Tailings promise to unlock new minerals
New research is showing mine waste could help unlock critical metals to supply global minerals shortages, with a report pinpointing high-potential resources across South Australia.
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New research is showing mine waste could help unlock critical metals to supply global minerals shortages, with a report pinpointing high-potential resources across South Australia.
Abstract The Adelaide Rift Complex in South Australia records the break-up of Rodinia at a time of great climatic and biological evolution. The Boucaut Volcanics within the Neoproterozoic Adelaide Rift Complex of the Adelaide Superbasin lie at the base of the Burra Group, marking the boundary between the Burra Group and underlying Callanna Group. Despite their significance as one of the few volcanic units within the rift complex, there has been no robust age determination published for the Boucaut Volcanics. We use U–Pb zircon LA-ICP-MS data to determine an age of 788 ± 6 Ma for the erupti...