, Timothy J. (2012) Global lithium resources: Relative importance of pegmatite, brine and other deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 48. 55-69 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.05.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Global lithium resources: Relative importance of pegmatite, brine and other deposits Stephen E. Kesler a...online 14 May 2012 Keywords: Lithium Resource Pegmatite Brine Salar Evaporite Electric vehicle Lithium-ion...geological features of the best characterized pegmatite, brine and other types of lithium deposits and...an order of magnitude larger than the average pegmatite deposit (0.11 Mt Li) and that brine deposits,...for large-scale, long-term production than do pegmatite deposits. However, individual brine deposits differ |  | | Book | | the Pinjarra Orogen, began to form along the western edge of the Yilgarn Craton. Most of the rocks that...Gondwana about 250 million years later. It included Australia, Antarctica, Greater India, New Zealand, South...part of this time, around 295 million years ago, Australia was close to the South Pole and extensive icecaps...to south, and Greater India drifted away from Australia as a result. Magma was generated as the crust...15 Minions later, as Antarctica centered from Australia. This splitting of the Earthâs crust caused the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | concentrate, or âColtan,â 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) | | Figure 2. World map showing the locations of LCT pegmatite deposits or districts ..........................Deposit-scale zoning patterns in an idealized pegmatite ................................................develop new ones. We emphasize practical aspects of pegmatite geology that might directly or indirectly help...(LCT) pegmatites, or for assessing regions for pegmatite-related mineral resource potential. These deposits...Deposit Types, and Examples London (2008) defined pegmatite as: âan essentially igneous rock, commonly of |  | | 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 (âhighgradingâ) gold. No one |  | Groat, L. A., Grew, E. S., Evans, R. J., Pieczka, A., Ercit, T. S. (2009) The crystal chemistry of holtite. Mineralogical Magazine, 73 (6) 1033-1050 doi:10.1180/minmag.2009.073.6.1033 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | found in pegmatite, or alluvial deposits derived from pegmatite, at three localities: Greenbushes, Western...Western Australia; Voronâi Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Russia; and Szklary, Lower Silesia, Poland. Holtite can...dumortierite, crystal chemistry, discontinued, Western Australia, Kola Peninsula, Lower Silesia. Introduction...found in pegmatite, or alluvial deposits derived from pegmatite, at three localities: Greenbushes, Western...Western Australia (Pryce, 1971; Hoskins et al., 1989); Voronâi Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Russia (Voloshin et |
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