Author: Ellis, H.A. Title: Some Economic Aspects of the Principal Tantalum-Bearing Deposits of the Pilbara Goldfield, North-West Division (Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia No 104)
Description: 1950 226, 9 maps (8 folding col plates), 3 figs. . HB. Buckram. From an Institutional library: stamps/ withdrawn stamps to titles pages and verso of maps. Good.. H.A. Ellis (d.1971) was an Australian government geologist. He was known as the last of the old style Australian geologist who surveyed using camels. The introduction explains that ‘In 1943, tantalum-bearing minerals assumed a high place on the list of important strategical minerals in relation to the production of certain types of war equipment, as a result the survey was carried out March-June 1944..
Keywords: Australia; Geology; Mining
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