| | 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) | Hydrothermal Rosebery Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Deposit and Granites in Western Tasmania, Australia I. R. Plimer...Newcastle, NSW, Australia E.Z. Company of Australasia, West Coast Mines, Rosebery, Tas., Australia With 7 Figures...stratiform massive Zn-Pb sulphide Rosebery deposit of western Tasmania is hosted by metamorphosed deformed...boron was an integral part of the ore fluids at Rosebery which precipitated tourmaline in exhalites immediately...post-cleavage Rosebery Fault and tourmaline-bearing pyrrhotite-pyrite replacement of the Rosebery orebody derived | | | 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...average 8a*S value of -k 7.0O/oo, the main lode at Rosebery (pyrite-sphalerite-galenachalcopyrite) averages | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Selected Trace Elements at the RoseberyDeposit,Tasmania ROBERT N. SMITH OlympicDam Operations, P.O.Box150...SouthAustralia5725,Australia AND DAVID L. HUSTON GeologyDepartment,University of Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C...Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania7001,Australia Abstract Studiesof selectedelementsin the oresandwall rocksat the Ro...traceandmajorelements in wall rocks and ores. These distributions Mine Geology haveimportantimplications for exploration...daciticvolcani- 1987). 0361-0128/92/1333/706-1453.00 706 ROSEBERY DEPOSIT,TASMAHIA: TRACEELEMEHTS :I^ A t- v • | | | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Orebody, Rosebery,Tasmania DAVID L. HUSTON AND ROSS R. LARGE GeologyDepartment,Universityof Tasmania,G.P...P.O. Box252C, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract Studyof the spatialandmineralogical distributionof...silverandgoldare concentrated in massive sphalerite-galena-pyriteore andbaritemineralization. Sixstylesof...goldmineralizationhavebeenrecognized:(1) in massivesphalerite-galena-pyrite ore (the dominantoccurrence),(2) in massive...distalpyritemineralization (atthe edgesof sphalerite-galena-pyrite mineralizationandin the overlyinghostrocks) | | | 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...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... 1971). Unfortunately the relationshipbetween Tasmania and adjacentpartsof the Tasmanfold belt in earlier | | | 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...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) | 1086-1101 The Geologyand Originof the Rosebery Ore Deposit, Tasmania R. L. BRATttWAITE Abstract The st...strataboundsphalerite-pyrite-galena-chalcopyrite and barite ore bodiesat Rosebery occurin a siltstonelens...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) | VHMS deposits in the RoseberyHercules district, western Tasmania: implications for gold mineralisation...Exploration Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia With 14 Figures Received September...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...intrusion. Sphalerite from VHMS deposits in the Rosebery district varies widely in colour, grain size and texture | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | andMineralogy, P.O.Box136,NorthRyde,NewSouthWales2113,Australia Abstract Leadisotopemeasurements of 13 deposits...the Cambrianvolcanogenic deposits(MountLyell, Rosebery,Hercules,Que River,Hellyer) differby morethan...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...-FELDSPAR -PHYRIC VOLCANICLASTICS, LAVAS, INTRUSIVES TASMANIA 010 20 3?km '•,' i ELLIOTT OAY I I FIG. | | | 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) | 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...minerals, and those with cassiterite or argentiferous galena related to granitic intrusions (low cobalt and...Erzarten ist in den Unter-Paliiozoischen Gesteinen yon West-Tasmanien (Australien) vorhanden, welches im siidlichen...low In in sphalerite, and low Ag, Sb, and Bi in galena, probably indicate a low temperature of formation | | | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Department, The University of Tasmania, G.P.O. Box 252C, Hobart, Tas. 7001 (Australia) (Received August 26, 1987;...volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits (Rosebery and Hellyer in Tasmania, Mt. Chalmers in Queensland and Millenbach...part of zinc-rich massive sulphide lenses (e.g. Rosebery and Hellyer), and (2) a gold-copper association...ores than in copper ores. Vivallo Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia 19.4 m.t. at 0.749 Cu, 16.29 Zn, 5...Large (submitted t o Econ. Geol.) Bellyer, Tasmania, Australia 19 m.t. at 0.4% Cu, 139 Zn, 79 Pb, 160 g/t | | | 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...Introduction THE volcanic-hosted massivesulfidedepositat Rosebery (145ø $$'S,41ø 46'E) is relativelylarge.Up to | | | 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 | | 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...Application of these criteria to the Rosebery deposit in Tasmania, for which there are no fluid inclusion...Flat (New South Wales), Hercules and Que River (Tasmania), and Tharsis and the orebodies at Aljustrel (Spain | | Huston, David L., Bottrill, Ralph S., Creelman, Robert A., Zaw, Khin, Ramsden, Tony R., Rand, Sven W., Gemmell, J. Bruce, Jablonski, W., Sie, S. H., Large, Ross R. (1992) Geologic and geochemical controls on the mineralogy and grain size of gold-bearing phases, eastern Australian volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits. Economic Geology, 87 (3) 542-563 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.87.3.542 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Studies, University of Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia RALPHS. BOTYRILL, Tasmanian...Department of Mines,P.O.Box56, RosnyPark,Tasmania 7018,Australia ROBERTA. CB•,V.I,MAN, R. A. CreelmanandAssociates...NewSouthWales2121,Australia KHIN ZAW, Centrefor Ore DepositandExploration Studies,University of Tasmania, G.P.O...O.Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania7001,Australia TONY R. RAMSDEN, CSIRODivisionof ExplorationGeoscience, P.O.Box136...Box136, NorthRyde,NewSouthWales2113,Australia SVENW. RAND, Aberfoyle Resources, Exploration Division | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | gold-rich seafloor massive sulphide deposits of Tasmania By Ross LARGE,Hobart*) With 13 figures Zusammenfassung...LSsungen. Die Anreicherung yon SulfidlagerstStten: Rosebery, Hercules, Que River und HellyGold in den hSher...zentralen Vulkanitlen bei Hellyer, Que River und Rosebery resultiert aus einer komplexes, eines K-reichen...prim:,iren Sulfidlaminationzu unter- deposits (Rosebery, Hercules, Que River and Hellyer) occur scheiden...Form und einen schwach entwickelten Schlot. Die Tasmania. The Central Volcanic Complex which is host to | | | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | RailwayCompanyLimited, Queenstown, Tasmania7467,Australia Abstract The CambrianMt. Read Volcanicsare currentlybeing...similartype to thosecurrently producing(Mt. Lyell, Rosebery, andHercules),all of whichresultedfrom discoveries...associated rocks of the West Coast Exploration History Mineralization in western Tasmania was first re- portedin...phase problemsassociated with mineralexplorationin west- of extensivegold prospecting. The main prospecting...Mt. Bischoff in 1871. vicinityof Queenstown and Rosebery, to a largedeThe discoverydates and subsequentproduction | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | PreciousMetal-Rich South Hercules Mineralization, Western Tasmania: A PossibleSubsea-Floor ReplacementVolcanic-Hosted...DepositandExplorationStudies,Universityof Tasmania,Hobart,Tasmania7001,Australia Abstract SouthHerculesis a newlydelineated...sulfidedepositin the MountRead Volcanics belt, western Tasmania. The mineralization and alteration at the South...siliceous _+stringersulfidezone,anda sphalerite-galena _+pyritezone.The carbonate facies alsoconsists...stringerPb-Znmineralization. The massive sphalerite-galena _+pyritezonecontains subordinate goldandsilver | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | by 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...-• 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) | coolingof the hydrothermal system,sphalerite(ñ galena) was precipitatedimmediatelyabovethe vent. This...characteristicsof the massive-sulfide eastern Australia and the Canadian Bathurst ore groupof deposits...reconstruction of the Rosebery deposit at the time of ore deposition,drawn by Mr. G. R. Green from mine maps and his...(1974) for the present structure. In the Kuroko, Rosebery,and Mt. Lyell casesthe massivedepositsoverlie...The FIG. 1. Cross section along line 127,400 ft west of the Skouriotissapyrite-chalcopyritedeposit. The |
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Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia