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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Rhabdophane' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhabdophane data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:466438
Long-form Identifier:1:3:466438:3
GUID (UUID V4):75ea85a6-1659-40b7-89f9-2ddff2f7fa8d
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonatite-related REE ore deposit, the Mount Weld deposit (Australia), was formed by lateritic weathering...crystallization. In one deposit currently being mined, Mount Weld, the REE ore-grade enrichment is due to lateritic...deposits are relatively low grade but are economic to mine because they can be enriched in the more valuable...valuable HREEs and are relatively inexpensive to mine. Fluids can play a significant role in ore-grade enrichment...clay deposits in south China and the Mount Weld deposit in Australia. Factors controlling the degree of
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...and REE since 1951 (Wall, 2014). The only active mine is now an underground operation at Karnarsurt operated
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...incorporation of LREE into plumbogummite-groupminerals, rhabdophane and secondary monazite in the upper part of the...overlying, and derived from, the Mr. Weld carbonatite, Western Australia. oxidation of primary igneous minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fiorencite, monazite, rhabdophane, xenotime, andbastnasite, andScoccurs in monazite, rhabdophane(0.55-0.95%),minerals...remote from modern trans- (Brazil) and Mount Weld (Western Australia),containsone portroutesandis almostcompletely...ofchlorite Mudtank, dolomite;8 = Mount Weld, calcite;9 = Mount Weld, calcite;10 calcite; 11 = Jacupiranga...fioren- cite,monazite, rhabdophane, bastn‱isite, xenotime, etc.,Sein monazite,rhabdophane (0.55-0.95%),mineralsof...differentfromtypicalweathering crustsin MountWeld in Australia, SeandY). In theTomtororedeposwhich,asa rule,anincrease
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)
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)
in the Aileron Province, Northern Territory, Australia. The fluorapatite veins are complex, with two...huston@ga.gov.au 1 Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 2 School of Earth Sciences...Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia 3 Arafura Resources, PO Box 37220, Winnellie, NT 0821, Australia 4 Research...Building 142, Mills Road Acton, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Nolans Bore, in south-central Northern Territory...rare-earth element (REE) deposits discovered in Australia over the last two decades. The deposit contains
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...Phosphates Apatite group Apatite Rhapdophane group Rhabdophane-(Ce) Ca5 (PO4 )3 (Cl/F/OH) Calciocarbonatite...occupied by the fenites. At central and north-western regions, alluvial and colluvial deposits form a
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
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)...residual and/or supergene apatite, monazite-(Ce), rhabdophane-(Ce), tengerite-(Ce), florencite-(La) in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
barite (~15 vol%), gorceixite (~7 vol%) and minor rhabdophane and pyrochlore. The country rock gneiss in which...Finland (Zaitsev et al., 2004); Gifford Creek, Australia (Pirajno et al., 2014); Chipman Lake, Canada (Buckley...siderite, barite, and gorceixite, with minor rhabdophane-(Ce) and pyrochlore. Siderite (~70 vol%) is the...predominant mineral in aggregates (Fig. 4A, B) with rhabdophane-(Ce) and pyrochlore. Gorceixite crystals are...are euhedral with size up to 5 ÎŒm (Fig. 4F). Rhabdophane-(Ce) is the only REE mineral in the border siderite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phosphates (monazite, xenotime, ïŹ‚orencite, rhabdophane, churchite), 3. cerianite, and 4. ancylite. These...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 AraxĂĄ Nb-REE mine in Brazil. Hutchinson [24] used QEMSCAN○R on 16
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
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...Th)(P,Si)O Si, Th and P [24]. 4Hydrated asthe rhabdophane (REE)PO (H O) and florencite 4 2 involving coupled...Si, Th and P [24]. Hydrated species such as rhabdophane REE)Al3 (PO4 )2 (OH)6 occur as well. In the britholite...and complex REE ores. 4.1. Case Study 1: Run-of-Mine Ore The proper identification of the REE-bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Gifford Creek Carbonatite Complex, Western Australia Paul Slezak1,2 · Carl Spandler1 Received:...area of ~ 250 km2 in the Gascoyne Province, Western Australia. Most carbonatite types are interpreted to...James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia 2 Present Address: School of Earth Sciences...Carbonatite Complex (GCCC), Gascoyne Province, Western Australia contains a diverse range alkaline magmatic...Glenburgh Terrane, and Yilgarn Craton to form the Western Australia Craton. The Gascoyne Province comprises a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
along with a minor contribution from Brazil, Australia, the United States, Canada, India [7,8]. Although...China AraxĂĄ CatalĂŁo (REE) Mrro do Ferro (Th-REE) Mount Weld (REE) Mountain Pass (REE) Tomtor (REE) Lovozero...carbonatite Carbonatite China Brazil Brazil Australia United States Russia Russia India Vietnam Burundi...REE deposit is located in the rift belt of the western margin of the Yangtze Craton; the Miaoya and Shaxiongdong...southeast marginin of the North China Craton and western part of carbonatite-related hydrothermal REE deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
known at the Three Valley Gap, Frenchman Cap Dome–Mount Grace area, Trident Mountain–Blue River area, Lonnie...Unnamed failed rift arm Post-Karoo (Jurassic) Western branch of the East African rift Neoprot.? Cambrian...Niocan Inc.; mined in 1961– 1976 by St. Lawrence mine, Oka complex, Deux-Montagnes, QuĂ©- Columbium and...at 2.81% Nb2O5 Crown deposit, Mount Weld, Western Australia, Australia Lynas Corp. Takutu Lineament...(graben) related to reactivation of the Amazon craton Laverton tectonic zone, Yilgarn craton 2020– 2060 Ma
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
typical primary REE deposits (Mountain Pass and Mount Weld up to 80,000 ppm), it is of interest because...minerals include phosphates, such as detrital rhabdophane-(Ce) ((Ce,La)PO4·(H2O)) and florencite-(Ce) (CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6)...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
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)
Rammelsbergite Ramsdellite Rancieite Realgar ReniĂ©rite Rhabdophane Rheniite Rhodizite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Richterite...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...wt. % Cr2O3 and 69.06 wt. % PbO) from Dundas, Australia and from gold-bearing quartz veins in the southern...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is ïŹrst and foremost recognized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rammelsbergite Ramsdellite Rancieite Realgar ReniĂ©rite Rhabdophane Rheniite Rhodizite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Richterite...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...wt. % Cr2O3 and 69.06 wt. % PbO) from Dundas, Australia and from gold-bearing quartz veins in the southern...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is ïŹrst and foremost recognized
Book
is the minimum grade at which it is worthwhile to mine a certain deposit. Everything below it (low-grade...chalcopyrite (brass) from the Friedrich-Christian Mine in Wildschapbach, Black Forest (Germany) (photo...black Fig. 1.2 Chalcopyrite on quartz. Silberwiese Mine, Oberlahr, Westerwald (Germany) (photo © Monika...Chalcocite from Mammoth Mine, Mount Isa-Cloncurry Territory (Queensland, Australia) (photo © Rob Lavinsky/iRocks...Introduction Fig. 1.6 Tetrahedrite from Wenzel Mine in Oberwolfach, Black Forest (Germany) (photo ©
Book (edition)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mine Safety and Health Law . . . . . . . . . . . . ....University of Kansas and served as president of Western Mineral Associates. D reyer retired in 1984. Dr...Indiana Stratum Resources Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sara M. Robinson Consulting Geologist Holley...TZ Minerals International Pty Ltd. West Perth, Australia William C. Herz IMI Institute for Research and...TZ Minerals International Pty Ltd. West Perth, Australia Franz J. Reisch Retired Bloomington, Indiana
Book
was taken from one more shallow ridge beyond the western, valley having good accessibility and outcrop condition...Major element composition of KB G samples from western part metasomatites. TAS classification for plutonic...for use in 3D modelling during exploration work or mine planning. While they fully characterize compositional...quantitative manner with respect to their signiïŹcance for mine planning and mineral processing [25]. The main focus...of Zr-Nb-REE mineralisation at Khalzan Buregte (Western Mongolia) reconsidered. Ore Geol. Rev. 2015, 64
Book
of monazite in the Coastal mineral sands of the western and eastern coastal tracts of South Indian peninsular...are contained in the carbonatite complexes of western India, namely, Amba Dongar, Gujarat and Kamthai...dimensions associated with Siwana Ring Complex in western Rajasthan are potential for HREE. A cumulative.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 Western India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Western India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
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