 | | Corporate Document (Series) | | A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill and W. E. Baker...Baker Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources E>...rossi'oilittes PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone (03) 6233 8377 Fax (03) 6233 8338 Email info@mrt...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrttas.gov.au ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Read Volcanicsbetween Que River and Mount Darwin, Tasmania M. SOLOMON, Bureauof Mineral Resources, G. P.O...O. Box378, Canberra,A. C. T. 2601, Australia C. J. EASTOE, Departmentof Geosciences, Universityof Arizona...Canberra,A. C. T. 2601, Australia AND G. R. GREEN GeologicalSurveyof Tasmania,P.O. Box56, RosnyPark,... Tasmania7018, Australia Abstract Most of the mineral depositsin the Mount Read Volcanicsare of Cambrianage...eitherstratiformexhalativebodiesor epigeneticfeedersystems (e.g.,Rosebery,MountLyell, QueRiver).Otherswereformedat depthduringthe |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Read Volcanics, Western Tasmania K. D. CORBETT GeologicalSurveyof Tasmania,G.P.O., Box 124B, Hobart...Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract Most of the known sulfide mineralization in the Mt. Read Volcanics...occursin the 85-km-long sedimentarysequencesto the west. The Cambrian weredepositedin a seriesof complexbasins...field beingQue River,discov- trough is boundedto the west by poly-foldedbut late Proterozoic quartzered in...1980).This unit passes succession logicalSurveyof Tasmania,the Universityof Tas- conformablyup into a thick |  | | Book | | # ' 'M & va ;>1 MINERALS All GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA v. AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER...LANCASTER Si "s MINERALS All :' GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER The author...Lancaster — panning for osmiridium at the “Clay Bank”, west of Adamsfield. Published by GEMCRAFT PUBLICATIONS...National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0909223 04 1 Printed in Australia by Quadricolor Industries...^iiS- ‘RL^er A.d>'CT" H*y*noubh .Rossarden .Rosebery •Av/oca •Itaweena KtmsonBell* *CoicbrookHdl |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Departmentof Geology,Universityof Tasmania,Hobart, Tasmania7001,Australia Abstract Comparisonof the 100...massivesulfidedeposits,in particularthoseof the Rosebery,Hercules,andHellyer deposits in westernTasmania.This...Read Volcanicsof westernTaschans, Newfoundland district, and the Bathurst, mania? The Cambrian Mount Read...Read Volcanics contain New Brunswick,district is illustrated as a simple histogram.The distribution has...standard deviation of 18.8. sulfide deposits(Rosebery,Hercules, Que River, Lydon (1985) showedthat the lead-poor |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Ore Depositat Rosebery,Tasmania G. R. GREEN, TasmaniaGeologicalSurveq,Departmentof...Tasmania7001, Australia M. SOLOMON, ANDJ. L. WALSHE Departmentof Geologq,Universitqof Tasmania,G.P.O. Box252C...Box252C, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract The Roseberypyritic zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold orebodyoccursin...massive sulfidehorizonand in the southernpart of the mine there is a generalizedmetal zonation with a lower...evenhigher(14.5 to 19.8%0)and the FeS contentof sphalerite lower.Barite throughoutthe barite and sulfideorebodies |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of sphalerite from the Cambrian VHMS deposits in the RoseberyHercules district, western Tasmania: implications...Exploration Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia With 14 Figures Received September...September 15, 1994; accepted July 27, 1995 Summary Sphalerite is the major ore mineral in the Zn-rich, volcanic-hosted...volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits of western Tasmania. These deposits have been affected by regional...Tabberabberan Orogeny. The southern end of the Rosebery deposit has undergone metasomatic replacement |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for... Geology & Geophysics , Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia b Department of Geology , Australian National...National University , Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia c Department of Geosciences , University of Arizona ,...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 34:3, 311-323, DOI: 10.1080/08120098708729413...Resources, Geology & Geophysics, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia. Department of Geology, Australian National University |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BELT SYSTEM IN TASMANIA P . L . F . C O L L I N S a n d E. W I L L I A M S Tasmania Geological Survey...of Mines, p.o. Box 56. Rosny Park, Tasm. 7018 (Australia) (Accepted for publication January 13, 1986 )...in Tasmania. In: E. Scheibner (Editor). Metallogeny and Tectonic Development of Eastern Australia. Ore...Ore Geol. Rev., 1 : 153--201. In western Tasmania, Precambrian sedimentary sequences form the basement...the meridional Dundas Trough, is flanked to the west by the Rocky Cape region of Precambrian rocks within |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LOFTus-HILLS and M. SOLOMON University of Tasmania, H o b a r t , Australia Trace element studies of sulphides...occurs in the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of West Tasmania (Australia) which lies in the southern part of the...Erzarten ist in den Unter-Paliiozoischen Gesteinen yon West-Tasmanien (Australien) vorhanden, welches im siidlichen...temperature-dependent. The solubility of FeS in sphalerite appears to be an important exception to this...of deposition. For example, high Ge, low In in sphalerite, and low Ag, Sb, and Bi in galena, probably indicate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MassiveSulfideLensesby Replacementof Folds: The Hercules Pb-Zn Mine, Tasmania DOMINGO G. A. M. AERDEN* Geology Department...NorthQueensland, Townsville, Queensland 4811,Australia Abstract The HerculesPb-Zn depositconsists of...exists:pyriteI -• quartz-• chlorite-• pyriteII -• (sphalerite-galena-chalcopyrite). Pb isotopeagedataare consistent...theRoseconsists of Cu-Pb-Znmassive sulfidedepositsthatare bery mine (Aerden, 1991, 1992) supports a syntecgenerallyregardedas...Roseberyorebody.AerdenpreCu-Pb-Zndepositsare the Rosebery,Mount Lyell, sentsevidencefor the emplacementof |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Depositsof Tasmania M. SOLOMON GeologyDepartrnent,G. P. 0., Box252C, Universityof Tasmania,Hobart, Tasmania7001...Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract The major operatingmetallic ore depositsof Tasmaniaare (a) volcanic-hosted...massivesulfidedepositsat Que River, Roseberyand Hercules(Fe-Zn-Pb-Cutype), Mt. Lyell (Fe-Cu type), and...The Zeehanand Dundas silver-leadfields and the Rosebery-Herculesdepositswere developedduring the 1890s;cassiterite...mineral- reconstruction of the land masses around Tasmania just prior to the openingof the TasmanSea in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Research, University of Tasmania, GPOBox252-79,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia D. L. HUSTON, Australian... ACT2601,Australia AND R. R. I_•RGE Centre for OreDeposit Research, University of Tasmania, GPOBox252-79...GPOBox252-79,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia Abstract TheRosebery deposit inwestern Tasmania isapolymetallic...lowermost pyrite-chalcopyrite zone,overlain bya sphalerite-galena + pyritezone,andfurtheroverlain bya massivebarite+...arcuatenorthfidedeposit at Rosebery, western Tasmania (Fig.1). Remobi- south-trending beltin western Tasmania (Fig.1).The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the Rosebery, Mount Farrell and Mount Lyell Ores, Tasmania M. SOLOMON University of Tasmania, Hobart...Hobart, Australia T. A. RAttER Institute of Nuclear Sciences, DSIR, Lower Hutt, New Zealand M. L. JENSEN...distributions of oxygen and sulphur isotopes in the Rosebery, Mount Farrell, and Mount Lyell ores. These ores...in Cambrian geosynclinal volcanic rocks in West Tasmania. At each locality the sulphur of the sulphide...value of -k 7.0O/oo, the main lode at Rosebery (pyrite-sphalerite-galenachalcopyrite) averages -1- 10.9°/00 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | andMineralogy, P.O.Box136,NorthRyde,NewSouthWales2113,Australia Abstract Leadisotopemeasurements of 13 deposits...Cambrianvolcanogenic deposits(MountLyell, Rosebery,Hercules,Que River,Hellyer) differby morethan 1 pe...forthedeposits castdoubtontheproposed conjunction of Tasmania with the Australian mainlandin Cambriantimes;the...western Tasmania and forms the basis for the The Mount Read volcanic belt in western Tasmania is an...PORRITT QUE RIVER ,,.. RENISON X' HENTY FAULT HERCULES MT MURCHISON ZONE .• 'k•.QUEEN HILL, ",•SPRAY |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The PreciousMetal-Rich South Hercules Mineralization, Western Tasmania: A PossibleSubsea-Floor Repl...DepositandExplorationStudies,Universityof Tasmania,Hobart,Tasmania7001,Australia Abstract SouthHerculesis a newlydelineated...Volcanics belt, western Tasmania. The mineralization and alteration at the South Hercules deposithasbeendi...pyrite_+baritezone,a siliceous _+stringersulfidezone,anda sphalerite-galena _+pyritezone.The carbonate facies alsoconsists... to stringerPb-Znmineralization. The massive sphalerite-galena _+pyritezonecontains subordinate gold |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1086-1101 The Geologyand Originof the Rosebery Ore Deposit, Tasmania R. L. BRATttWAITE Abstract The st...e-galena-chalcopyrite and barite ore bodiesat Rosebery occurin a siltstonelens within rhyolitic tuffs...In respect to ore typesandassociated rocksthe Rosebery depositis comparable to the Kurokodepositsof Japan...Pyroclasticrocksof the Mt. Read Volcanic Roseberyin West Tasmania(Fig. 1) is a strata.- Arc are hostsfor pyritic-copperore...sociated with silicic Lyell, 20 miles southof Rosebery. The Mr. Read pyroclasticrocks. The depositwas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Studies (CODES),University of Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia Abstract The Camhro-Ordovician...volcanic-hosted massive sulfide(VHMS)deposits in Australia,resultingin about19•millionmetrictonsof containedmetal...and zinc),concentrated in the MountReadVolcanics(Tasmania)andthe MountWindsorVolcanics(Queensland). The...prospects (Table1). The sulfide(VHMS)deposits in Australia,rangingin age nineremainasundeveloped combined...Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Current Current mine Pastproducer Pastproducer Pastproducer Pastproducer |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Halos for the Rosebery K Lens Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposit, Western Tasmania ROSS R. LARGE...Sciences, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract A detailed...the A-B and K lenses at the north end of the Rosebery mine has revealed a series of overlapping alteration...pumice breccia. The major alteration minerals at Rosebery are arranged in a complex series of zones passing...ppm. Studies of alteration mineral chemistry at Rosebery have revealed some important relationships that |  | Zaw, Khin, Gemmell, J.B., Large, R.R., Mernagh, T.P., Ryan, C.G. (1996) Evolution and source of ore fluids in the stringer system, Hellyer VHMS deposit, Tasmania, Australia: evidence from fluid inclusion microthermometry and geochemistry. Ore Geology Reviews, 10 (3) 251-278 doi:10.1016/0169-1368(95)00026-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the stringer system, Hellyer VHMS deposit, Tasmania, Australia: evidence from fluid inclusion microthermometry...Studies, University of Tasmania, G.P.O. Box 252C, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia b Australian Geological...2601, Australia c CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining, Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia Received...the Cambrian Mt Read Volcanic belt of western Tasmania. In the footwall directly underlying the deposit...carbonate with minor amounts of chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena, Stage 2B veins with abundant base |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposit, North Queensland, Australia WALTER HERRMANN† AND ANTHEA P. HILL Centre for...Research, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001 Abstract The Thalanga...to upper greenschist facies. Associated with the West Thalanga orebody are strata-bound lenses composed...connotations (Franklin et al., 1981). Around the Thalanga mine, however, the term exhalite has been widely applied...of these exhalites with massive sulfides in the West Thalanga lens has been uncritically extended to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gold-rich seafloor massive sulphide deposits of Tasmania By Ross LARGE,Hobart*) With 13 figures Zusammenfassung...Die Anreicherung yon SulfidlagerstStten: Rosebery, Hercules, Que River und HellyGold in den hSher gelegenen...zentralen Vulkanitlen bei Hellyer, Que River und Rosebery resultiert aus einer komplexes, eines K-reichen...iren Sulfidlaminationzu unter- deposits (Rosebery, Hercules, Que River and Hellyer) occur scheiden ist...Form und einen schwach entwickelten Schlot. Die Tasmania. The Central Volcanic Complex which is host to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VOLCANIC-HOSTED SULPHIDE DEPOSITS AT ROSEBERY AND MT. LYELL, TASMANIA M. S O L O M O N 1, F . M . V O K...Resources, P.O. Box 378, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601 (Australia) 2 Universitet i Trondheim, N-7034 Trondheim (Norway)...University, P.O. Box 4, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601 (Australia) (Accepted for publication January 27, 1986) ...volcanic-hosted sulphide deposits at Rosebery and Mt. Lyell, Tasmania. In: B. Marshall and L.B. Gilligan...deposits at Rosebery and Mt. Lyell in the Mt. Read mineral province of western Tasmania. At Rosebery, part |  | Solomon, M., Tornos, F., Large, R.R., Badham, J.N.P., Both, R.A., Zaw, Khin (2004) Zn–Pb–Cu volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits: criteria for distinguishing brine pool-type from black smoker-type sulphide deposition. Ore Geology Reviews, 25 (3) 259-283 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.01.003 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Research, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia b Instituto Geológico...Adelaide, GPO Box 498D, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia Received 25 September 2003; accepted 11...formed on the sea floor (seven in Spain, one in Tasmania) are believed to have been precipitated in brine...zone refining, (8) lack of vertical variation in sphalerite and sulphur isotopic compositions, and (9) evidence...Application of these criteria to the Rosebery deposit in Tasmania, for which there are no fluid inclusion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 81, 1986, pp. 1341-1355 The MurchisonGorge, Tasmania, a PossibleCrossSectionthrough a CambrianMassiveSulfideSystem...Resources, P.O. Box 378, Canberra,A.C.T. 2601, Australia C. J. EASTOE, Departmentof Geosciences, Universityof...Canberra,A.C.T. 2601, Australia Abstract The MurchisonGorge,northeastof Roseberyin Tasmania, is believedto...Sequence • Central Belt, granite I HELLYER RIVER MINE economicdepositsoccurin the Mt. ReadVolcanics ...Solomon,1981). It has long been sus- KM S 10 ROSEBERY Pieman formed as a result of convective circulation |
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Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia