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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon 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:373041
Long-form Identifier:1:3:373041:6
GUID (UUID V4):216a9877-7049-4147-acff-2bedcf7e17c9
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
1.1km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
32.5km (20.2 miles) ā“˜Renison Bell Mine (Renison Mine), North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
35.4km (22.0 miles) ā“˜Sweeney's mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
37.3km (23.2 miles) ā“˜Federation workings, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
50.9km (31.6 miles) ā“˜Jane River goldfield, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
70.8km (44.0 miles) ā“˜Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
73.4km (45.6 miles) ā“˜Savage River Mines, Corinna-Savage River 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 Ā©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 (article/letter/editorial)
for the Genesis of Cu-Au Deposits, Mount Lyell Field, Western Tasmania DAVID L. HUSTONā€  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
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)
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 THIā€¢ 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)
High-Precision U-Pb Zircon Chronostratigraphy of the Mount Read Volcanic Belt in Western Tasmania, Australia: Implications... 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...thermal ionization mass spectroscopy (ID-TIMS) U-Pb zircon method to obtain highly precise crystallization...volcanic and intrusive rock units from throughout the Mount Read Volcanics and underlying mafic-ultramafic complexes
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)
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)
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 \'ā€¢-'ā€¢-ā€¢T ā€¢ LYELL ā€¢ MOUNT READ VOLCANICS TYNDALL GROUP CORRELATES AND...INTRUSIVES TASMANIA 010 20 3?km 'ā€¢,' i ELLIOTT OAY I I FIG. l. Geologicsketchmapfor the Mount Readvolcanicbelt
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...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 ā€” 1968 1968 and Papua New Ed. C.L. Knight 1974...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 2. Coal 7
Journal (issue)
early-19th century geological map of the Peak District by John Farey 69 Front cover: The apron reef...Tony Waltham. Reports Membersā€™ Evening, 2012: Mines and quarries database: Don Cameron Mining at Alderley...Mercia Mudstone at the opencast pit of Bantycock Mine, at Balderton, south of Newark. Photos by David... Supplement The geological setting of the lead mines of the Hucklow, Eyam, Stoney Middleton and Longstone...Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. at Preese Hall on the Fylde coast, Lancashire. An investigation conļ¬rmed that the
Book (edition)
1963, 1969, 1978, 1993 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Blainey, Geoffrey...84557 6. 1. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”Australiaā€”History. 2. Mineral industriesā€”Australiaā€”History. I...tapping of natural gas on the North-West Shelf, the emergence of Australia as the worldā€™s largest producer...the finding of the huge Olym- field in South Australia, the swift revival of gold downs of uranium...century Australia has been one of the worldā€™s important mining countries, but no history of the mines has
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 worldā€™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 Australiaā€™s steel
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 Ā© 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
Report (issue)
MONOGRAPH 17 of Somepats oe ilar ce| + in Australia mail iii DOOO38J0754 oA., eet OF ROME prhge...DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Cover Pictureā€”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 Ā© Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN ...any of its publications | National Library of Australia Card No. ISBN 6 949106 57 7 Typeset by Abb-typesetting
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 ā€” 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Depositat Rosebery,Tasmania G. R. GREEN, TasmaniaGeologicalSurveq,Departmentof Mines, G.P.O. Box 124B,...Tasmania7001, Australia M. SOLOMON, ANDJ. L. WALSHE Departmentof Geologq,Universitqof Tasmania,G.P.O. Box252C...Box252C, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract The Roseberypyritic zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold orebodyoccursin...massive sulfidehorizonand in the southernpart of the mine there is a generalizedmetal zonation with a lower...(1975), and Adams et al. (1976) have de- scribedthe mine geologyand provideda framework for the presentstudywhich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposit in the Argolis peninsula (abandoned pyrite mines in Ermioni) (Robertson et al., 1987) and the metamorphosed...Peonias Subzone to the east, the Almopias to the west and the Paikon Subzone in the center (Mercier, 1968)...SKARPELIS rocks were formed in an oceanic basin located west of the Paikon Subzone that subducted eastwards underneath...Peonias marginal basin from the Almopias ocean to the west (BĆ©bien et al., 1994; Brown and Robertson, 2003)...(Mercier, 1968; FerriĆØre et al., 2001). A 155 Ā± 2 Ma zircon age obtained by applying the Secondary Ion Mass
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)
Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia *Corresponding author address: State Key Laboratory...southern margin of Asian Plate and is located to the west of southern Tibet, separated from the southern Tibet...Mineral exploration and mining development, Chitral District: submitted to Sarhad Development Authority, Peshawar...Neoproterozoic Adelaidean sequences, northeastern South Australia. Ore Geology Reviews. 25, 237-257. Clavarino,...lithospheric thinning in the central North China Craton: Zircon Uā€“Pb and S-He-Ar isotopic record from magmatism
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia *Corresponding author Email address: lisr@cugb...measured as 29.66g/t. Li C.L. et al. (2013) reported zircon U-Pb geochronology and geochemistryof the wall-rocks...cracks and disseminated sulfides (Fig 4a). The U-Pb zircon age ofļ¼ˆ113.7Ā±1.8ļ¼‰Ma andļ¼ˆ114.8Ā±1.9ļ¼‰Ma for emplacement...Neoproterozoic Adelaidean sequences, northeastern South Australia. Ore Geology Reviews. 25, 237-257. Clayton,...Hui, Q.U., Zhao, Z.H., Xu, G.Z., Wang, Z., 2013. Zircon U-Pb ages, geochemical characteristics and tectonic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
or along microfractures in sulfides and quartz. Zircon Uā€“Pb geochronology of the granite porphyry around...westward subduction of the Pacific Plate. Keywords: Zircon Uā€“Pb geochronology; Rbā€“Sr isotopic dating; In situ...Introduction The Xiongā€™ershanā€“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 Xiongā€™ershanā€“Waifangshan gold ore district, which is located on the southern margin of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the world, such as the Hamersley Basin in Australia, the Elliot Lake area in Canada or the Bababudan...Minter et al. 1990). The world-class iron ore district of the QuadrilƔtero Ferrƭfero is composed from...about 2.58 Ga as indicated by U-Pb ages of detrital zircon grains (Hartmann et al. 2006). Sedimentation took...the Rio das Velhas greenstone belt. Elliot Lake district, Canada In the Elliot Lake area, U-rich, pyrite-bearing...Fralick and Miall 1989; Young et al. 2001). In the west, the mainly volcanic Thessalon and the underlying
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz porphyry of the Huangshaping deposit, with zircon Uā€“Pb ages consistent with the quartz porphyry and...reduced, as indicated by Ce(IV)/Ce(III) ratios in zircon (Li et al., 2014b) and the Fe(III)ā€“ Fe(II)ā€“Mg discrimination...of igneous rocks that become younger towards the coast (Fig. 1a; Zhou et al., 2006). Intrusive and volcanic...contain similar accessory minerals, including primary zircon and apatite, and secondary sulfides and fluorite...feldspar and quartz phenocrysts, and primary euhedral zircon and apatite are common accessory minerals (Ding
 
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