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Greenbushes

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Lithium, Kaolin, Tin, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000715
MRDS ID ISM0485
Record type District
Current site name Greenbushes
Alternate or previous names Lemonade Springs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 116.06462, -33.85536 (WGS84)
Relative position 210 KM S OF PERTH,70 KM S OF BUNBURY (RAIL CONNECTION,PORT FACILITIES)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Kaolin Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 116.06462, -33.85536
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description BALINGUP METAMORPHIC BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1978
Year of first production 1983

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner GREENBUSHES TIN LTD.
  • Type Operator
    Owner LITHIUM AUSTRALIA LTD. (LAL)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 MCNAUGHT, IAN S. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia
Updater 01-MAY-1994 PRESTON, W. Western Australia Geological Survey

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