 | | Book (edition) | | . 1Jictori& Olollege 1£ihrar11 The Peaks of Lyell • Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022...in the distance GEOFFREY BLAINEY The Peaks of Lyell MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS VICT 1- '\ I ,, ...bound in Australia by Melbourne University Press, Carlton, N.3, Vicioria Registered in Australia for transmission...University Press Preface T is the history of the Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway Company-the first, the last,...the story of a wild region of mountains and mines-some mines rich, many poor. It is the story of men who |  | | Book (edition) | | DISCARDED *622 . 343 B57p 1102529 Blainey Peaks of Lyell i~'.i,>>l½. ·,· {\:::·= PUBLIC LIBRARY FORT WAYNE...THE PEAKS OF LYELL I !I i • • I ~ I / I .. I I lrii:.. MT. SEDGWICK MT. LYELL The denuded...denuded hills of Queenstown MT. OWEN ' by Geoffrey Blaino/ • l I MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS First...bound in Australia by Melbourne University Press, Carlton, N.3, Victoria Registered in Australia for transmission... PREFACE· .. T HIS is the history of the Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway Company- the first, the last |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1967 No. 6 FOSSIL GOSSANS (?) AT MT. LYELL, TASMANIA MICHAEL SOLOMON CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ............. Lyell Comstock.................................................... North Lyell ................................... 758 762 762 764 The Iron Blow .......................................................... 772 ABSTRACT The orebodiesat Mt. Lyell consistof pyrite and coppersulfide lenses in deformed...INTRODUCTION ThE Mt. Lyell mining field was openedby prospectorswho believedthat alluvial gold was coming from |  | | 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) | | Mapping and Interpretations of the Mount Lyell Mining District, Tasmania: A Large Hybrid Cu-Au System with...Fern Tree, Tasmania, Australia 7054 Abstract New detailed mapping of the Mount Lyell mines area has resulted...top and silica-rich upper part of the system at Lyell Comstock, the large displaced mass of silica-rich...at North Lyell, and the deeper levels of the system exemplified by the low-grade Prince Lyell deposit...The alteration has been focused along the Great Lyell fault, a major reverse-type growth fault, which |  | | 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...River, Roseberyand Hercules(Fe-Zn-Pb-Cutype), Mt. Lyell (Fe-Cu type), and SavageRiver (Fe oxide type); (b)...nickelsulfideore(in Cambrian mafic-ultramaficrocks),and gold (in early Paleozoicmudstone-graywacke successions)...alsoacceleratedthe mining of gold from severalearlier discoveriesin northeastTasmania. In 1888 gold found besidecliffs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia ISSN: 0812-0099 (Print) 1440-0952 (Online) Journal...Cambrian Owen Group, Proprietary Peak, western Tasmania, Australia M. J. O'Mara, S. A. Mahmud & M. Hall To cite...Cambrian Owen Group, Proprietary Peak, western Tasmania, Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, DOI:...Cambrian Owen Group, Proprietary Peak, western Tasmania, Australia M. J. O’Mara, S. A. Mahmud and M. Hall School...Environment, Monash University, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The coarse-grained |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for the Genesis of Cu-Au Deposits, Mount Lyell Field, Western Tasmania DAVID L. HUSTON† AND JULIENNE KAMPRAD...Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Abstract The Western Tharsis deposit, located in the Mount Read volcanic belt...belt of western Tasmania, is one of 22 mainly Cu-Au deposits in the Mount Lyell district. Although the...pyrite-chalcopyrite like most other deposits in the Mount Lyell district, it also contains bornite-rich ores characteristic...consistent with an Ordovician (~460 Ma) timing for Mount Lyell Cu-Au mineral deposits; this mineralization may |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Upper Cambrian Owen Conglomerate, West Coast Range, western Tasmania C. A. NOLL* AND M. HALL School of...3800, Australia. The Upper Cambrian Owen Conglomerate of the West Coast Range, western Tasmania, comprises...dipslope of the basin is predominantly drained by west-directed palaeoflow, intrabasinal faulting in the...the southern half of the basin, with pronounced west-directed and local axial through drainage palaeoflow...depositional history, Owen Conglomerate, stratigraphy, Tasmania. INTRODUCTION The Owen Conglomerate is comprised |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Environmentof Formation of the VolcanicHostedMt. Lyell CopperDepositsUsingGeology,Mineralogy,Stable Isotopes...Universityof Tasmania,G. P.O. Box252C, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract The Mt. Lyell copperdeposits...Exhalativepyritic massivesulfidedeposits(e.g., The Blow) and siliceous barite-bornitechalcopyrite mineralization...requirewaterdepthsapproaching 1 km. North-southandeast-west-trending faults,which were activeduringthe Tabberabberan...MT. LYELL COPPERDEPOSITS Introduction THI• Mt. Lyell copper depositsare located near Queenstown in westernTasmania |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chronostratigraphy of the Mount Read Volcanic Belt in Western Tasmania, Australia: Implications for VHMS... University of Tasmania, Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract The Middle Cambrian Mount Read Volcanics...Volcanics of western Tasmania, Australia, host several world-class volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) deposits...volcanic and intrusive rock units from throughout the Mount Read Volcanics and underlying mafic-ultramafic complexes...interpreted to underlie the Mount Read Volcanics. Magmatism in the central Mount Read Volcanics lasted at |  | | Report (issue) | | Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY...ENERGY and RESOURCES Mineral Resources Tasmania Tasmania TASMANIA SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY LAUNCESTON Sm ...orogeny (cf. Tabberabberan Orogeny of mainland Australia). MIDDLE DEVONIAN LATE CAMBRIAN– EARLY DEVONIAN...with basement indicated. MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA Tasmania DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY and...Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary by D. B. Seymour, G. R. Green and C |  | | Report (issue) | | Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY...ENERGY and RESOURCES Mineral Resources Tasmania Tasmania TASMANIA SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY LAUNCESTON Sm ...orogeny (cf. Tabberabberan Orogeny of mainland Australia). MIDDLE DEVONIAN LATE CAMBRIAN– EARLY DEVONIAN...with basement indicated. MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA Tasmania DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY and...Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary by D. B. Seymour, G. R. Green and C |  | | Report (issue) | | . ) I NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. J. E. Carne, F.G.S., Government...Under-Secretary for Mines. CONTENTS. Introduction, p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining |  | | Book (edition) | | NEVER ENDED BY THE SAME AUTHOR The Peaks of Lyell, 1954, 1959, 1967 The University of Melbourne: A...of the University of Melbourne, 1957 Gold and Paper, 1958 Mines in the Spinifex, 1960 A History of Camberwell...mining, but that definition has become too narrow. Australia in the 1960s found oil and natural gas and phosphate...century Australia has been one of the world’s important mining countries, but no history of the mines has...metals that were mined vigorously in Australia. It also touches on iron because Australia’s steel industry |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | + 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia and™ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...on the east coast of Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The Ladolam gold deposit lies...1967 A.E. Jenkins and G.M. Willis 3. Broken Hill Mines — 1968 1968 and Papua New Ed. C.L. Knight 1974...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7 |  | | Book (edition) | | 1963, 1969, 1978, 1993 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Blainey, Geoffrey...84557 6. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Australia—History. 2. Mineral industries—Australia—History. I...tapping of natural gas on the North-West Shelf, the emergence of Australia as the world’s largest producer...of the huge Olym- field in South Australia, the swift revival of gold downs of uranium mining, the...century Australia has been one of the world’s important mining countries, but no history of the mines has |  | | Book | | British the of minerals and Mines Stokes G. S. Ralph ■■> - I # MINES AND MINERALS OF THE BRITISH... PJ(. J.;'. . PRIMITIVE CHINESE OFBN-CAST. MINES AND MINERALS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE BEING A DESCRIPTION...a brief, though comprehensive, review of those mines and minerals of the British Empire oversea, the...Times, Singapore ; and journals in India and Australia—a course was pursued from South Africa through...through Ceylon, India, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. In the period mentioned |  | | Journal (issue) | | F. L. Sutherland & G. Webb Minerals of western Tasmania ................................................the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ................................................der Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory ...............................................466 by W. D. Birch The Mount Isa-Cloncurry mineral f ie ld ....................University of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500 Australia Thomas G. Vallance Department of Geology University |  | | Journal (issue) | | early-19th century geological map of the Peak District by John Farey 69 Front cover: The apron reef...Tony Waltham. Reports Members’ Evening, 2012: Mines and quarries database: Don Cameron Mining at Alderley...Mercia Mudstone at the opencast pit of Bantycock Mine, at Balderton, south of Newark. Photos by David... Supplement The geological setting of the lead mines of the Hucklow, Eyam, Stoney Middleton and Longstone...Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. at Preese Hall on the Fylde coast, Lancashire. An investigation confirmed that the |  | | Book | | of Canada Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1, Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd...Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. 2011, Australia FRANCE Pergamon Press S A R L , 24 rue des Ecoles...Kronberg-Taunus Pferelstrasse 1, Frankfurt-am-Main, West Germany Copyright © 1976 John Drew Ridge All Rights...features. Distances between inhabited places and mines are given in lengths of straight lines between them;...continent or, in the case of Australasia, by Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Papua-New Guinea |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Resources, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia Received 22 August 2005; accepted 29 May 2006...of the Australian minerals industry. The various mines and fields have been producers of world significance...significance, including Broken Hill, Mt Isa, Mt Lyell, Olympic Dam, Cobar and Kambalda. The long-term production...laterites) or new deposit discoveries. Based on present mine plans and proposals, future metal production will...shift towards lower ore grades and larger open cut mines to maintain production levels. There are sufficient |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 46:509–539 DOI 10.1007/s00126-010-0300-0 ARTICLE The gold content of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits...contain variable amounts of gold, both in terms of average grade and total gold content, with some VMS deposits...hosting world-class gold mines with more than 100 t Au. Previous studies have identified gold-rich VMS as having...having an average gold grade, expressed in g/t, exceeding the total abundance of base metals, expressed...This paper presents a more extensive analysis of gold grades and tonnages of 513 VMS deposits worldwide |  | | | | Survey Bulletin 73 A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill...Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved...the publisher in writing. 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