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Tourmaline from
Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Prosopite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:37019
Long-form Identifier:1:3:37019:4
GUID (UUID V4):539b8db4-9769-4afe-8d0c-2c9302f4a9fd
Localities for Tourmaline in this Region
Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
0.2km (0.1 miles) ā“˜Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
12.4km (7.7 miles) ā“˜Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
33.6km (20.9 miles) ā“˜Mount Remus prospect (Nicholā€™s Reward), West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
34.3km (21.3 miles) ā“˜Anio Creek prospect, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
39.1km (24.3 miles) ā“˜Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
41.0km (25.5 miles) ā“˜Renison Bell Mine (Renison Mine), North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
51.1km (31.7 miles) ā“˜St Dizier mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
54.1km (33.6 miles) ā“˜Interview River district, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania, Australia
54.7km (34.0 miles) ā“˜Granville mine (Granville East prospect), Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
55.3km (34.4 miles) ā“˜Specimen Hill, Balfour, Balfour-Temma district, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Book (edition)
Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania Department of State Growth Mineral Resources Tasmania Occurrences of Gemstone...Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania (8th edition 2nd printing) Compiled by R. S. Bottrill and W. L. Matthews...November 2019 Mineral Resources Tasmania PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au ISBN 0...As a result the Crown in Right of the State of Tasmania and its employees, contractors and agents expressly...sources. These include: Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania by W. F. Petterd, 1910 (a revised edition was
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY BISCHOFF TIN No. 3 1922.. OF THE DEPOSITS, MOUNT TASMANIA. J. G. WESTON-DUNN...WESTON-DUNN. INTRODUCTION. The tin depositsof Mount Bischoffoffer an unusualopportunity for geologicalstudy...characterof thesetin deposits. The study of the Mount Bischofftin depositswas undertaken at the suggestion...the presentday the main tin-bearing material at Mount Bischoffis a loose,often incoherentpyritic (marcasitic)deposit..."Geology of Tasmania," ā€¢888. a Sā€¢. I--I. Wintie, "Stanniferous Deposits of Tasmania, Mount Bischoff," Trans
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Victoria, P.O. Box 666, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia; smills@museum.vic.gov.au Correspondence: ferdinando...Mg) Abstract: Discreditation of the monoclinic tourmaline mineral species luinaite-(OH), ideally (Na,ļæ)(Fe...Cleveland tinLuina, mine, Waratah Claim), North B Luina, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia, and the other from...tural distortion distortion from typical trigonal tourmaline structure (the topology of the structure is retained)...Skogby, H.; result, following the IMA-CNMNC and tourmaline nomenclature rules, the triclinic luinaite-(OH)
Report (issue)
Introduction, p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...north-west of C.ā€; A, B, and C may all be in the same district, but it is sometimes difficult or impossible to
Report (issue)
of Publications ISSUED BY THE Government of Tasmania RELATING TO THE MINES , MINERALS, AND GEOLOGY...Tlu H onounhle J. E. OGDE N . Mini!llel' fo .. Mine. ~lIlma nl a: J O HN VAIL. GOVERNMENT 1915...all that has been published by the Government of Tasmania respecting the economic mining, geology, and mineralogy... Catalogue of Publications issued by the Government of Tasmania, relating to the Mines, Minerals, and Geology...Expeditions round Tasmania, 1815-16 and 1824 : Report by J. Hobbs on Boat Voyage round Tasmania , 10th September
Report (issue)
of Publications ISSUED BY THE Government of Tasmania RELATING TO THE MINES , MINERALS, AND GEOLOGY...Tlu H onounhle J. E. OGDE N . Mini!llel' fo .. Mine. ~lIlma nl a: J O HN VAIL. GOVERNMENT 1915...all that has been published by the Government of Tasmania respecting the economic mining, geology, and mineralogy... Catalogue of Publications issued by the Government of Tasmania, relating to the Mines, Minerals, and Geology...Expeditions round Tasmania, 1815-16 and 1824 : Report by J. Hobbs on Boat Voyage round Tasmania , 10th September
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee, Knoxville] at 04:13 19 December 2014 Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado A s virtually...them. Beautiful specimens of variously colored tourmaline, beryl, and spodumene from such occurrences grace...certainly one of its premier aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted...both the Morefield and Rutherford mine pegmatites, of the Amelia district, Amelia County, and as irregular...from the Morefield mine reportedly reached 5 cm in length although the Amelia district is perhaps better
Journal (issue)
3 19 Alabama Alaska Argentine Republic Asia Australia Austria 21 21 N 25 25 26 28 -. Banka 29...South Australia South Dakota Spain Swaziland ; 145 146 148 148 148 155 158 Sweden Tasmania 160 ... .186 CONTENTS V PAGE Washington Western Australia 187 Wyoming 190 191 203 209 General Bibliography... dikes, or placers of a particular country or district, and in the arrangement of this bibliography the...Geological Survey of Western Australia, Ann. Progr. Rep. Geol. Surv. Western Australia. Perth. Annual Report
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mines, G.P.O. Box 124B, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract The Clevelandtin-copperdepositcomprises...asstockwork veinsin thefootwall rocks;(II) quartz+ tourmaline+ fluorite+ chlorite+ pyrrhotite+ chalcopyrite...the Meredith Granite. Introduction THE Cleveland mine, situated at Luina in north- westernTasmania,is...is locatedapproximately15 km to the west of Mr. Bischoff and (35 km to the north of Renison Bell, two...secondlargestproducer of tin concentrates in Australia. Tin occurs as cassiteriteand stannite,and copperas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluid activity at the Mount Bischoff Sn-deposit , north-west Tasmania, Australia J.H. WRIGHT, Mt Kersen...Western Australia T.A.P. KWAK, Department of Geology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia 3083 Abstract...Devonian (360 Ma) tin deposit at Mt Bischoff, north-west Tasmania, formed from the interaction of unusual...ā€˜sericiteā€™ muscovite + quartz tourmaline fluorite, topaz + quartz 2 tourmaline ? fluorite, weberite, prosopite...dolomite, exogreisens consisting of topaz- or tourmaline-bearing assemblages were formed. The greisens
Journal (issue)
France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony...Johnston & E. R. Swoboda Sulfur from the Perticara mine area, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy . . . . . . . . . . ...Famous mineral localities: The Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... John Sinkankas (1915ā€“2002) at the Pala Properties Mine Bash, 1977. Van Pelt photo. NOTICE Died, John Sinkankas...Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Benitoite, Gold L.A. County $12 Museum, Himalaya mine $12 (Brazil), Bosch
Journal (issue)
F. L. Sutherland & G. Webb Minerals of western Tasmania ................................................the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ................................................der Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory ...............................................466 by W. D. Birch The Mount Isa-Cloncurry mineral f ie ld ....................University of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500 Australia Thomas G. Vallance Department of Geology University
Book
Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1, Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19a Boundary...Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. 2011, Australia FRANCE Pergamon Press S A R L , 24 rue des Ecoles...continent or, in the case of Australasia, by Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Papua-New Guinea...the deposits are arranged by provĀ­ inces, in Australia by states, and in Japan by islands. In India,...Philippines... Turkey 2 1 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 2 2 21 Australia 27 Tasmania 13 New Zealand 2 Bougainville.... 1 Fiji
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the cassiterite-sulfide deposits of western Tasmania John L. Walshe a,*, Scott W. Halley b, John A...Technology, GPO Box 664, Canberra, ACT 2601. Australia b Renison Goldfields Consolidated, GPO Box 360...4820, Australia c MIM Exploration, Suite 12, 154 Fullarton Rd, Rose Park, Rose Park 506, Australia d Geology...Geology Dept, ANU, ACT 0200, Australia Received 29 May 1995; accepted 23 August 1995 Abstract The cassiterite-sulfide...cassiterite-sulfide deposits of western Tasmania are spatially and temporally related to Devonian granitoids
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
551-574 Tin-Bearing Greisensof Mount Bischoff,NorthwesternTasmania,Australia J. H. WRIGHT* AND T. A. P. KWAK...TrobeUniversity,Bundoora,Victoria3083, Australia Abstract The large Mount Bischofftin depositoccurswithin an...spatialdistributionof greisenminerals, such as mica, topaz, and tourmaline, in endo- and exogreisensare similar. Topaz,...cycles. Introduction THE Mount Bischofftin depositin northwesternTasmania,Australia(long 145Ćø31'16"E, lat...Mining, 44 St. GeorgesTerrace, Perth, Western Australia. 0361-0128/89/922/551-24 $3.00 greisen mineral
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # ā€” of Australia andā„¢ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 4. Industrial...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF TIN DEPOSITS AND TIN PROVINCES OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA J. L. WALSHE,1,ā€  M. SOLOMON,2,* D. J. WHITFORD...Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia of Excellence in Ore Deposits, University of Tasmania, Private Bag...Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia 3 CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, P.O. Box 136...1670, Australia 4 Geoscience 5 Geology Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia and...University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia Abstract Initial ĪµNd isotope data for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A Reexaminationof the Mount BischoffCassiteriteSulfide Skarn, Western Tasmania S.W. H^LLEY*^ND JOHNL...Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200,Australia Abstract The MountBischoff tin depositoccursin...a possiblevolcanogenic exhalativeorigin for the Mount westernTasmania, the otherdeposits beingRenisonBell...Most mineralizationat Mount in westernTasmania hasbeenaccepted by mostworkers Bischoff occurred asreplacement...mineralization alsooccurred withincassiteriteites. At Mount Bischoff fluid flow is considered to have been polymetalhc
Book
CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia = _ |) VieBAtO TATA JARS LIPOW Si. ao sĆ© ... CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia Philip Scalisi David Cook VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand Reinhold...Classic mineral localities of the world, Asia and Australia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and...resourcesā€”Asia. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”Australia. 3. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”Soviet Union
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Depositsof Tasmania M. SOLOMON GeologyDepartrnent,G. P. 0., Box252C, Universityof Tasmania,Hobart, Tasmania7001...Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract The major operatingmetallic ore depositsof Tasmaniaare (a) volcanic-hosted...Geology SINCEthe discoveryof cassiteritenear Mt. Bischoff in 1871 Tasmaniahasbeen an important metal producer...mineral- reconstruction of the land masses around Tasmania just prior to the openingof the TasmanSea in... 1971). Unfortunately the relationshipbetween Tasmania and adjacentpartsof the Tasmanfold belt in earlier
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
96, pages 895ā€“913, 2011 Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals Darrell J. Henry,1,* Milan...70803, U.S.A. Chairman of the Subcommittee on Tourmaline Nomenclature, Department of Geological Sciences...I-20121 Milan, Italy 2 aBstract A nomenclature for tourmaline-supergroup minerals is based on chemical systematics...systematics using the generalized tourmaline structural formula: XY3Z6(T6O18)(BO3)3V3W, where the most common...variability occurs at the X, Y, Z, W, and V sites. Tourmaline species are defined in accordance with the dominant-valency
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of New South Wales, Broken Hill, Australia Precambrian and Early Palaeozoic submarine exhalative...and cherty rocks, mafic volcanics and quartz-tourmaline rocks. The exhalarive deposits are commonly low...3004, associated with granitic rocks. Maucher Australia (1972, 1976) suggested that the "younger" 00...with minor mafic volcanics, carbonate and quartz-tourmaline rocks. In exhalative tin deposits, tin commonly...quartz-tourmaline rocks. Pyrrhotite + Carbonate + Cassiterite Association In Western Tasmania (Australia)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphideproduction hasneverplayeda major economicrole in the district. For manyyearsthe mill headsaveragedhardly more...kilometersof diamonddrilling havebeendonein the district. The geologicinformation gatheredas a result of...publisheddata regarding these features of the district. A. R. GEYNE. PACHUCA,HIDALGO,MEXICO, January...Hills, South Dakota. At Greenbushes,in Western Australia, tin andtantalum(pluscolumbium)are intimatelyassociated...Tantalum and eolumbium: Mineral Resources of Australia, Summary Rept. No. 19, 1945; Min. Res. Survey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
South Africa. 24. Belgian Congo. 25. Nigeria. Australia. ā€¢6. Stanthorpe, Queensland. 27. Heberton, Queensland...N. S. W. 3o. Mr. Bischoff, Tasmania. 3ā€¢. Blue Tier, Tasmania. 32. Heemskirk, Tasmania. x3. Sumatra. ...in Cornwall and Bolivia, and to a lessextent in Tasmania and the Transvaal. As this paper is concernedonly...(Malay States) ................ 54,6oo 55,265 Australia .............................. Banca ...........DISTRICTS OF THE WORLD. 4 3 Principal Intrusive. District. II. Associated Dikes. 6 5 InvadedRocks.
 
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