 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Giant Rare Metal GreenbushesPegmatite,Western Australia G. A. PARTINGTON* Key Centerfor StrategicMineralDeposits...WesternAustralia,Nedlands,WesternAustralia6009,Australia Abstract The Greenbushespegmatitedistricthasbeen...thiscentury,andmorerecently,for the production of tin, tantalum,and lithium from one of the largestrare metal...pegmatitedepositsin the world.The intrusiverocksin the Greenbushes pegmatitedistrictare concentrated alongthe ancientcrustal-scale...ancientcrustal-scale, Donnybrook-Bridgetown shearzone, analogousto the presentSanAndreasfault system,and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology, Mineralization, andGeochronology of the Greenbushes Pegmatite, WesternAustralia G.A. PARTINGTON*...andGeophysics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WesternAustralia 6907, Australia AND I.S. WILLIAMS Research...NationalUniversity, G.P.O.Box4, Canberra, ACT2601,Australia Abstract The Greenbushes pegmatite isa giantpegmatite dikeof...whichhasaddedconsiderably to the tin and tantalum reserves of the Greenbushes mine. Because of the renewedactivityin...Office,c/oP.O. AdelaideRiver,NorthernTerritory0846,Australia. 0361-0128/95/1694/616-2054.00 tite is synchronous |  | | Report (issue) | | I TANTALUM AND NIOBIUM BY KEITH R. MILES, D.Sc. F.C.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY O F WESTERN AUSTRALIA, -... - 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.... L 367/45 The production of tantalum ores has been one of Western Australiaās contributions to the...is unique in the number of localities in which tantalum ancl niobium minerals are found. The study of |  | | 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 Australiaās 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) | | BULLETIN 22 TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J. M. Fetherston TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE:... FRONTISPIECE: Historic pump at the Wodgina tantalumātin mine. Brought from Port Hedland by camel train about...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...is: FETHERSTON, J. M., 2004, Tantalum in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Simpsonite and stibiotantalite from Benson pegmatite mine, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia. By O. vox KNORRIXG, M...28 March 1963.] Summary. A new occurrenceof the tantalum minerals simpsonite and stibiotantalite is described...IMPSONITE and stibiotantalite, two of the rarer tantalum minerals, are found in close association in one...a number of pegmatites that comprise the Benson mine at Mtoko, in the north-eastern part of Southern...four pegmatite areas only: Tabba Tabba in Western Australia (Bowley, 1939), Alto do Giz and Onga mines |  | | 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...2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum pegmatites represent a valuable global source...geochronological data from Li-Cs-Ta pegmatites across Western Australia, that vary in age, host lithology and geodynamic...from Archean Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatites of Western Australia 3 4 Lillian A. Kendall-Langley*, Anthony |  | | Report (issue) | | Niobium and Tantalum Chapter M of Critical Mineral Resources of the United StatesāEconomic and Environmental...86 cesium 132.9 barium 137.3 hafnium 178.5 tantalum 180.9 tungsten 183.9 rhenium 186.2 osmium 190...by Roger Weller, Cochise College. Niobium and Tantalum By Klaus J. Schulz, Nadine M. Piatak, and John...Piatak, N.M., and Papp, J.F., 2017, Niobium and tantalum, chap. M of Schulz, K.J., DeYoung, J.H., Jr.,..............................................M2 Tantalum.............................................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ewing, 1977), and the Greenbushespegmatite, Western Australia(Pryceand Chester, 1978), emphasizethe point...(1961) Australia Greenbushes,Western Australia Pryce and Chester(1978) Mr. Marion, Western Australia...that at Greenbushes"(Simpson,1952, p. 405-406). HolmquistiteExplorationModel:Londonderry, Western Australia...Australia Pegmatites in the Centralminingdistrictof Western Australianear Kalgoorliehave been mined for feldspar...feldspar,lithiumminerals,andniobium-tantalum-tin oxidessincethe turn of the century (Ward, 1947). The | | | Report (issue) | | TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 22 116Ā° 120Ā° Inset 2 120Ā° Northern Carnarvon...Alluvials Coondina Hillside Upper Five Mile 22Ā° Western Shaw Pippingarra West Junda 3 Junda 2, 4 Mount... Tas 28Ā° YILGARN Geological Survey of Western Australia Department of Laverton Leonora PINJARRA...Deposit 19Ā° Scale 1: 2 000 000 50 km INDIAN Mine Granitic rare-metal pegmatite OROGEN PILBARA...Menzies Carnamah Basin GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 22, PLATE 1 Wubin |  | | Report (issue) | | Exploration in Mineral Supply Chain Mapping Using Tantalum as an Example By Yadira Soto-Viruet, W. David...exploration in mineral supply chain mapping using tantalum as an example: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File...Contents.Contents. Contents Physical Properties of Tantalum ....................................................................................... 2 World Mine Production .................................................................................. 2 Tantalum Refined Products and End Uses ............... |  | | 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 ā Mount Lyndhurst,ā āLeigh Creek,ā āAvondale Mineā; all these |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chelleen type. 9. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. ā 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...tourmaline and other minerals, including ores of tantalum. Much ore has been obtained by hydraulic sluicing...deal with the Mount Malcolm Copper-mine and with Eraser's Gold-mine in the Yilgarn Gold-field. 10. PHILIPPINE |  | | 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...a lithium (spodumene) pegmatite at Greenbushes, Western Australia. Unit cell parameters, chemical data...amphibole, amphibolite, Greenbushes, Australia. Introduction THE Greenbushes pegmatites are unique in |  | | 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...exploration companies are attempting to mine lithium (spodumene) and tantalum (tantalite-microlite). The fall...increased the activity focused on pegmatites. Many Western Australian geologists and companies have added |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology, market and supply chain of niobium and tantalumāa review Duncan A. R. Mackay & George J. Simandl...17 August 2014 # Crown Copyright 2014 Abstract Tantalum (Ta) and niobium (Nb) are essential metals in...concentrate, or āColtan,ā 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 |  | 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) | | largest pegmatite deposits, such as those at Greenbushes (Australia) and ManonoāKitolo (Democratic Republic...43ā101 (Canada) or Joint Ore Reserves Committee (Australia) (Houston et al., 2011). Accordingly, the resources...source of rare metals including lithium, tin, tantalum, niobium, beryllium, cesium, rubidium, scandium...other rare metals, usually tin, beryllium and tantalumāniobium, and many pegmatite districts that are...attention for other rare metals, especially tin and tantalum. Where lithium is the dominant rare metal, pegmatite | | | Report (issue) | | A Preliminary Deposit Model for Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum (LCT) Pegmatites By Dwight Bradley and Andrew...A preliminary deposit model for lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites (ver. 1.1, December 2016): U... A Preliminary Deposit Model for Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum (LCT) Pegmatites By Dwight Bradley and Andrew...indirectly help in exploration for lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites, or for assessing regions for...one-third of world lithium production, most of the tantalum, and all of the cesium (U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Report (issue) | | Inventory Summary Report-Niobium (Columbium) and Tantalum Prepared as a cooperative effort among earthscience...earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic...Inventory Summary Report-Niobium (Columbium) and Tantalum By Richard N. Crockett and David M. Sutphin U...earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...inventory summary report-niobium (columbium) and tantalum I by Richard N. Crockett and David M. Sutphin |  | | 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 Earthās crust caused the |  | | 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...replacing tantalite in a pegmatite (Greenbushes, Western Australia); in pegmatites cutting amphibolites...tantalite, tourmaline, microlite, quartz (Greenbushes, Western Australia); stibiotantalite, microlite, tantite...Russia). Distribution: At Bunbury Gully, Greenbushes, Western Australia. From Mount Vasin-Mylāk, Voron'i massif |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JamesCookUniversity, Townsville, Queensland 4811,Australia ONEofthemajoraimsoftherecently completed IGCPProj-...deposits whererecentworkhaspro- andWodginain Australia. motedsignificant advances in theunderstanding...Beryllium encompass avarietyofelements including tantalum, niobium, is dominatedby the bertranditc lithium...Thailand(Suwimonprecha et al., andis dominated bythe Greenbushes (Aus1995),raremetals+ tin deposits suchasthe...production fromlargeraremetalpegmatites in otherparts Australia). opportunities arerestricted mainlyto value-added |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NIOBIAN RUTILE FROM THE PEGMATITE DEPOSIT AT GREENBUSHES, AUSTRALIA MARIANA KLEMENTOVĆĀ§ AND MILAN RIEDERĀ¶ Institute...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 Ć©chantillon de rutile niobifĆØre...99 O2 provenant de la pegmatite granitique de Greenbushes, en Australie occidentale, contient des lamelles...dāexsolution, interface optimale, pegmatite granitique, Greenbushes, Australie. INTRODUCTION Presently, in the industrial |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | key role of mica during igneous concentration of tantalum Aleksandr Stepanov ā¢ John A. Mavrogenes Sebastien...Anatexis Granite classification Introduction Tantalum and niobium are commonly referred to as āāgeochemical...Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia e-mail: sashas@utas.edu.au J. A. Mavrogenes Research...University, Mills Road, Bld. 61, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia similarity. However, economic concentrations...found in very different geochemical environments: tantalum deposits are associated with granitic pegmatites |  | KĆ¼ster, Dirk, Romer, Rolf L., Tolessa, Dandena, Zerihun, Desta, Bheemalingeswara, K., Melcher, Frank, OberthĆ¼r, Thomas (2009) The Kenticha rare-element pegmatite, Ethiopia: internal differentiation, UāPb age and Ta mineralization. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (7) 723-750 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0240-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatite class and belongs to the lithiumācesiumā tantalum petrogenetic family. The Kenticha pegmatite is...tantalite was performed to determine the age of tantalum mineralization and pegmatite emplacement, which...mineralization Geological setting Introduction Tantalum is a key metal in the modern electronics industry...pegmatite-derived residual and alluvial placer deposits. Tantalum concentrates are mainly composed of columbiteātantalite...represents a globally important tantalum source. The mine produces around 120 t tantalum concentrate (~55% Ta2O5) |
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