| early-19th century geological map of the Peak District by John Farey 69 Front cover: The apron reef...Mercia Mudstone at the opencast pit of Bantycock Mine, at Balderton, south of Newark. Photos by David...metalliferous mineral wealth Tim Colman Abstract: Australia is a continent with substantial metalliferous...been a number of mining ‘booms’; the early South Australia copper and Victorian gold rushes were largely...acquiring Australian mining operations and prospects. Australia now hosts four world-class mid-Proterozoic lead-zinc |
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| 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of the Author to be identified as the...where either the mineral itself, e.g. asbestos, baryte, or the oxide or some other compound derived from...communities to be plunged into unemployment because a mine or mines have become unprofitable, a need to earn...'silver fever in Mexico', 'nickel rush in Western Australia', but never talc fever or sulphur stampede! The...4 Rank Commodity 23 24 25 Fluorite Feldspar Baryte 26 Titania 27 28 Asbestos Fuller's earth 29 |
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Evans, Anthony M. (1980) An Introduction to Ore Geology. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford. |
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| USA 214 Berkeley Street, Carlton Victoria 3053, Australia All rights reserved. No part of this publication...respectively, and important among industrial minerals are baryte and asbestos. Over the last two decades there...been a tendency among those who search for and mine industrial minerals to call them ‘ore’ and to measure...reluctance to allow large isolated have mines or mine a because ment unemploy into plunged communities...with many metals during this century has been to mine lower and lower grade ores. This has led to the |
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O'Donoghue, Michael (1994) The Colour Dictionary of Gemstones & Minerals. The Black Cat, London. |
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| The spellings of names follow CIM; thus pyrite, baryte and sylvine replace the older pyrites, barytes...USSR; as crystals in Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone...Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....Ballarat, Victoria and from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. In the USA gold is often obtained by individual...cinnabar. Localities. Mercury is found at Idrija and Mount Avala, Yugoslavia and near Landsberg, W. Germany |
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Pirajno, Franco (1992) Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits - Principles and fundamental concepts for the exploration geologist. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-75671-9 |
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| address: 2/34 Kennedy Street Maylands 6051 Western Australia e-ISBN-13:978-3-642-75671-9 ISBN-13:978-3-642-75673-3...treat hydrothermal deposits by VIII Preface district or regions, environments of ore deposition, or...geologist in southern Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific islands...editing. The last chapter was completed in Perth, Australia, and I wish to express my gratitude to an old...Endo- and Exogreisen Sn Mineralisation at Mount Bischoff, Tasmania ......................... 9.4.5 The Hercynian |
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Evans, A. M. - Ed. (1982) Metallization Associated with Acid Magmatism - Mineralization Associated with Acid Magmatism No. 6. Wiley-Interscience, Chichester. |
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| Vokes Hydrothermal Activity in the St Just Mining District, Cornwall, England. . . . . . . . . . . . N.J...Mineralization and Fluid Inclusion Study of the Yod Nam Tim Mine, Southern Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Scientific meetings in Czechoslovakia, Spain, Australia, USSR, and finally in the United Kingdom, have...copper-bearing breccia pipes, Redbank, Northern Territory, Australia', Econ. Geo!., 74, 814-26. Llambias, E.J., and...possibility of a syngenetic origin for th.e Mt Bischoff cassiterite-pyrrhotite ores. Hutchinson (1979) |
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(1995) The Minerals and Gemstones Collection [Collated] : Minerals. Treasures of the Earth. Orbis Publishing Ltd. |
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| miners drill holes in the rock at Taxco silver mine in Mexico. Right: North Sea drilling rig 'Claymore-A'...mining in the 1970s, Australia has become the world's leading producer. Australia is also a major producer...particularly in the Ojuela result of some chemical Mine in Durango State. reaction that has occurred Significant...temperatures in volcanic rocks (New South Wales, Australia). Below: A white vein of a/unite interspersed...locations worldwide: Bullah Delah, New South Wales (Australia); Lazio, Tolfa and Tuscany (Italy); Almeria (Spain); |
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O'Donoghue, Michael - Ed. (1976) The Encyclopedia of Minerals and Gemstones. Orbis Publishing Ltd. |
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| In the shafts and tunnels of a sixteenth-century mine INTRODUCTION arabic^groffcvinditaris.f} norrafludd9...only other relatively common sulphate mineral is baryte, BaS04, which typically occurs in veins deposited...of 21 THE CHEMISTRY OF MINERALS calcite and baryte. Other common halides, halite (NaCl), sylvine (KC1)...want to check this, you will have to visit a salt mine; halides are dissolved by groundwater if they are...tabular : flat (as in some varieties of corundum, baryte or wulfenite); dendritic: treelike (as in some |
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O'Donoghue, Michael - Ed. (1976) The Encyclopedia of Minerals and Gemstones. Orbis Publishing Ltd. |
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| only other relatively common sulphate mineral is baryte, BaSO,, which typically occurs in veins deposited...limestone in some places Right: A fine group of baryte crystals, | a fairly common Sulphate. specimen...characteristic associate of 21 calcite and baryte. Other common halides, halite (NaCl), sylvine...want to check this, you will have to visit a salt mine; halides are dissolved by groundwater if they are...tabular : flat (as in some varieties of corundum, baryte or wulfenite); dendritic : treelike (as in some |
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Beck, Richard, Weed, Walter Harvey (1905) The Nature of Ore Deposits Vol. 2. The Engineering and Mining Journal, New York and London. |
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| ' This Kupferschiefer is cases. lean in this district, carrying only 1.4% of copper, and no silver,...fissures known as 'rucken' in the Mansfeld copper district also contain occasional nickelite, together with... known examples of this type is the cobalt district of Schneeberg, in Saxony, a mountainous region...present. Besides quartz-cobalt veins the Schneeberg district contains quite a 3 variety of vein types, which...Schneeberg, cally important deposits of the entire district. the veins are so crowded together in an area |
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Pirajno, Franco (2009) Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8613-7 |
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| Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia Foreword by Peter A. Cawood 13 Geological...Survey of Western Australia Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia 100 Plain St. East...East Perth WA 6004 Australia franco.pirajno@doir.wa.gov.au ISBN: 978-1-4020-8612-0 e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8613-7...since 1993, the Geological Survey of Western Australia. He has held visiting professorships at vii viii...peer-reviewed papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career |
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(1890) VIII. Auszüge. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials, 17 (1) 101 doi:10.1524/zkri.1890.17.1.101 |
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| { l 0 4 } , m{\\ 0} und zuweilen auch gelbliche Baryte, welche, die Spallungsfläche als {θ 0 1 } genommen...Kryslalle auf Zinnschlacken von der Hütte der Mount Bischoff Company zu Launceston in Tasmanien sind theils |
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Moore, T.P. (2016) Moore's Compendium of Mineral Discoveries 1960 - 2015 Vol. 2. Mineralogical Record Inc. |
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| Robinson, 2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of...discoveries in the famous alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa in the late 2000s include specimens showing...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the |
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Augustithis, S S (1995) Atlas of the textural patterns of ore minerals and metallogenic processes. W. de Gruyter. |
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| Distribution of Elements and Minerals . . 213 Chapter 30 Mount Isa Controversy 161 Chapter 31 The Role of Brines...shales, hornfels and granites of the Harzburg district, showed that the amount of boron decreases from... e. g., the cassiterite ores at Renison Bell, Tasmania: five groups or stages in deposition can be recognized..."telescoped cassiterite-sulfide lodes in Eastern Australia", and states the following: "In these ores arsenopyrite...such as those of Captain's Flat, Roseberry, Tas, Mount Isa, etc., there is ample evidence that the bulk |
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(1905) The Mineral Industry Vol. 14. The Engineering and Mining Journal |
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| Metallurgy of Copper in 1905. Bell, Robert N. State Mine Inspector, Idaho. Lead in Idaho. Gold and Silver...Engineer, London, England. Gold Mining in Western Australia. Hutchins, J. P. Consulting Mining Engineer, New...Duluth, Minn. Formerly Superintendent, Cabin Branch Mine, Virginia. and Mining Petroleum. Paul, James...Brewster County, Texas. Rice, Claude T. W. Chief Mine Inspector, Charleston, W. Va. Coal and Coke in...Michigan—Dividends—Disbursements—Mine Reports—Missouri—Mon¬ tana—Mine Reports—Nevada—New Mexico (by Charles |
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(1975) Proceedings of the Ussher Society Vol. 3 (2) Ussher Society |
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| ................................ 218 The Levant Mine carbona. By N.J. Jackson ..................................... 228 Mineralization of the Exmoor district (Abstract). By F. J. Rottenbury.................tourmaline from an adularia-tourmaline vein in Geevor tin mine, Pendeen, Cornwall (Fitch and Miller, 1972). The...and Cornwall. Many of these were collected from mine (lumps; these are not ideal, but suffice for a general...Perranzabuloe). Detailed work on major tin deposits in Tasmania (Groves and Solomon 1969) and Bolivia (Kelly and |
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(1995) The Minerals and Gemstones Collection [Collated] : Discovery. Treasures of the Earth. Orbis Publishing Ltd. |
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| results in wells or tunnels. The Imine in Norway, for example, w~ cultivated to a depth...the Greek meaning 'many coloured' • . P leochroic _mine_~a(s a~d gemstones get their d1stmc~ve colours from...gemstone, and fine specimens have been found in Australia, Peru and Sweden. Among the rarer triclinic gems...Broken tite. These are all minerals of Hill, Australia, and at Iva, the phosphate group. Anapaite South...idocrase discovered on the slopes of the volcanic Mount Vesuvius south of Naples in Italy. Vesuvianite may |
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Edwards, Richard, Atkinson, Keith (1986) Ore Deposit Geology and its Influence on Mineral Exploration. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-8056-6 |
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| reasons for the approach taken Mineral deposit or mine? A genetic model as the basis for exploration The...Unconformity-type uranium deposits of the Northern Territory, Australia and Northern Saskatchewan, Canada Sandstone-hosted...many geologists who have given their time during mine visits and responded to our queries. We have benefited...Decline Doline A downward inclined tunnel into a mine or potential ore body. A funnel-shaped depression...shaft excavated upwards for connecting levels in a mine or ore body. Ripping The removal of overburden |
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(1981) Economic Geology - Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Volume. The Economic Geology Publishing Company. |
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| making a profit. Initially incorporated in the District of Columbia, the Publishing Company was reincorporated... . The main period of ore deposition within a district seems to represent a relatively short time span...greenstones 11 (see Anhaeusser, 1981). In Western Australia, the spinifex quench texture of olivine plates...base of the Complex (Vermaak, 1976). At the Atok mine, platinoid minerals tend to occur at the boundaries...span of S North Afrira E. Alps | Bleiberg, Australia ' \ * ” - ORE-FORMING PROCESSES geologic |
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(2017) Critical mineral resources of the United States—Economic and environmental geology and prospects for future supply. Professional Paper 1802. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp1802 |
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| .B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012............................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption.....................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine production from 1950 to 2011......................F4. Pie chart showing percentage of world cobalt mine production in 2011, by country................. |
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(1939, February) Engineering and Mining Journal Vol. 140 (2) McGraw-Hill |
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| HubbeU . PHILIPPINES. (Photos) . 58-59 AFRICA. AUSTRALIA. Peter G. Tail _ George 65 Ralph 60 Keeler...West Africa . Belgian and Congo . Oceania . Australia . Totals, Other principal coimtries . coimtries...aA'erage of the entire workable ore reserves of the mine instead of taking out higher grade deposits first;...certain to be accom¬ panied by a rise in costs of mine labor, services, and materials. It is true that... Canada . Mexico . Colombia . South Africa . Australia . British India . 70 70 310 190 80 125 75 England |
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Weed, Walter Harvey (1920) International Edition - A Manual of the Mining Industry of the World. The Mines Handbook - an Enlargement of the Copper Handbook Vol. 14. W. H. Weed |
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| Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...(all types) Crushers Crushing Rolls NEW YORK Mine Pumps Oil Engines Sampling Machinery Screens Stamp...the iron mining companies of the Lake Superior district is given, and the many mining corporations of...all the metals, and a corresponding expansion of mine work. The MINES HANDBOOK will hereafter be published...Tuckahoe, N. Y., April, 1920. Vll THE MINES MINE HOISTS HANDBOOK AND Years of experience in building |
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Hintze, Carl (1904) Handbuch der Mineralogie Vol. 1 - Elemente - Sulfide - Oxyde - Haloide - Carbonate - Sulfate - Borate - Phosphate. Verlag Von Veit & Comp., Leipzig. |
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| noch keinen Diamanten gelieiturt Im Westen an den District von Diamantina reiht sich , : ^) der kommen...Das Cloiskaux 6) In Semt da Chapada und (Ann. _Mine_» 1855, 8, 304 vcrmuthete deshalb eine Aehnlichkeit...nürdwestlich vom Yankee Hill, Howiu auf der Corbier Mine bei Magalia und am St. Clair Fiat bei Pcntx.. ZaMreiche...Weitere Funde 1846 in den Goldwäschen von Twittv-'a Mine in Kut herford Co. ein verzogener 48-tljichnor von...Gevth: ein Oktaäder ersten Wassers auf der Portis Mine in Franklin Co., ein kioiner Dianaat an Mnddy Creek |
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Mellor, J. W. (1927) A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry Vol. 7 - Ti, Zr, Hf, Th, Ge, Sn, Pb, Inert Gases. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, London. |
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| it is rutile A black mineral from Olary, South Australia, was called davidite by D Mawson and shown by...(Africa) ; Mount Crawford (South Australia); Greenbushes (West Australia) ; Forth district (Tasmania) ; many...discussed in connection with the lower oxides. F. Bischoff and H. Adkins measured the adsorption of hydrogen...said that there is no action at a red heat. F. Bischoff and H. Adkins 44 INORGANIC AND THEORETICAL...with glass. P. Sabatier and A. Mailhe, and F. Bischoff and H. Adkins studied the catalytic action of |
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(1907) Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. E. Schweizerbart |
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| Odenwald 66. Silbererzablagerung oder der Perrau Mine Sedgman Lode 410. Cyanit, Zwillinge 408. Cystoideen...Cornwall, Silbererze d. Sedgman Lode in der Perran Mine 410. Christdorf, Eisenerze 324. Deutschland. Karte... Harz, Gangbilder vom oberen 550. Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary 410. Sternberg-Bennisch, Mähren...of the Norsenian District, Dundas Goldtield, Pertli. Bull. Geol. Survey West Australia. 1906. 140 p. Mit...Gestein (No. 16 in Eosexbusch’s Tafeln) von Longfellow Mine, beim Essexit von Rongstock (Xo. 17 in Eosenbusch’s |
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