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Storeys Creek Mine, Rossarden district, Tasmania, Australia

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Closed and rehabilitated tin mine, but some ore material is still lying about.

Refs..
- Blissett, A.H. (1959): The Geology of the Rossarden-Storeys Creek District, Geological Survey Bulletin No. 46, Tasmania Department of Mines.
- http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/avocaarea.pdf





Mineral List:
  		•  Bismuth
    Bi
    Reference: [Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania]
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania]
    Site Photo
    Storeys Creek Mine, Rossarden district, Tasmania, Australia
    © Keith Compton
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/avocaarea.pdf]
  		•  Cuprotungstite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania]
    Site Photo
    Storeys Creek Mine, Rossarden district, Tasmania, Australia
    © R. Bottrill 2006
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/avocaarea.pdf]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/avocaarea.pdf]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/avocaarea.pdf]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/avocaarea.pdf]
  		•  Matildite
    AgBiS
     
    2
    Reference: [Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/avocaarea.pdf]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/avocaarea.pdf]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/avocaarea.pdf]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania]
  		•  Scheelite
    Ca[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania]
  		•  Stannite
    Cu
     
    2
    		(Fe,Zn)SnS
     
    4
    Reference: [Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania]
  		•  Wolframite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		)WO
     
    4
     
     
    		to (Mn
    2+
     
    		)WO
     
    4
    Reference: [Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania]


    17 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.

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