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Archean Rare-Metal Pegmatites in Zimbabwe and Western Australia

Geology and Metallogeny of Pollucite Mineralisations

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Authors:
  1. Thomas Dittrich

    1. Division of Economic Geology and Petrology, Institute of Mineralogy, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

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  2. Thomas Seifert

    1. Division of Economic Geology and Petrology, Institute of Mineralogy, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

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  3. Bernhard Schulz

    1. Division of Economic Geology and Petrology, Institute of Mineralogy, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

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  4. Steffen Hagemann

    1. Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

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  5. Axel Gerdes

    1. Department of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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  6. Jörg Pfänder

    1. Ar-Ar-Lab/Division of Tectonophysics, Institute for Geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

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  • Presents the first comparative study on LCT pegmatites within the Yilgarn Craton
  • Offers radiogenic isotope data on LCT pegmatites within the Yilgarn Craton
  • Integrates evolution of LCT pegmatites into the geological history of the Yilgarn Craton

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction to Archean Rare-Metal Pegmatites

    • Thomas Dittrich, Thomas Seifert, Bernhard Schulz, Steffen Hagemann, Axel Gerdes, Jörg Pfänder
    Pages 1-21

  3. Geological Settings of Archean Rare-Metal Pegmatites

    • Thomas Dittrich, Thomas Seifert, Bernhard Schulz, Steffen Hagemann, Axel Gerdes, Jörg Pfänder
    Pages 23-59

  4. Petrography and Mineralogy

    • Thomas Dittrich, Thomas Seifert, Bernhard Schulz, Steffen Hagemann, Axel Gerdes, Jörg Pfänder
    Pages 61-75

  5. Geochemistry of LCT Pegmatites

    • Thomas Dittrich, Thomas Seifert, Bernhard Schulz, Steffen Hagemann, Axel Gerdes, Jörg Pfänder
    Pages 77-86

  6. Geochronology of Archean LCT Pegmatites

    • Thomas Dittrich, Thomas Seifert, Bernhard Schulz, Steffen Hagemann, Axel Gerdes, Jörg Pfänder
    Pages 87-94

  7. Radiogenic and Stable Isotopes, Fluid Inclusions

    • Thomas Dittrich, Thomas Seifert, Bernhard Schulz, Steffen Hagemann, Axel Gerdes, Jörg Pfänder
    Pages 95-102

  8. Genesis of Massive Pollucite Mineralisation in Archean LCT Pegmatites

    • Thomas Dittrich, Thomas Seifert, Bernhard Schulz, Steffen Hagemann, Axel Gerdes, Jörg Pfänder
    Pages 103-125
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Lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites are important resources for rare metals. For Cs, only the LCT pegmatites with the zeolite group mineral pollucite at Bikita (Zimbabwe Craton) and Tanco (Superior Province Craton) are of commercial importance. Common characteristics of world-class LCT pegmatite deposits include their Meso- to Neoarchean age and geological setting within greenstone belt lithologies on Archean Cratons.

This study presents the first coherent and comparative scientific investigation of five major LCT pegmatite systems from the Yilgarn, Pilbara and Zimbabwe Craton. For the evaluation of their Cs potential and of the genetic concepts of pollucite formation, the pegmatites from Wodgina, Londonderry, Mount Deans and Cattlin Creek were compared to the Bikita pollucite mineralization. 

The integration of the new data (e.g., geochronological and radiogenic isotope data) into the complex geological framework: 1) enhances our knowledge of the formation ofLCT pegmatite systems, and 2) will contribute to the further exploration of additional world-class LCT pegmatite deposits, which 3) may host massive pollucite mineralisations. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Division of Economic Geology and Petrology, Institute of Mineralogy, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

    Thomas Dittrich, Thomas Seifert, Bernhard Schulz

  • Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

    Steffen Hagemann

  • Department of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Axel Gerdes

  • Ar-Ar-Lab/Division of Tectonophysics, Institute for Geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

    Jörg Pfänder

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Archean Rare-Metal Pegmatites in Zimbabwe and Western Australia

  • Book Subtitle: Geology and Metallogeny of Pollucite Mineralisations

  • Authors: Thomas Dittrich, Thomas Seifert, Bernhard Schulz, Steffen Hagemann, Axel Gerdes, Jörg Pfänder

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in World Mineral Deposits

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10943-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10942-4Published: 21 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-10943-1Published: 13 February 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2509-7857

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-7865

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 125

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 57 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Economic Geology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry

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