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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite 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:606921
Long-form Identifier:1:3:606921:6
GUID (UUID V4):ddd25c79-d095-4e9a-88ef-5e3822c02885
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
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
1.4km (0.9 miles) Lyell Comstock Pb/Zn mine, 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
12.5km (7.8 miles) Jukes Proprietary mine, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
13.2km (8.2 miles) Gaspersics Newall Creek quarry, Lynchford, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
15.9km (9.9 miles) Tyndall mine (Mount Tyndall Copper Mine), Tyndall Valley, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
17.9km (11.1 miles) Intercolonial Spur, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JUNE-JuLY, 1958 OF THE MT. LYELL M. L. WADE AND MINES, 4 TASMANIA M. SOLOMON CONTENTS PAGE Abstract................................ Geologyof the Lyell Mines ..................................................................... 390 Metamorphicrocks--Lyell Schists.................................... 396.................................. The individual mines ................................................................................................ Pyrite orebodies ....................................
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...6-km-long alteration system has a core zone of pyrite-rich sericite-chlorite-silica schists, which contains
Book (edition)
. 1Jictori& Olollege 1£ihrar11 The Peaks of Lyell • Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022...in the distance GEOFFREY BLAINEY The Peaks of Lyell MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS VICT 1- '\ I ,, ...bound in Australia by Melbourne University Press, Carlton, N.3, Vicioria Registered in Australia for transmission...University Press Preface T is the history of the Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway Company-the first, the last,...the story of a wild region of mountains and mines-some mines rich, many poor. It is the story of men who
Book (edition)
DISCARDED *622 . 343 B57p 1102529 Blainey Peaks of Lyell i~'.i,>>l½. ·,· {\:::·= PUBLIC LIBRARY FORT WAYNE...THE PEAKS OF LYELL I !I i • • I ~ I / I .. I I lrii:.. MT. SEDGWICK MT. LYELL The denuded...denuded hills of Queenstown MT. OWEN ' by Geoffrey Blaino/ • l I MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS First...bound in Australia by Melbourne University Press, Carlton, N.3, Victoria Registered in Australia for transmission... PREFACE· .. T HIS is the history of the Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway Company- the first, the last
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Rosebery, Mount Farrell and Mount Lyell Ores, Tasmania M. SOLOMON University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia...and sulphur isotopes in the Rosebery, Mount Farrell, and Mount Lyell ores. These ores lie in Cambrian geosynclinal...geosynclinal volcanic rocks in West Tasmania. At each locality the sulphur of the sulphide minerals has...range of 804S values. The dominant ore at Mount Lyell (mainly pyrite-chalcopyrite) has an average 8a*S value...at Rosebery (pyrite-sphalerite-galenachalcopyrite) averages -1- 10.9°/00, and the Mount Farrell ore (galena-sphalerite)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MEARES Mount Lyell Mining and RailwayCompanyLimited, Queenstown, Tasmania7467,Australia Abstract ... a similartype to thosecurrently producing(Mt. Lyell, Rosebery, andHercules),all of whichresultedfrom...techniquesdiscussed reflectthe experiences of the Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway CompanyLimited since1966, they...associated rocks of the West Coast Exploration History Mineralization in western Tasmania was first re- portedin...phase problemsassociated with mineralexplorationin west- of extensivegold prospecting. The main prospecting
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)
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...by disseminated pyrite-chalcopyrite like most other deposits in the Mount Lyell district, it also contains...sericite assemblage associated with disseminated pyrite-chalcopyrite mineralization suggests that these
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Stratigraphicand StructuralSetting of the Mt. Lyell Volcanic-HostedSulfideDeposits S. F. Cox Departmentof...Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia Abstract Volcanic-hosted sulfidedeposits at Mt. Lyell are confinedto a ...mineralizationover a strike length of 8 km within the mine sequence. Stratigraphic relationstogetherwith lithofaciesand...extendedtime interval during the accumulationof the mine sequence. Two orientationgroupsof Middle Devonianfoldsare...ralmodificationof the oresor hostrocks.Open west-to west-northwest-trending uprightsecondgeneration(D2)
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...bulk of the mineralizationoccursas disseminated pyrite-chalcopyrite lenseswithin the volcanics(e.g., PrinceLyell)...bornite-chalcopyrite and chalcopyrite-pyrrhotitein the pyrite. The hostvolcanicsmay have developedin a subaerialenvironment...requirewaterdepthsapproaching 1 km. North-southandeast-west-trending faults,which were activeduringthe Tabberabberan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SulfurIsotopeAbundances in the Mount Read Volcanicsbetween Que River and Mount Darwin, Tasmania M. SOLOMON, Bureauof...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...increasingwater/rockratio. No comparablezoningis apparentat Mount Lyell or Que Riverwherethe systems appearsto be dominatedby
Report (issue)
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...copper porphyry deposits. Association: Bornite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, digenite, idaite, stannite...Distribution: In Australia, from the North Lyell [TL] and Crown Lyell mines, Mt. Lyell district, Queenstown, Tasmania;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
andMineralogy, P.O.Box136,NorthRyde,NewSouthWales2113,Australia Abstract Leadisotopemeasurements of 13 deposits...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... PRECAMBRIAN TYENNAN 8LOCK \'•-'•-•T • LYELLMOUNT READ VOLCANICS TYNDALL GROUP CORRELATES AND...INTRUSIVES TASMANIA 010 20 3?km '•,' i ELLIOTT OAY I I FIG. l. Geologicsketchmapfor the Mount Readvolcanicbelt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAWSONTTE,A NEW COPPER-rRON-TrNSLTLFTDEFROM MT. LYELL, TASMANIA AND TINGHA, NEW SOUTH \VALES N. L. ManrHAMANDL...sulfide, occurs in bornite-rich ores from Mt. Lyell, Tasmania and Tingha, New south wales. The chemical composition...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'...suggested The latter authors (Orcel Peru de Pasco' Cerro mine, Expedito "orange bornite," ai,z.San andPlaza,1928)
Thesis/Dissertation
MINERALISATION OF THE SOUTHERN PRINCE LYELL DEEPS, QUEENSTOWN, TASMANIA by Oliver L. Raymond BSc (Hons)...Deposit and Exploration Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart. November, 1992 All arguments and analytical... Oliver L. Raymond 11 ABSTRACT The Prince Lyell copper - gold - silver deposit occurs in the late...Volcanic Complex of the Mt Read Volcanics at Queenstown, Tasmania. The southern portion of the deposit comprises...Conglomerate along the Great Lyell fault. The disseminated and stringer pyrite - chalcopyrite orebody was
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)
in the genesis of world class VHMS deposits in Tasmania Ross Large a, Mark Doyle a, Ollie Raymond b, David...Studies, Unicersity of Tasmania, G.P.O. Box 252C, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia b AGSO, P.O. Box 378...378, Canberra, ACT2601, Australia Received 24 March 1995; accepted 26 July 1995 Abstract An analysis...which intrude the Mt Read Volcanics of western Tasmania provides evidence that there may have been a direct...massive sulphide (VHMS) mineralisation in the Mt Lyell district. Interpretation of regional gravity and magnetic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOLCANIC-HOSTED SULPHIDE DEPOSITS AT ROSEBERY AND MT. LYELL, TASMANIA M. S O L O M O N 1, F . M . V O K E S 2 a n...Resources, P.O. Box 378, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601 (Australia) 2 Universitet i Trondheim, N-7034 Trondheim (Norway)...University, P.O. Box 4, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601 (Australia) (Accepted for publication January 27, 1986) ...volcanic-hosted sulphide deposits at Rosebery and Mt. Lyell, Tasmania. In: B. Marshall and L.B. Gilligan (Editors)...deposits at Rosebery and Mt. Lyell in the Mt. Read mineral province of western Tasmania. At Rosebery, part of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LOFTus-HILLS and M. SOLOMON University of Tasmania, H o b a r t , Australia Trace element studies of sulphides...occurs in the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of West Tasmania (Australia) which lies in the southern part of the...relatively high cobalt and selenium contents in pyrite may be related to volcanic processes. Mit Hilfe...Erzarten ist in den Unter-Paliiozoischen Gesteinen yon West-Tasmanien (Australien) vorhanden, welches im siidlichen...Ergebnisse zeigen, dab die Pyrite in folgender Weise Massifiziert werden k6nnen: a) Pyrite sedimentiirer oder
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
Report (issue)
. ) I NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. J. E. Carne, F.G.S., Government...Under-Secretary for Mines. CONTENTS. Introduction, p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New...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
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
Book
British the of minerals and Mines Stokes G. S. Ralph ■■> - I # MINES AND MINERALS OF THE BRITISH... PJ(. J.;'. . PRIMITIVE CHINESE OFBN-CAST. MINES AND MINERALS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE BEING A DESCRIPTION...a brief, though comprehensive, review of those mines and minerals of the British Empire oversea, the...Times, Singapore ; and journals in India and Australia—a course was pursued from South Africa through...through Ceylon, India, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. In the period mentioned
Book (edition)
NEVER ENDED BY THE SAME AUTHOR The Peaks of Lyell, 1954, 1959, 1967 The University of Melbourne: A...University of Melbourne, 1957 Gold and Paper, 1958 Mines in the Spinifex, 1960 A History of Camberwell, 1964...mining, but that definition has become too narrow. Australia in the 1960s found oil and natural gas and phosphate...century Australia has been one of the world’s important mining countries, but no history of the mines has...and base metals that were mined vigorously in Australia. It also touches on iron because Australia’s steel
 
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