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Mawsonite from
Crown Lyell mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mawsonite
Formula:Cu6Fe2SnS8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mawsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Crown Lyell mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:427693
Long-form Identifier:1:3:427693:7
GUID (UUID V4):95829ed1-98e6-4bc3-923f-a36044c9ff81
Nearest other occurrences of Mawsonite
0.5km (0.3 miles) North Lyell mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
0.8km (0.5 miles) Western Tharsis deposit, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.6km (1.0 miles) Comstock Chert prospect, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.9km (1.2 miles) Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.3km (1.4 miles) Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
199--221 (1968) Some Genetic Aspects of the Mt. Lyell Mineralisation N. L. MARKHA~vt University of N e...Kensington, Australia A description is given of the mineralogy and textures of the Mr. Lyell copper ores...sedimentary-type ores at the Tasman shaft and Blow mines. The mineralisation as a whole ranges in type from...times. Der Mineralbestand und die Struktur der Mr. Lyell Kupfererze wird beschrieben. Es konnten unterschiedliche...Introduction The Mt. Lyell copper district, situated on the west coast of Tasmania, is one of the oldest
Report (issue)
3+ 4+ S Cu1+ 8 6 Fe2 Sn Mawsonite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Tetragonal...358(1) Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mt. Lyell, Tasmania, Australia. 3.09 (100), 1.895 (80), 1.618 (60),...67 29.55 100.2 98.9 100.00 (1) North Lyell mine, Australia; by electron microprobe, corresponds to...to Cu5.42 Fe1.74 Sn0.68 S8.00 . (2) Tingha, Australia; by electron microscope, corresponds to Cu6.00 Fe1...Distribution: In Australia, from the North Lyell [TL] and Crown Lyell mines, Mt. Lyell district, Queenstown, Tasmania;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAWSONTTE,A NEW COPPER-rRON-TrNSLTLFTDEFROM MT. LYELL, TASMANIA AND TINGHA, NEW SOUTH \VALES N. L. ManrHAMANDL...lcr Mawsonite, a new copper,iron-tin sulfide, occurs in bornite-rich ores from Mt. Lyell, Tasmania and...33.0, 30 3; yielding a formula -CurFerSnS,o. Mawsonite is body centred pseudocubic with o:10.711+.01...microscopicexamination of bornite-rich ore samplesfrom Mt. Lyell, Tasmania and from Tingha, north eastern New South Wales...clearly shown that "orange West Africa South mine, Tsumeb and the pold mine, Kipushi, Congo Fe, Sn, Zn)Sa'
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)
Environmentof Formation of the VolcanicHostedMt. Lyell CopperDepositsUsingGeology,Mineralogy,Stable Isotopes...Universityof Tasmania,G. P.O. Box252C, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract The Mt. Lyell copperdeposits...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...the reservesand productionis currentlyfrom Prince Lyell and the A lens.More than 1 million metrictons of
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)
mineralization, Rosebery Zn-Pb-Cu and Mount Lyell Cu deposits, Tasmania, Australia C. Perkins Department of Geology...AustralianNational University,Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia Received: 5 October 1994/Accepted: 29 March 1995...from the Rosebery Zn-Pb-Cu and Mount Lyell Cu deposits, Tasmania, Australia, has determined a succession...the vicinity of the deposit. The ages from the Mount Lyell field range from ~400-378 Ma, are a minimum for...mineralization, and date cleavage development. The North Lyell Cu mineralization, which was probably broadly coeval
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Majesty the Queen in Right of Australia as represented by Geoscience Australia 2010 Abstract Assessment...Neoarchean Doyon-Bousquet-LaRonde and Cambrian Mount Lyell districts. These deposits are distinguished by... Huston (*) Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia e-mail: David.Huston@ga...Deposits, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 126, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia e-mail: Bruce.Gemmell@utas...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Δ34Ssulphate–sulphide
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...remnant ovoid Pleistocene Luise Volcano on the east coast of Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New...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
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
Book (edition)
clearly visible yellow to orangered 27 Brookite Mawsonite Realgar Reflection Colour & Ø Reflectance ... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,... New South Wales, Australia; PPL B Anhedral native copper (dark; scratches) filling fine vein in jasper...jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample:
 
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