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Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia

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A Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au VMS-type deposit on the slopes of Mt Black in western Tasmania. The deposit was discovered in 1893 but not worked on a large scale until 1936 due to the very fine grain size of the intimately combined sulphides. The underground mine is still in operation today ('Zinifex Rosery Mine'), with an expected mine life of >2020.
The ore is a volcanic-related (Mt. Read volcanics), sediment-hosted, pyrite-rich massive sulphide, with numerous discrete orebodies, but no gossans.

Ref.:
- www.zinifex.com





 Map Reference: 41°46'59"S , 145°31'0"E

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Mineral List:
  		•  Acanthite
    Ag
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: []
  		•  Aikinite
    PbCuBiS
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Alstonite
    BaCa(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Habit: bipyramidal
    Colour: white
    Reference: [SUTHERLAND, F. L. and BOTTRILL, R.S., 2004. Zeolites of western Tasmania. Australian Jnl. Mineralogy, 10, 59-72]
    Site Photo
    Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia
    © crocoite.com
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: []
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia
    © Martins da Pedra
  		•  Bismuth
    Bi
    Reference: []
  		•  Boulangerite
    Pb
     
    5
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    11
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia
    © Judy Rowe
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1987) 82:1239-1258]
  		•  Celsian
    Ba[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1987) 82:1239-1258]
  		•  Cubanite
    CuFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Danalite
    Fe
    2+
    4
    		Be
     
    3
    		[S|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Freieslebenite
    AgPbSbS
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1987) 82:291-307]
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: []
  		•  Harmotome
    (Ba
     
    0.5
    		,Ca
     
    0.5
    		,K,Na)
     
    5
    		[Al
     
    5
    		Si
     
    11
    		O
     
    32
    		] ·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Marburg twins
    Colour: white
    Reference: [SUTHERLAND, F. L. and BOTTRILL, R.S., 2004. Zeolites of western Tasmania. Australian Jnl. Mineralogy, 10, 59-72]
    Site Photo
    Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia
    © R. Bottrill 2006
  		•  Helvite
    Mn
    2+
    4
    		Be
     
    3
    		[S|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Jordanite
    Pb
     
    14
    		(As,Sb)
     
    6
    		S
     
    23
    Reference: []
  		•  Kobellite
    Pb
     
    22
    		Cu
     
    4
    		(Bi,Sb)
     
    30
    		S
     
    69
    Reference: []
  		•  Kutnohorite
    Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Lead
    Pb
    Reference: []
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Maldonite
    Au
     
    2
    		Bi
    Reference: []
  		•  Meneghinite
    Pb
     
    13
    		CuSb
     
    7
    		S
     
    24
    Reference: []
  		•  Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1987) 82:1239-1258]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1987) 82:1239-1258]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  'Sericite'
    Reference: []
  		•  Spessartine
    Mn
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: []
  		•  Sulvanite
    Cu
     
    3
    		VS
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Tennantite
    (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)
     
    12
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: []
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: []
  		•  Titanite
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1987) 82:1239-1258]
  		•  Ullmannite
    NiSbS
    Reference: []


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