 | | 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 |  | | 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...y to the tin and tantalum reserves of the Greenbushes mine. Because of the renewedactivityin thehard-rock...Office,c/oP.O. AdelaideRiver,NorthernTerritory0846,Australia. 0361-0128/95/1694/616-2054.00 tite is synchronous |  | | 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. |  | | 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...(quartz-richversusaluminosilicate-rich layers) kyanite,andalusite,andsillimanite.Vaditoschistsnear (Fig...that at Greenbushes"(Simpson,1952, p. 405-406). HolmquistiteExplorationModel:Londonderry, Western Australia...Australia Pegmatites in the Centralminingdistrictof Western Australianear Kalgoorliehave been mined for feldspar |  | Galliski, M. A., Marquez-Zavalia, M. F., Lira, R., Cempirek, J., Skoda, R. (2012) Mineralogy and Origin of the Dumortierite-Bearing Pegmatites of Virorco, San Luis, Argentina. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (4) 873-894 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.4.873 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and dumortierite-group minerals, muscovite and kyanite as the major phases; the accessory and trace minerals...pegmatite, dumortierite, holtite, chrysoberyl, kyanite, tourmaline, Virorco, Argentina. § E-mail address:...Stilling et al. (2006); 69.14 and 14.67 wt.% for Greenbushes, Partington et al. (1995)] or abyssal pegmatites...from the reported composition of dumortieriterich kyanite quartzites (Sengupta et al. 2011). Values of alumina-saturation...dumortierite-group minerals, fluorapatite, muscovite and kyanite. The accessory and trace minerals include beryl |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Technology, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, W.A. 6001, Australia Received 12 May 1994; revisedversion accepted...seismic, gravity and magnetic traverse across the western margin of the Yilgarn Craton, undertaken approximately...regional-scale mapping by the Geological Survey of Western Australia enabled formulation of the first comprehensive...identified an older granite-gneiss terrane (the Western Gneiss Terrain) which passed eastward into three...sequences were deposited within ensialic basins. The Western Gneiss Terrain was believed to extend beneath the |  | | 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 Earth’s crust caused the |  | 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) | | from pegmatite, at three localities: Greenbushes, Western Australia; Voron’i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Russia;...dumortierite, crystal chemistry, discontinued, Western Australia, Kola Peninsula, Lower Silesia. Introduction...from pegmatite, at three localities: Greenbushes, Western Australia (Pryce, 1971; Hoskins et al., 1989);...of pegmatite, near the township of Greenbushes, Western Australia (Pryce and Chester, 1978). Weissenberg...Voloshin et al. (1987) also found in a sample from Greenbushes. Pieczka and Marszałek (1996) described a third |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gondwnna Research Evolution of the Western Margin of Australia during the Rodinian and Gondwanan Supercontinent...Uizivcrsify of Technology, Pcuth, Wesfenz Australia, Australia 6845 (Mniziiscript received Jii1.y 24...extend for 1,000 km along the western continental margin o f Australia and appear to have been active...and aflected Latr Archacan granitoids along the western margin of the Yilgarn Craton. Much of the later...occurred along fractures closely related to the western boundary of the Lecuwin Complex that defined the |  | | 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 (chapter) | | than current datings: Wodgina, 2.7/2.84 Ga; Greenbushes, 2.7/2.53 Ga; Mama–Chuya belt, (0.7–0.4)/(0.38–0...According to the statistics on the USGS website, the mine has produced up to 25% of the world’s primary tantalum...(Li, Ta, Cs, Be), Bikita (Li, Cs, Be, Ta), and Greenbushes (Li, Ta, Sn) being the brightest examples. These...garnet + kyanite/ sillimanite) middleamphibolite-facies paragneisses and schists of kyanite–sillimanite...07 Ga old Katemcy and Streeter granites in the western part of the Llano Uplift in Texas. The post-orogenic |  | Küster, Dirk, Romer, Rolf L., Tolessa, Dandena, Zerihun, Desta, Bheemalingeswara, K., Melcher, Frank, Oberthür, Thomas (2009) The Kenticha rare-element pegmatite, Ethiopia: internal differentiation, U–Pb age and Ta mineralization. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (7) 723-750 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0240-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | represents a globally important tantalum source. The mine produces around 120 t tantalum concentrate (~55%...unlike the well-known tantalum pegmatites in Australia (Greenbushes, Wodgina) or Canada (Tanco). We have carried...and subordinate amphibolites, and sillimanite–kyanite bearing schists. Orthogneisses and deformed batholiths...Kenticha rare-element pegmatite outcrops on the western flank of a N–S elongated ridge of serpentinite...rare-element pegmatites (e.g., Tanco, Canada, or Greenbushes, Australia), the Kenticha pegmatite rarely carries |  | | 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 |  | Pieczka, A., Grew, E. S., Groat, L. A., Evans, R. J. (2011) Holtite and dumortierite from the Szklary Pegmatite, Lower Silesia, Poland. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 (2) 303-315 doi:10.1180/minmag.2011.075.2.303 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | an alluvial tin deposit near Greenbushes, southwestern Western Australia; Voloshin et al. (1977) found...of the open pits of an abandoned silicate nickel mine, and it is the only such dyke reported in the Szklary...standards and X-ray analytical lines were used: kyanite Al(Ka), Si(Ka); apatite P(Ka), pure Sc Sc(Ka),...gave reasonable H2O contents for holtite from Greenbushes and Voron’i Tundry (Groat et al., 2009), these...between As+Sb and Si, the holtite samples from Greenbushes and Voron’i Tundry (H1 H3, Groat et al., 2009) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ASWATHANARAYANA(U.), see RAO (V. DIVAKARA), 678 Auburn mine, Minnesota, stilpnomelane, 693 AUCOTT(J. W.), see...to BASTA (E. Z.) and SALEEB (W. S.), Egyptian kyanite, 760 ANDERSON (B. W.), see VANCE (E. R.), 605,...583; Scotland, anal., 8:9 Biphosphammite, Western Australia, anal., opt., X-ray, 965 Birnessite, conditions...sinters, anal., X-ray, opt., 872 Cairngorm, Inverness-shire, granite, 847 GALAS(G.), On the blue colour of...natural banded fluorites, 977 Calciotantalite, Western Australia, is a mixture of microlite and tantalite, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | aureole, Cornwall, 427 Alice Mary copper mine, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369 Alkali feldspar, Greenland...(P. M.), see PLIMER (I. R.), 85 Atacamite, W. Australia, 369 ATKIN (B. P.), Hercynite as a breakdown product...product of staurolite from Donegal, 237 Auburn mine, Michigan, stilpnomelane, 36I and M37 Augite, Turkey...gr., X-ray, I79 Bali Low copper mine, Capricorn Range, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369 BaUyclare, Co. Antrim... Larne, Co. Antrim, tobermorite, 229 Bambollita mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, tlapallite, 183 Ban |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (e.g., the Ilmeny Mountains in the Urals; the Western Keivy on the Kola Peninsula; and Sludyanka-2 and...pegmatites formed under high pressure in zones of the kyanite–sillimanite-type amphibolite-facies metamorphism...pegmatites are related to amphibolite facies rocks (kyanite–sillimanite type) formed at pressures of 8–12 kbar...to 8–11 km. Direct pressure determinations in kyanite and other minerals of mica-bearing pegmatites in...are subject to amphibolitefacies metamorphism (kyanite–sillimanite type). Rare-metal–muscovite pegmatites |  | | Journal (issue) | | $85-million to bring in the Granduc, B.C., copper mine. GSA lead 'shelf' sale set With battery demand...Development Assns. estimated that by 1967 world lead mine production could run 450,000 tons above 1964. This...are: Charles G. Bluhdom, board chairman of Gull & Western Industries; John H. Duncan, president of Gulf;...consultant to Cerro Corp. on its Rio Blanco Copper Mine project in Chile. He joined Cerro in 1960. Before...been appointed managing director of Alcoa of Australia. He replaces J. Colin Smith who will become general |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lithotype 4: Metabasic rocks are very common along the western margin of the Bohemian Massif and have frequently...which were for the first time mapped along the western edge of the zone of mobilization by Forster (1961...level as lithotype 2 and has only been met in the western part of the Hagendorf-Pleystein Pegmatite Province...Bancroft and Tanco/ Bernic Lake, Canada, Greenbushes, Australia, Varuträsk ,Sweden or Iveland, 23 Norway...560°C (Fig. 2, 4). A swarm of quartz dykes at the western margin of the study area gave a temperature between |  | | Journal (issue) | | dirty-brown colour and sometimes fractured. In the North-Western region, corundum is Introduction found in Tertiary...NorthKenya and Tanzania, in addition to the many western region of Kenya. This is in the Turkana unusual...the location of the star sapphires in the North-western region of Kenya. The mining area, dashed area in...and Gübelin, 1981; Schmetzer et al., 1977) and kyanite (Ghera et al., 1988). 5) Transparent crystals In...E., 1988. Notes on the inclusions in a greyish kyanite. Journal of Gemmology, 21, 2, 83-7. Graziani, G |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of § E-mail address: lgroat@eos.ubc.ca the western Alps (Chopin et al. 1995). Holtite [ca. (Al,Ta...has been described from pegmatites in Greenbushes, Western Australia (type locality), Voron’i Tundry, Kola...following standards and X-ray lines were 859 used: kyanite, AlKa, SiKa; apatite, PKa; rutile, TiKa; synthetic...Poland (Pieczka et al. 2011), 199 from Greenbushes, Western Australia, Voron’i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Russia...(medium gray) from the type locality, Greenbushes, Western Australia, showing darker gray areas with a dumortierite-like |  | | Book | | partial patterns of lanthanite(Ce) from the Britannia Mine, Wales, UK (Bevins et al. 1985) and oflanthanite-(N... Brazil (a) and lanthanide-(Ce) frorn Britannia Mine, UK (b) 16 F. Cesbron 6 REE Minerals and Related...intergrowth with black cesstibtantite from western Australia (Nickel and Robinson 1985). Both minerals...stibiocolumbite-tantalite and other minerals from the Little Three Mine, Ramona, California, 4th Biennial MSA. FM Symp,...stibiocolumbite-tantaliteand other minerals from the Little Three mine, Ramona, California (Abstr). Am Mineral67:l81 Foord |
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