Binneringie Tantalite (Bald Hill pegmatites; Woodline pegmatites), Binneringie Station, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Binneringie Tantalite (Bald Hill pegmatites; Woodline pegmatites) | - not defined - |
| Binneringie Station | - not defined - |
| Coolgardie Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 31' 13'' South , 122° 10' 47'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Located 58 km south east of Kambalda in the Coolgardie Mining District.
Latitude: -31.51158
Longitude: 122.1586
Coordinates: 420103mE, 6513393mN.
References: Minedex Database 2006.
Bald Hill and Woodline are subsets of the Binneringie pegmatites.
Cassiterite was first mined here in 1961 to 1964, then the site fell quiet until major mining took place from 2002. The site contains the North, South, West, Hill View and Hills End pits in close proximity to each other and Dawn View pit about 2 kilometres west north-west.
The pegmatites form a series of flat-lying sheets, and deeply dipping veins, elongated in a northerly direction, and parallel to the regional foliation, ranging from a few metres to thirty metres thick, and in some instances as multiple parallel dykes separated by a few metres of sheared metasediments.
The Bald Hill pegmatites contain a quartz-spodumene-albite zone, and a quartz-microcline-muscovite-albite zone. The zoning though is poorly defined. The Binneringie pegmatite group is similar, with the addition of beryl. In turn, the Woodline pegmatites are also similar but with the addition of schorl.
Columbite-tantalite is found as fine grained, sub-centimetre black crystals disseminated in fine grained albite, or as fine to coarse grained crystals associated with cleavelandite in the quartz-spodumene-albite zone. White to grey spodumene crystals in albite occur up to 5cm thick, 10cm wide and 1 metre long, with some spodumene altered to a 'pinite' clay-mica pseudomorph. Infrequent vughs were encountered containing albite and quartz microcrystals, and un-named secondary minerals.
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| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | 'Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series' | 4.. | |
| ⓘ | 'Microlite Group' | 4.00. | A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
| ⓘ | Tantalite-(Fe) | 4.DB.35 | Fe2+Ta2O6 |
| ⓘ | Wodginite | 4.DB.40 | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Amblygonite | 8.BB.05 | LiAl(PO4)F |
| ⓘ | Montebrasite | 8.BB.05 | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Beryl | 9.CJ.05 | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
| ⓘ | Schorl | 9.CK.05 | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| ⓘ | Spodumene | 9.DA.30 | LiAlSi2O6 |
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Microcline | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ | var. Cleavelandite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Biotite' | - | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| ⓘ | 'Tantalite' | - | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
| ⓘ | 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Manganese Oxides' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| H | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Montebrasite | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Li | Lithium | |
| Li | ⓘ Amblygonite | LiAl(PO4)F |
| Li | ⓘ Montebrasite | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
| Li | ⓘ Spodumene | LiAlSi2O6 |
| Be | Beryllium | |
| Be | ⓘ Beryl | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
| B | Boron | |
| B | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Amblygonite | LiAl(PO4)F |
| O | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| O | ⓘ Beryl | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
| O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| O | ⓘ Tantalite-(Fe) | Fe2+Ta2O6 |
| O | ⓘ Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series | |
| O | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Montebrasite | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Spodumene | LiAlSi2O6 |
| O | ⓘ Tantalite | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
| O | ⓘ Wodginite | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
| O | ⓘ Albite var. Cleavelandite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Amblygonite | LiAl(PO4)F |
| F | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Na | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Na | ⓘ Albite var. Cleavelandite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | ⓘ Amblygonite | LiAl(PO4)F |
| Al | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Beryl | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
| Al | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Al | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | ⓘ Montebrasite | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Al | ⓘ Spodumene | LiAlSi2O6 |
| Al | ⓘ Albite var. Cleavelandite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Beryl | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
| Si | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Spodumene | LiAlSi2O6 |
| Si | ⓘ Albite var. Cleavelandite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Amblygonite | LiAl(PO4)F |
| P | ⓘ Montebrasite | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| K | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series | |
| Mn | ⓘ Tantalite | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
| Mn | ⓘ Wodginite | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
| Mn | ⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Tantalite-(Fe) | Fe2+Ta2O6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series | |
| Fe | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Tantalite | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | |
| Nb | Niobium | |
| Nb | ⓘ Tantalite | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
| Nb | ⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | |
| Sn | Tin | |
| Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| Sn | ⓘ Wodginite | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
| Ta | Tantalum | |
| Ta | ⓘ Tantalite-(Fe) | Fe2+Ta2O6 |
| Ta | ⓘ Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series | |
| Ta | ⓘ Microlite Group | A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n |
| Ta | ⓘ Tantalite | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
| Ta | ⓘ Wodginite | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
Localities in this Region
- Western Australia
- Coolgardie Shire
- Binneringie Station
- Binneringie Tantalite (Bald Hill pegmatites; Woodline pegmatites)
- Binneringie Station
- Coolgardie Shire
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Eastern Yilgarn CratonCraton
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