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Chalcopyrite from
Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Danalite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Danalite at this locality.
Schorl1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Schorl at this locality.
Magnetite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Magnetite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:292126
Long-form Identifier:1:3:292126:6
GUID (UUID V4):e190774e-3076-4e84-9dac-56114a2dc570
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
2.2km (1.4 miles) Colebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.9km (1.8 miles) Koonya prospect, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
6.4km (3.9 miles) Renison Bell Mine (Renison Mine), North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
7.0km (4.3 miles) South Hercules Gold deposit, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
7.2km (4.5 miles) Curtin-Davis Mine, Ringville, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
8.6km (5.3 miles) Hecla Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
8.9km (5.6 miles) Ramsdale Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
9.6km (6.0 miles) Henty Mine, Tyndall Valley, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
9.8km (6.1 miles) Carbine mine (Great Northern Creek), North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
10.2km (6.3 miles) Mt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast 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)
Hydrothermal Rosebery Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Deposit and Granites in Western Tasmania, Australia I. R. Plimer...Newcastle, NSW, Australia E.Z. Company of Australasia, West Coast Mines, Rosebery, Tas., Australia With 7 Figures...stratiform massive Zn-Pb sulphide Rosebery deposit of western Tasmania is hosted by metamorphosed deformed...boron was an integral part of the ore fluids at Rosebery which precipitated tourmaline in exhalites immediately...post-cleavage Rosebery Fault and tourmaline-bearing pyrrhotite-pyrite replacement of the Rosebery orebody derived
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on the Rosebery, Mount Farrell and Mount Lyell Ores, Tasmania M. SOLOMON University of Tasmania, Hobart...Hobart, Australia T. A. RAttER Institute of Nuclear Sciences, DSIR, Lower Hutt, New Zealand M. L. JENSEN...distributions of oxygen and sulphur isotopes in the Rosebery, Mount Farrell, and Mount Lyell ores. These ores...in Cambrian geosynclinal volcanic rocks in West Tasmania. At each locality the sulphur of the sulphide...(mainly pyrite-chalcopyrite) has an average 8a*S value of -k 7.0O/oo, the main lode at Rosebery (pyrite-s
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...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...deposits at Rosebery and Mt. Lyell in the Mt. Read mineral province of western Tasmania. At Rosebery, part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VHMS deposits in the RoseberyHercules district, western Tasmania: implications for gold mineralisation...Exploration Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia With 14 Figures Received September...volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits of western Tasmania. These deposits have been affected by regional...Tabberabberan Orogeny. The southern end of the Rosebery deposit has undergone metasomatic replacement...intrusion. Sphalerite from VHMS deposits in the Rosebery district varies widely in colour, grain size and texture
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Selected Trace Elements at the RoseberyDeposit,Tasmania ROBERT N. SMITH OlympicDam Operations, P.O.Box150...SouthAustralia5725,Australia AND DAVID L. HUSTON GeologyDepartment,University of Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C...Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania7001,Australia Abstract Studiesof selectedelementsin the oresandwall rocksat the Ro...traceandmajorelements in wall rocks and ores. These distributions Mine Geology haveimportantimplications for exploration...daciticvolcani- 1987). 0361-0128/92/1333/706-1453.00 706 ROSEBERY DEPOSIT,TASMAHIA: TRACEELEMEHTS :I^ A t- v •
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Orebody, Rosebery,Tasmania DAVID L. HUSTON AND ROSS R. LARGE GeologyDepartment,Universityof Tasmania,G.P...P.O. Box252C, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract Studyof the spatialandmineralogical distributionof...baritemineralization, (3) in the upperpartsof pyrite-chalcopyrite pods(in general,pyritechalcopyrite podsaregoldpoor)...of the Mount Read volcanic belt, of this type (Rosebery,Hellyer, Hercules,and Que within a sequenceof...centralvolcaniccomplex ductionandreservesat the Roseberyminein west- (Fig. 1). Although the Roseberydeposit is Cambrian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicGeology Vol. 82, 1987, pp. 1239-1258 District-ScaleAlteration Associatedwith MassiveSulfideDepositsin...MassiveSulfideDepositsin the Mount Read Volcanics, Western Tasmania C. J. EASTOE, Departmentof Ceosciences, Universityof...Bureau of Mineral Resources,P.O. Box 378, Canberra,Australia 2601 AND J. L. WALSHE Departmentof Geology,AustralianNational...mineralizedareasof the Mount Read Volcanics defines a district-wide zonation which is subconformable with massive...mostsyngeneticdepositsandsedimentarylensesin the Rosebery-Hercules area may lie on a singlehosthorizonand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Research, University of Tasmania, GPOBox252-79,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia D. L. HUSTON, Australian... ACT2601,Australia AND R. R. I_•RGE Centre for OreDeposit Research, University of Tasmania, GPOBox252-79...GPOBox252-79,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia Abstract TheRosebery deposit inwestern Tasmania isapolymetallic...consists ofthreeprimary zones: a lowermost pyrite-chalcopyrite zone,overlain bya sphalerite-galena + pyritezone...zones arealsopresent: (1)amagnetite-biotite + chalcopyrite zone,(2) a pyrrhotite-pyrite zone,and(3) a tourmaline-quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1086-1101 The Geologyand Originof the Rosebery Ore Deposit, Tasmania R. L. BRATttWAITE Abstract The st...strataboundsphalerite-pyrite-galena-chalcopyrite and barite ore bodiesat Rosebery occurin a siltstonelens within...In respect to ore typesandassociated rocksthe Rosebery depositis comparable to the Kurokodepositsof Japan...Pyroclasticrocksof the Mt. Read Volcanic Roseberyin West Tasmania(Fig. 1) is a strata.- Arc are hostsfor pyritic-copperore...sociated with silicic Lyell, 20 miles southof Rosebery. The Mr. Read pyroclasticrocks. The depositwas
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...The Zeehanand Dundas silver-leadfields and the Rosebery-Herculesdepositswere developedduring the 1890s;cassiterite...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)
and mineralization, Rosebery Zn-Pb-Cu and Mount Lyell Cu deposits, Tasmania, Australia C. Perkins Department...AustralianNational University,Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia Received: 5 October 1994/Accepted: 29 March 1995...muscovite from the Rosebery Zn-Pb-Cu and Mount Lyell Cu deposits, Tasmania, Australia, has determined a...Devonian Tabberabberan Orogeny. The dates from Rosebery range from ~400-390 Ma, are a minimum age for...-400 Ma. All pre-Devonian alteration micas in the Rosebery and Mount Lyell areas have been recrystallized
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...Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Current Current mine Pastproducer Pastproducer Pastproducer Pastproducer
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...Erzarten ist in den Unter-Paliiozoischen Gesteinen yon West-Tasmanien (Australien) vorhanden, welches im siidlichen...sphalerite and galena, and of selenium between chalcopyrite and galena. For successful application of the...metallogenic province by studying the trace elements in chalcopyrite and sphalerite. It may also be possible in an
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Read Volcanicsbetween Que River and Mount Darwin, Tasmania M. SOLOMON, Bureauof Mineral Resources, G. P.O...O. Box378, Canberra,A. C. T. 2601, Australia C. J. EASTOE, Departmentof Geosciences, Universityof Arizona...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...eitherstratiformexhalativebodiesor epigeneticfeedersystems (e.g.,Rosebery,MountLyell, QueRiver).Otherswereformedat depthduringthe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, The University of Tasmania, G.P.O. Box 252C, Hobart, Tas. 7001 (Australia) (Received August 26, 1987;...volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits (Rosebery and Hellyer in Tasmania, Mt. Chalmers in Queensland and Millenbach...part of zinc-rich massive sulphide lenses (e.g. Rosebery and Hellyer), and (2) a gold-copper association...ores than in copper ores. Vivallo Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia 19.4 m.t. at 0.749 Cu, 16.29 Zn, 5...Large (submitted t o Econ. Geol.) Bellyer, Tasmania, Australia 19 m.t. at 0.4% Cu, 139 Zn, 79 Pb, 160 g/t
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Ore Depositat Rosebery,Tasmania G. R. GREEN, TasmaniaGeologicalSurveq,Departmentof...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...Introduction THE volcanic-hosted massivesulfidedepositat Rosebery (145ø $$'S,41ø 46'E) is relativelylarge.Up to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Research, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia b Instituto Geológico...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...Flat (New South Wales), Hercules and Que River (Tasmania), and Tharsis and the orebodies at Aljustrel (Spain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold-rich seafloor massive sulphide deposits of Tasmania By Ross LARGE,Hobart*) With 13 figures Zusammenfassung...LSsungen. Die Anreicherung yon SulfidlagerstStten: Rosebery, Hercules, Que River und HellyGold in den hSher...zentralen Vulkanitlen bei Hellyer, Que River und Rosebery resultiert aus einer komplexes, eines K-reichen...prim:,iren Sulfidlaminationzu unter- deposits (Rosebery, Hercules, Que River and Hellyer) occur scheiden...Form und einen schwach entwickelten Schlot. Die Tasmania. The Central Volcanic Complex which is host to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
andMineralogy, P.O.Box136,NorthRyde,NewSouthWales2113,Australia Abstract Leadisotopemeasurements of 13 deposits...the Cambrianvolcanogenic deposits(MountLyell, Rosebery,Hercules,Que River,Hellyer) differby morethan...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...-FELDSPAR -PHYRIC VOLCANICLASTICS, LAVAS, INTRUSIVES TASMANIA 010 20 3?km '•,' i ELLIOTT OAY I I FIG.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Studies, University of Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia RALPHS. BOTYRILL, Tasmanian...Department of Mines,P.O.Box56, RosnyPark,Tasmania 7018,Australia ROBERTA. CB•,V.I,MAN, R. A. CreelmanandAssociates...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)
81, 1986, pp. 1341-1355 The MurchisonGorge, Tasmania, a PossibleCrossSectionthrough a CambrianMassiveSulfideSystem...Resources, P.O. Box 378, Canberra,A.C.T. 2601, Australia C. J. EASTOE, Departmentof Geosciences, Universityof...Canberra,A.C.T. 2601, Australia Abstract The MurchisonGorge,northeastof Roseberyin Tasmania, is believedto...quartz,calcite,K-feldspar, chlorite,hematite,chalcopyrite, pyrite,(c),sericite,quartz, chlorite,calcite...Sequence • Central Belt, granite I HELLYER RIVER MINE economicdepositsoccurin the Mt. ReadVolcanics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RailwayCompanyLimited, Queenstown, Tasmania7467,Australia Abstract The CambrianMt. Read Volcanicsare currentlybeing...similartype to thosecurrently producing(Mt. Lyell, Rosebery, andHercules),all of whichresultedfrom discoveries...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...Mt. Bischoff in 1871. vicinityof Queenstown and Rosebery, to a largedeThe discoverydates and subsequentproduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by Replacementof Folds: The Hercules Pb-Zn Mine, Tasmania DOMINGO G. A. M. AERDEN* Geology Department...NorthQueensland, Townsville, Queensland 4811,Australia Abstract The HerculesPb-Zn depositconsists of...quartz-• chlorite-• pyriteII -• (sphalerite-galena-chalcopyrite). Pb isotopeagedataare consistent with the derivationof...theRoseconsists of Cu-Pb-Znmassive sulfidedepositsthatare bery mine (Aerden, 1991, 1992) supports a syntecgenerallyregardedas...Roseberyorebody.AerdenpreCu-Pb-Zndepositsare the Rosebery,Mount Lyell, sentsevidencefor the emplacementof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Base Metal Sulfide Deposits at Rosebery and Western Tharsis, Tasmania, and Highway-Reward, Queensland...Research, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia DAVID HUSTON, JULIANNE...Organisation, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia NICK MERRY, AND SASHA PONTUAL Ausspec International...Box 2235, Kew MDC, Melbourne, Victoria 3101, Australia Abstract Spectral analysis of rock samples by...felsic volcanic rocks in the Mount Read Volcanics, Tasmania, and the Mount Windsor subprovince, North Queensland
 
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