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Molybdenite from
Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:890158
Long-form Identifier:1:3:890158:3
GUID (UUID V4):e98f76e8-c44d-4373-8882-b53921c494a0
References
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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)
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 (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)
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)
Netherlands 205 (I-20) CURRENT RESEARCH AT CSIRO AUSTRALIA ON MULTIELEMENT LATERITE GEOCHEMISTRY FOR DETECTING...Minerals and Geochemistry, Perth, W.A. 6014 (Australia) (Accepted for publication July 4, 1986) Abstract...Smith, R.E., 1987. Current research at CSIRO Australia on multi-element laterite geochemistry for detecting...group of exploration geoscientists (managed by Greenbushes Tin Ltd. ) under an industry supported research/application...Perdrix, 1983 ), Cu-Mo for defining chalcopyrite-molybdenite mineralization in dioritic lenses in Upper Volta
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
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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)
craton: Bald Hill, Mt Deans, Mt Cattlin, and Greenbushes (Fetherston, 2004; Jacobson et al., 2007; Partington...Bald Hill; (6) Mt Deans; (7) Mt Cattlin; (8) Greenbushes; (9) Bikita; (10) Arcadia; (11) Kolmozero; (12)...Wodgina Tanco Rose Bald Hill Mt Deans Mt Cattlin Greenbushes Bikita Arcadia Kolmozero Volta Grande Vishnyakovskoe...с—cassiterite; f—fluorite; k—potassium feldspar; mo—molybdenite; mz—monazite; tn—tantaloniobates; tt—titanite;...high commercial demand (Tkachev et al., 2018). Greenbushes is also included in the LSLD list of tin. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Black Hills, South Dakota. At Greenbushes,in Western Australia, tin andtantalum(pluscolumbium)are...alsointergrownwith, or in solidsolution in, cassiterite,as at Greenbushes. On occasion,the amount of tantalum presentis...Tantalum and eolumbium: Mineral Resources of Australia, Summary Rept. No. 19, 1945; Min. Res. Survey...Survey, Dept. of Supply and Shipping, Australia. On p. 7, Mr. Sullivan writes•"tantalum and eolumbium minerals...from Wodgina, Western Australia, was 223 tons of 65% TarOs, and for Western Australia as a whole was
Report (issue)
scheelite, lepidolite, arsenopyrite, bismuth, molybdenite. Distribution: The principal ore of tin; deposits...also in Perak and Selangor States, Malaysia. In Australia, from the New England Ranges, as at Emmaville...Elsmore, New South Wales, and from Greenbushes and Pilbara, Western Australia. At Mt. Bischoff and Mt. Zeehan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phase at Iveland and Minne (northeast of Oslo). Molybdenite phase at Kvina and Knaben mines, southern Norway...Second half, pp. l'242, 1930. Woakes, Ernest R., Molybdenite in Norway: Tihns. Insl. Min. ond Met., vol. 27...pegmatite districts: (1) The Paleozoicgranite area of western Spain (east of the Portugueseboundary), and (2)...and lithium phase near Caceres and elsewhere in western Spain. and a lithium phase at Lalin. Pontevedra...Eastern AIps extending from western Austria through Carinthia and western Styria to central Styria. Also
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...20 feet in a lode dipping· into a colurobite-molybdenite cove1·ed gr·anite •' lropje '' or hill, contained...miner·al is fo11nd shed on the surface in one tinfield, but the tin-bearing reefs in the vicinity do
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
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
Report (volume)
_________________________________________________________ Australia----------------------------------------------------~ew...such as those in Southeast Asia, Brazil, and Western Australia. As a result, many economically important...Alaska 2. Manley Hot Springs, Alaska 3. Sullivan mine, British Columbia, Canada 4. New Brunswick area...Tex. 8. Black Range district, New Mexico 9. Climax mine, Colorado 10. Gorman area, California SOUTH AMERICA...Africa 16. Warmbad area, Republic of South Africa AUSTRALIA 1. Herbe~rton-Cooktown area 2. Croydon area 3
Report (chapter)
millions of years. Experience shows that Re-Os molybdenite dating results are reliable enough for the purposes...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...07 Ga old Katemcy and Streeter granites in the western part of the Llano Uplift in Texas. The post-orogenic
Report (issue)
Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., lately President...Canada • • • • Australasia: Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand , il' 57 ,I CONTENTS CHAPTER...those of the Dutch Indies, Germany, China and Australia. Before the war, smelting was carried on in Germany...days, are the United I{:ingdom, Germany, France, Australia, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy and Belgium. The... t912. British Empire : United Kingdom 5,254 Australia . 7,194 . India 323 Federated Malay States . 48
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusions. One of these deposits is the abandoned Sn-W mine of Ehrenfriedersdorf (Fig. 1). Four intrusive facies...gallery near the main shaft in the Ehrenfriedersdorf mine (Fig. 2); the samples were collected at least 1...zwieselite), fluorite, F- and REE-rich apatite, molybdenite, sphalerite, uraninite, vivianite, wolframite...mica schist host rocks of the Ehrenfriedersdorf mine. Sample location in internal pegmatite for Qu8 is...4 0.35 0.01 0.02 0.03 4.04 0.02 2.76 I.3 Sn-W mine, central Erzgebirge, Germany, IO s/2 512 12
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(e.g., the Ilmeny Mountains in the Urals; the Western Keivy on the Kola Peninsula; and Sludyanka-2 and...uranium–REE pegmatites in the western Ukrainian Shield (Zhmerinka, etc.), western Greenland, the Belomorian...veins and greisen with cassiterite, wolframite, molybdenite, and beryl. The final rare-metal intrusions are...enriched in albite and containing cassiterite, molybdenite, beryl, phenakite, and bertrandite. The final...of quartz grains (type B). To some degree, the Western Keivy (on the Kola Peninsula), as well as Abchad
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...south of Campo Formoso, covers an area at the western border of the north-south extending mountains of...Granites They ascended probably along the tectonic western boundary of the Serra de Jacobina and partially
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Basin and Range extensional province of the western United States, 61 including the Clayton Valley...from northern Argentina and northern Chile to western Bolivia (Ericksen and Salas, 2 64 1987) named...lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites in the Greenbushes (Australia) have been mined for 77 decades by Talison...production historically has been dominated by Australia (e.g., Greenbushes deposits), 79 South America (Salar...Li metal 80 produced in 2016, 39% came from Australia, 32.8% from Chili, 15.6% from Argentina and 5
Report (issue)
earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...earth-science and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...- - - - - - - - 16 9. Proportions of total world mine production of tin accounted for by countries having...Countries having greater than 2,000 metric tons of tin mine production in any one of the selected years 1940-8
 
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