 | | 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) | | 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) | | 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. |  | | 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) | | Simpsonite and stibiotantalite from Benson pegmatite mine, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia. By O. vox KNORRIXG, M...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...Stibiotantalite has been recorded from Greenbushes, Western Australia (Goyder, 1892), San Diego, California...of the forty pegmatites that occur in the Benson mine have stages containing a suite of minerals typical |  | | 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...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...Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6 6009, Australia 7 8 *Corresponding author: |  | | 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 (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) | | spodumene-hosted inclusions from the Tanco and Greenbushes occurrences of granitic pegmatite are presented...provenant des pegmatites granitiques de Tanco et Greenbushes démontre les avantages d’une analyse tri-dimensionnelle...collected from the lithium zone of the Greenbushes pegmatite, Western Australia (Partington et al. 1995), and...zabuyelite in inclusions from the Tanco and Greenbushes pegmatite was ascertained using the vibrational...Instruments X-ray analysis system at the University of Western Ontario Nanofabrication Facility was used for focused |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JamesCookUniversity, Townsville, Queensland 4811,Australia ONEofthemajoraimsoftherecently completed IGCPProj-...deposits whererecentworkhaspro- andWodginain Australia. motedsignificant advances in theunderstanding...Thailand(Suwimonprecha et al., andis dominated bythe Greenbushes (Aus1995),raremetals+ tin deposits suchasthe...production fromlargeraremetalpegmatites in otherparts Australia). opportunities arerestricted mainlyto value-added...gittinsite(CaZrtential mines such as Mount Weld, Western Australia(see- (CaZrSiaO•5.2H.20) Si.207) in altered |  | | 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 (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 world’s mine production of tantalum. The locations of significant |  | | 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...(in situ), 295 Megilaggar Rocks, amblygonite, topaz, I5I Port Isaac, heteromorphite (?), I73 Porthkerris |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tasmania , GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia Published online: 06 Jul 2010. To cite this article:...of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001 Downloaded by [Gazi University] at 13:51...with minor biotite, tourmaline, beryl, garnet, topaz, lepidolite, magnetite, wolframite, cassiterite...Numerous fluid inclusions have been found in quartz, topaz, and beryl. Most of the inclusions are rounded to...minerals yielded from 1.0 to 10.8 NaCl equiv. wt°/o. Topaz and quartz single crystals (several cm across) from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrences, such as Tanco (Canada) and Greenbushes (Australia) contain important resources of these metals...mineralogy and geochemistry of quartz, garnet, topaz, beryl and of primary magmatic origin, (2) quantitative...mineralogy and geochemistry of quartz, garnet, topaz, columbite-group minerals, (3) pegmatite structure...plots in the granite field Canada, Africa and Australia [10,20,22], and Phanerozoic mountain belts, particularly...the Archean Yilgarn and Pilbara cratons of Western Australia, Sweetapple (2017) [21] demonstrated that |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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 |  | 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...Kenticha rare-element pegmatite outcrops on the western flank of a N–S elongated ridge of serpentinite...Amazonite, apatite, amblygonite, beryl, Li-muscovite, topaz, kunzite, cassiterite, petalite? Ta ore minerals...include apatite, amblygonite, beryl, lepidolite, topaz, and Mn-tantalite. The compositional range of columbite–tantalite |  | | Report (issue) | | IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by F? B. Abeysinghe and J. M. Fetherston -m GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA... Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA David Blight Copy editor: L. Day The recommended...FETHERSTON, J. M., 1999, Kaolin in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources...Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 7309 6649 6 Abeysinghe, P. B. Kaolin in Western Australia Bibliography...2. I. II. 111. Kaolin -Western Australia. Kaolin industry - Western Australia. Fetherston, John, 1943- |  | Webster, James D., Thomas, Rainer, Rhede, Dieter, Förster, Hans-Jürgen, Seltmann, Reimar (1997) Melt inclusions in quartz from an evolved peraluminous pegmatite: Geochemical evidence for strong tin enrichment in fluorine-rich and phosphorus-rich residual liquids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61 (13) 2589-2604 doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(97)00123-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | liquid, suppressed the crystallization of magmatic topaz and P-rich minerals, and allowed the liquid to become...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...albite, and Li-bearing micas, with subordinate topaz, muscovite, triplite-( zwieselite), fluorite, F-...occurrences of pegmatitic quartz as well as in topaz and triplite at Ehrenfriedersdorf. The inclusions |  | 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) | | K), MgO (Mg), titanite (Ti), spessartine (Mn), topaz (F), lammerite (AsLa), columbite (NbLa), CrTa2O6...Stilling et al. (2006); 69.14 and 14.67 wt.% for Greenbushes, Partington et al. (1995)] or abyssal pegmatites...associated. Holtite, originally described from Greenbushes, Australia (Pryce 1971, Hoskins et al. 1989) as approximately...in three localities other than Virorco: Greenbushes, Australia (Pryce 1971), Vasin-Myl’k, Voron’i Tundry...origin is non-uniform and rather unclear. In the Greenbushes occurrence, holtite, in association with stibiotantalite |  | | 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) | | Association: Quartz, muscovite, wolframite, tourmaline, topaz, fluorite, scheelite, lepidolite, arsenopyrite,...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 |  | | 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...07 Ga old Katemcy and Streeter granites in the western part of the Llano Uplift in Texas. The post-orogenic...mined to extract black quartz (morion) and jewel topaz crystals (Broughton 1973). Of the rare-metal minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | as arsenopyrite, wolframite-ferberite, apatite, topaz, or scheelite-are actively sought by collectors...Historically, there have been numerous attempts to mine cassiterite within the United States, each ultimately...bismuth locality known as Lane’s mine near the old Trumbull tungsten mine and in crystals up to 1 cm at...most notably at the Ross mine, Gaffney, South Carolina, and the Faires mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland...Cleveland County, and the Jones mine near Bessemer City, Gaston County, North Carolina (Graton 1906). Good specimens |
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