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Molybdenite from
Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:372992
Long-form Identifier:1:3:372992:2
GUID (UUID V4):dd24ae13-35b7-44d7-a7d5-a261aa6838c8
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.8km (1.1 miles) Western Tharsis deposit, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.9km (1.2 miles) North Lyell mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
32.5km (20.2 miles) Renison Bell Mine (Renison Mine), North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
33.4km (20.8 miles) Orient Mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
49.2km (30.5 miles) Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
51.6km (32.0 miles) Mount Remus prospect (Nichol’s Reward), West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
67.7km (42.1 miles) Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
70.8km (44.0 miles) Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
71.1km (44.2 miles) Bischoff Extended (West Bischoff; Wheal Bischoff), Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard 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 ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved
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 (issue)
from the tin deposits of Elsmore, New England district of New South Wales. Rankin, John, Sharpe, James...7(1):15-17 Bismoclite from the Leinster area, Western Australia. Grguric, Ben A. and Madsen, Ian C. 8(2):83-8S...Secondary copper minerals of the Crusader mine, north-west Queensland. Sharpe, James L. and Williams...secondary minerals from the Nifty copper mine, Western Australia. Downes, P.J., Shields, P. and Bevan, A...• Kasolite from the British Empire mine, Arkaroola, South Australia. Plimer, Ian R., Besley, Robert and
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
Report (issue)
making a commercial decision. © Commonwealth of Australia 2000 ISSN 1039-091X Page 2 The Western Tharsis...deposit A ‘high sulphidation’ Cu–Au deposit in the Mt Lyell field, of possible Ordovician age DL Huston & J...Western Tharsis deposit in the Mt Lyell Cu–Au district of western Tasmania has been reinterpreted as an Ordovician...Jerrabomberra Ave & Hindmarsh Dr Symonston ACT 2609 AUSTRALIA Internet: www.agso.gov.au Chief Executive Officer...jasper (yellow and red). Sample from Western Australia; supplied by Dean Hoatson. 2 AGSO Research Newsletter
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 ..................................................408 408 409 414 414 415 415 ABSTRACT The Mount Lyell Mines, discoveredin 1883 and first worked unsuccess-
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...referenced. Oliver L. Raymond 11 ABSTRACT The Prince Lyell copper - gold - silver deposit occurs in the...Volcanic Complex of the Mt Read Volcanics at Queenstown, Tasmania. The southern portion of the deposit comprises...depth by the Owen Conglomerate along the Great Lyell fault. The disseminated and stringer pyrite - chalcopyrite
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
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...of the reservesand productionis currentlyfrom Prince Lyell and the A lens.More than 1 million metrictons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chronostratigraphy of the Mount Read Volcanic Belt in Western Tasmania, Australia: Implications for VHMS... University of Tasmania, Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract The Middle Cambrian Mount Read Volcanics...Volcanics of western Tasmania, Australia, host several world-class volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) deposits...volcanic and intrusive rock units from throughout the Mount Read Volcanics and underlying mafic-ultramafic complexes...interpreted to underlie the Mount Read Volcanics. Magmatism in the central Mount Read Volcanics lasted at
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
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
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 about19•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...Pastproducer 61.0 Age Cu type Mount Chalmers Mount Morgan Reward Mount Lyell: Lyell Blow PrinceLyell NorthLyell
Survey Bulletin 73 A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill...Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved...the publisher in writing. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Bottrill, R
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
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
University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W., Australia ELSEVIER Amsterdam - Lausanne - New York - Oxford...(Canada) and the University of New South Wales 2 (Australia). To facilitate comparison and correlation most...productive and barren terrain. Part III: Local and Mine Scale Exploration — geochemical responses around...AND COMMODITY SELECTION OTHER OPTIONS purchase of mine, prospect, etc. acquisition of regional scale geological...EXPLORATION SELECTION OF REGION SELECTION OF DISTRICT o o o t> o o [ 1 reconnaissance exploration
Report (issue)
MONOGRAPH 17 of Somepats oe ilar ce| + in Australia mail iii DOOO38J0754 oA., eet OF ROME prhge...DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Cover Picture—The Argyle Diamond mine Photo by courtesy of Ashton Mines Limited ...DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Editors K. R. GLASSON J. H. RATTIGAN INCORPORATED...House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 1990 © Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN ...any of its publications | National Library of Australia Card No. ISBN 6 949106 57 7 Typeset by Abb-typesetting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Neoproterozoic Adelaidean sequences, northeastern South Australia Chris Clark a,*, Ben Grguric b, Andreas Schmidt... Adelaide, S.A. 5005, Australia b WMC Resources, Belmont, W.A. 6984, Australia c School of Earth and...Environmental Science, University of Adelaide, S.A. 5005, Australia Received 13 August 2003; accepted 2 April 2004...the Olary Domain (OD) of southeastern central Australia (Fig. 1), it is emphasised that there are broad...Proterozoic terrain located within eastern South Australia and western New South Wales (Fig. 1). Previous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of igneous rocks that become younger towards the coast (Fig. 1a; Zhou et al., 2006). Intrusive and volcanic...sulfides and fluorite. Wolframite, columbite, and molybdenite also occur in the granite porphyry, suggesting...Disseminations of abundant scheelite and minor molybdenite are common in the proximal garnet– diopside skarn...zone contains actinolite, abundant disseminated molybdenite, and minor scheelite (Fig. 3e). Calcite and fluorite...scheelite and molybdenite ores, and these can also host abundant scheelite and molybdenite (Figs 3c–e and
Book
Pllhlisiled ill the USA h)' Chapman (Iml Hall 29 West 35th Street, ,\Iou York ,\IY1O()() I © 1986 R....reasons for the approach taken Mineral deposit or mine? A genetic model as the basis for exploration The...Unconformity-type uranium deposits of the Northern Territory, Australia and Northern Saskatchewan, Canada Sandstone-hosted...to thank the Governors of the Camborne School of Mines and the following organizations for financial assistance...many geologists who have given their time during mine visits and responded to our queries. We have benefited
Report (volume)
fluorine content of sericite in the Henderson molybdenite deposit in Colorado. In addition, the possibility...core that clearly contained chalcopyrite and molybdenite in close proximity to white mica. Electron microprobe...feldspar, and sulfides (chalcopyrite, pyrite, and molybdenite). Most veins in the quartz-sericite alteration...replacement of biotite. Chalcopyrite, pyrite, and molybdenite are the predominant sulfides at Catheart Mountain...quartz-sericite zone. Molybdenite occurs as fine-grained disseminations, large rosettes, and molybdenite "stain,"
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Australia 4 Fırat University, Department of Geology...PT Adıyaman-Gölbaşı, Kılıçdağ-South of Hatay and west of Kilis regions (Fig 1b,c). The Koçali-Karadut...(Karimpour and Shafaroudi, 2005) and Gossan Hill (Australia) (Sharpe and Gemmell, 2002) deposits with high...Neoproterozoic Adelaiden sequences, southern South Australia. Ore Geology Reviews 25, 237-257. Claypool, G...zones surrounding Kuroko deposits in the Hokuroku district, PT Northern Akita, as submarine hydrothermal-diagenetic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Introduction The Xiong’ershan–Waifangshan gold ore district forms part of the East Qinling polymetallic metallogenic...Craton (NCC). The EQPMB is the largest Mo ore district in the world, as well as a very important Au and... 2016). The Xiong’ershan–Waifangshan gold ore district, which is located on the southern margin of the...margin 5 of the NCC, is a major Au-Mo-Pb-Zn district in China. It is bounded by the Machaoying, San–Bao...Yangtze Craton extends along an approximately east-west strike for more than 200 km and dips to the north;
Book (edition)
= we <3 ‘ ; ? MAIN MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA Da ae ww) Rum Jungleu — Nabarl Jabiluka Ranger...Rockhampton at Nok telkel/ Ri EV SSE NSek Queenstown (Mt Lyell) = es : [Aberfoyle Relanyoral oe t...E., FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY (COAL MINES) U.K. AND N.S.W. Professor and Head of Department... University of New South Wales METHUEN OF AUSTRALIA THE ROCK MECHANIC (With apologies to William...revised edition first published 1978 by METHUEN OF AUSTRALIA 301 Kent Street, Sydney 2000 225 Swan Street,
 
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