Mine detail: Greenbushes

Previously called 'Lemonade Springs'

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Location

Lat / long: -33.85536, 116.06462

Resource(B)

Primary: Tantalum, Tin, Kaolin, Lithium, Niobium (Columbium)
Discovery year: 1978

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PEGMATITE, ZONED
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1983

Geology

Structure:BALINGUP METAMORPHIC BELT

References

MRDSISM0485
DEP60000715
Reference{Deposit:: BLOCKLEY,J.G.,1980: THE TIN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA;WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ASSOCIATED GRANITES.--GEOL.SURV.W.AUSTR.,MINERALRESOURCES BULL. 12}{Deposit:: HATCHER,M.I AND BOLITHO,B.C.,1982:THE GREENBUSHES PEGMATITE,SOUTH-WESTWESTERN AUSTRALIA.--IN:CERNY,P.(EDITOR):SHORT COURSE IN GRANITIC PEGMATITES IN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. MIN.ASSOC.OF CANADA,WINNIPEG, MAY 1982,P.513-525 .}{Deposit:: HATCHER,M.I AND ELLIOTT,A.,1986: GREENBUSHES-A NEW WORLD SOURCE OF LITHIUM. -7TH INDUSTR.MINERALS INTERNAT.CONGRESS,MONTE CARLO, PAPERS,VOL.1,P.217-232,LONDON,1986.}{Deposit:: LITHIUM AUSTRALIA LTD.1986:PROSPECTUS FOR AN ISSUE OF 24 MILLION ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 CTS.EACH.---COMPANY BROCHURE}{Deposit:: KINGSNORTH,D.J,1988: LITHIUM MINERALS IN GLASS;NEW DIRECTIONS.---INDUSTRIAL MINERLS.JANUARY 1988,P.49-52}
ReporterPRESTON, W., MCNAUGHT, IAN S.