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Galena from
Hellyer Mine, Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hellyer Mine, Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1609810
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1609810:3
GUID (UUID V4):dd7f0b74-fc53-45d4-ba25-1bf089e3832f
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
1.7km (1.0 miles) ā“˜Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
11.0km (6.8 miles) ā“˜Anio Creek prospect, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
17.9km (11.1 miles) ā“˜Mount Farrell Mine, Tullah, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
18.8km (11.7 miles) ā“˜North Mount Farrell Mine, Tullah, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
23.4km (14.5 miles) ā“˜Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
23.6km (14.7 miles) ā“˜Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
27.1km (16.8 miles) ā“˜Stormont mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
27.4km (17.0 miles) ā“˜Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
28.6km (17.8 miles) ā“˜Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
28.9km (17.9 miles) ā“˜Devon Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Steve Sorrell CollectionIdentified by Steve Sorrell: Visual Identification
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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 Ā©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1513ā€“1534 Textures of the Hellyer Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposit, Tasmaniaā€” the Aging of a Sulfide...Research, University of Tasmania, G. P. O. Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001 AND ORLANDO C....undeformed, polymetallic, massive sulfide ore of the Hellyer deposit retains many textures developed during...ridge and Kuroko massive sulfide deposits, but at Hellyer the framboids are much more common. Hexagonal outlines...early asymmetrical crystal growth. Comparison of Hellyer ore and typical Kuroko ores reveals other differences
Report (issue)
Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY...ENERGY and RESOURCES Mineral Resources Tasmania Tasmania TASMANIA SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY LAUNCESTON Sm ...orogeny (cf. Tabberabberan Orogeny of mainland Australia). MIDDLE DEVONIAN LATE CAMBRIANā€“ EARLY DEVONIAN...with basement indicated. MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA Tasmania DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY and...Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary by D. B. Seymour, G. R. Green and C
Report (issue)
Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY...ENERGY and RESOURCES Mineral Resources Tasmania Tasmania TASMANIA SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY LAUNCESTON Sm ...orogeny (cf. Tabberabberan Orogeny of mainland Australia). MIDDLE DEVONIAN LATE CAMBRIANā€“ EARLY DEVONIAN...with basement indicated. MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA Tasmania DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY and...Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary by D. B. Seymour, G. R. Green and C
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Box 28E, Vic. 3800, Australia. PO Box 1124, Strathfieldsaye, Vic. 3551, Australia. 3 Exploration Management...Ltd, PO Box 811, Strathfieldsaye, Vic. 3551, Australia. 2 A group of structurally emplaced Cambrian...metavolcanic inliers, informally known as the Barkly River greenstones, in the Mt Useful Slate Belt, eastern...stockwork/stringer chalcopyrite + sphalerite + galena Ā± native Au mineralisation have been recognised...important Mt Read Volcanic Complex of western Tasmania. These findings emphasise that the Cambrian greenstones
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ZonesUnderlyingthe Hellyer VolcanicHostedMassiveSulfideDeposit,Tasmania,Australia J. Bmā€¢cs GEMMELL ANDROSSR...nStudies,University of Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania7001,Australia Abstract Underlyingthe...thefluid,andeventually dominant. Introduction HELLYER is a large (17 Mt), high-grade(13.0% Zn, 6.8% Pb...Resources Ltd. ownsandoperatesthe Hellyer mine andconcentrator aswell asthe Que Rivervolcanichostedmassives...ulfidedepositlocated3 km to the south.Que River finishedproductionin 1991. Our understanding of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold-rich seafloor massive sulphide deposits of Tasmania By Ross LARGE,Hobart*) With 13 figures Zusammenfassung...Anreicherung yon SulfidlagerstStten: Rosebery, Hercules, Que River und HellyGold in den hSher gelegenen Blei-Zink-Barium-reichen...Lagerst~ittenliegen innerhalb des zentralen Vulkanitlen bei Hellyer, Que River und Rosebery resultiert aus einer komplexes...direkt an der Oberfl~iche des massiHellyer und Que River, die ji~ngsten und am schw'~ichsten yen SulfidkSrpers...zonierten Sphalerit. Isoklinale Faltung der Abstract Que River Lagerst~ittenverursachte eine teilweise Rekristallisation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Research, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia b Instituto GeoloĢgico...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 data,...Captains Flat (New South Wales), Hercules and Que River (Tasmania), and Tharsis and the orebodies at Aljustrel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Mount Read Volcanicsbetween Que River and Mount Darwin, Tasmania M. SOLOMON, Bureauof Mineral Resources...Resources, G. P.O. Box378, Canberra,A. C. T. 2601, Australia C. J. EASTOE, Departmentof Geosciences, Universityof...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...No comparablezoningis apparentat Mount Lyell or Que Riverwherethe systems appearsto be dominatedby rocksulfur(6-10%0)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Studies, University of Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia RALPHS. BOTYRILL, Tasmanian...Tasmanian Department of Mines,P.O.Box56, RosnyPark,Tasmania 7018,Australia ROBERTA. CBā€¢,V.I,MAN, R. A....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)
Departmentof Geology,Universityof Tasmania,Hobart, Tasmania7001,Australia Abstract Comparisonof the 100...Read Volcanicsof westernTaschans, Newfoundland district, and the Bathurst, mania? The Cambrian Mount Read...Read Volcanics contain New Brunswick,district is illustrated as a simple histogram.The distribution has...deposits(Rosebery,Hercules, Que River, Lydon (1985) showedthat the lead-poor, Cu-Zn and Hellyer) in addition to a...Electrolytic Zinc Companygeologistsin the Zeehan district suggests a possiblethird episodeof syngeneticIrish-style
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 about19ā€¢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)
fluids in the stringer system, Hellyer VHMS deposit, Tasmania, Australia: evidence from fluid inclusion...Studies, University of Tasmania, G.P.O. Box 252C, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia b Australian Geological...2601, Australia c CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining, Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia Received...January 1994; accepted 31 July 1995 Abstract The Hellyer deposit is a classic, large tonnage, high-grade...the Cambrian Mt Read Volcanic belt of western Tasmania. In the footwall directly underlying the deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alteration Pipe, Hellyer Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposit, Western Tasmania, Australia CHRISTIAN SCHARDT...Research, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001 Abstract The mineralogy...zone, sericite zone) in the footwall pipe of the Hellyer volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) deposit...low-temperature zone has not been recognized at Hellyer, but elevated K2O contents and local K feldspar...Research, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001. 0361-0128/01/3171/1037-18
Journal (issue)
Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 1, Number 1 June 1995...Magnet Mine, Tasmania... 3 f. Haupt, R. Bottrill & S. Sorrell Some mines of the Mt Isa District, Queensland...Queensland Part 1 - The Great Australia Mine ........... 23 B. Day & B. Beyer Other Items: Editorial.....Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria resolved to proĀ­ duce a mineralogical...your collection: Cape Grim zeolites, Sir Dominic Mine azurĀ­ ites or Whim Creek wulfenites, to mention
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
andMineralogy, P.O.Box136,NorthRyde,NewSouthWales2113,Australia Abstract Leadisotopemeasurements of 13 deposits...Cambrianvolcanogenic deposits(MountLyell, Rosebery,Hercules,Que River,Hellyer) differby morethan 1 percentfromthosecharacterizing...(2)Theintersection of this whole-rockline with the averageQue River ore lead isotopevalueis consistent with a commonsourcefor...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Elliott,Tasmania7325,Australia ANDR. J. G. LEwis Geology Department, University of Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C...Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia Abstract Geophysical surveyshavebeenusedfor mineralexploration in Australiasince1928...recenttimesgeophysics maybe creditedwiththediscovery oftheQue River,Hellyer,andBenambra deposits. Theuseof geophysics in...se- THEfirstpublished geophysical surveys in Australia quenceof conductiveand chargeableblack shales...werecarriedoutbytheImperialGeophysical Experi- (the Que River Shales)lies within a few hundred mentalSurveyin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Associated with the Hellyer Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposit, Tasmania, Australia J. BRUCE GEMMELLā€ ...University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract Hellyer is a large (16...Read Volcanics of western Tasmania. The deposit is hosted by the Que-Hellyer Volcanics, a sequence of...minor sericite, epidote, and hematite. Underlying Hellyer is a zoned alteration pipe with a central siliceous...development of alteration associated with the Hellyer VHMS deposit occurred in three stages. Stage 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold-RichStringerMineralization in the Que River Deposit,Tasmania PETā€¢2ā€¢J. McGOLDmCK,ā€¢NDROSSR. Lā€¢fftCE...University of Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia Abstract The Que River mine in weste...contemporwith the mainQueRivermassive sulfidedeTHā€¢ Que River depositin northwestTasmania(Fig. aneously posit...GeologicSettingof the Que River Deposit thisalteredzonecontainselevatedAu grades(0.55 ppm). The Que River depositis...Corbettand canic-hosted massivesulfide(VHMS) lensesat Que Solomon, 1989;Crawfordet al., 1992).SeveralpubRiver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Exploration of the Mount Read Volcanics,Western Tasmania: Pt. I. Geologyand Exploration,Elliott Bay Ross...GeologyDepartment,Universityof Tasmania,G.P.O.Box252C, Hobart, Tasmania7001,Australia WALTER HERRMANN, RSD 1060...Devonport,Tasmania7310, Australia AND KEITH D. COBBETT TasmanJan Departmentof Mines,P.O. Box56, RosnyPark...RosnyPark, Tasmania7018,Australia Abstract Volcanogenic massive sulfidedeposits in easternAustraliarangefromlessthan0...strata-bound goldandassociated vein-style anddisseminated galena-sphalerite occurwithhigh-level quartzporphyry bodies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Submarine Volcanic Successions: Some Examples from Australia ROSS R. LARGE,ā€  JOCELYN MCPHIE, J. BRUCE GEMMELL...Sciences, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Abstract Variations in...volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) districts of eastern Australia, the Cambrian Mount Read Volcanics and the Cambro-Ordovician...polymetallic zinc-rich deposits such as Rosebery, Hellyer, Que River, and Thalanga are considered to have formed...probably formed either on the sea floor (e.g., Hellyer, Que River) or by replacement of porous volcaniclastic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
andSedimentology of the Host Succession to the Hellyer and QueRiverVolcanic-Hosted MassiveSulfideDeposits...Sciences, MonashUniversity,Clayton,Victoria3168,Australia AND DAVID B. WALLACE AberfoyleResources Limited...Box952, Burnie,Tasmania7320,Australia Abstract The Hellyer and Que River high-gradepolymetallicvolcanic-hosted...maficto felsicvolcanicsandvolcaniclastics knownasthe Que-HellyerVolcanics.Thesevolcanicsoccurtowardthe top...Volcanics. The baseof the footwallsequence withinthe Que-HellyerVolcanics ismarkedby massive to pillowedbasalticlavasand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BELT SYSTEM IN TASMANIA P . L . F . C O L L I N S a n d E. W I L L I A M S Tasmania Geological Survey...Survey, Departmenl of Mines, p.o. Box 56. Rosny Park, Tasm. 7018 (Australia) (Accepted for publication January...in Tasmania. In: E. Scheibner (Editor). Metallogeny and Tectonic Development of Eastern Australia. Ore...Ore Geol. Rev., 1 : 153--201. In western Tasmania, Precambrian sedimentary sequences form the basement...deposits. Pre-Middle Devonian rocks of western Tasmania differ, for most part, from those in the northeast
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Folded, Gold-Rich, MassiveSulfideDeposit: Que River Mine, Tasmania Ross R. LARGE,PETERJ. MCGOLDRICK, RON...Departmentof Geology,Universityof Tasmania,GPO Box252C, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia AND CHRIS H. YOUNG AberfoyleResources...CamberwellRoad,Hawthorn East, Victoria 3123, Australia Abstract The Que River depositin westernTasmaniais a high-grade...hingeof the syncline. Extensivefootwallstringerpyrite-galena-sphalerite mineralizationwithin stronglyaltered...the folds.The galenadefinesa bandingthroughoutthe mine which is subparallelto the cleavagemeasuredin the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, The University of Tasmania, G.P.O. Box 252C, Hobart, Tas. 7001 (Australia) (Received August 26, 1987;...massive sulphide deposits (Rosebery and Hellyer in Tasmania, Mt. Chalmers in Queensland and Millenbach...zinc-rich massive sulphide lenses (e.g. Rosebery and Hellyer), and (2) a gold-copper association which is commonly...than in copper ores. Vivallo Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia 19.4 m.t. at 0.749 Cu, 16.29 Zn, 5.09 Pb...Large (submitted t o Econ. Geol.) Bellyer, Tasmania, Australia 19 m.t. at 0.4% Cu, 139 Zn, 79 Pb, 160 g/t
 
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