TorberniteRoyal George Mine, Avoca District, Fingal valley, Tasmania, Australia
Latitude: 41°49'40"S
Longitude: 147°53'28"E
A tin mine in northeastern Tasmania. The lodes of this mine were discovered in the 1880s but it wasn’t until 1911 that any serious work was undertaken. The period through to 1929 produced around 900 tons of concentrated tin ore.
Refs.:
McIntosh Reid, A. & Henderson, Q.J. (1929): Avoca Mineral District, Geological Survey Bulletin No. 40, Tasmania Department of Mines.
http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/avocaarea.pdf [Link dead. Aug 2011]
References
McIntosh Reid, A. & Henderson, Q.J. (1929): Avoca Mineral District, Geological Survey Bulletin No. 40, Tasmania Department of Mines.
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