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Cassiterite from
Orient Mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Orient Mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1016170
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1016170:8
GUID (UUID V4):a5a7f4ba-cd13-4067-8732-ca0d3ba2fdeb
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Kelvin and Maynes tin mine, Trial Harbour district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.0km (1.3 miles) Sweeney's mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.4km (1.5 miles) Globe Mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
3.9km (2.5 miles) Montagu mine (Donaghues Workings; Mr M. Bullens Mine; Mulcahy and Bullen; Section 6660M), Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
4.1km (2.5 miles) Federation workings, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
4.1km (2.5 miles) Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
6.0km (3.7 miles) Cliff Mine, Trial Harbour district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
6.4km (4.0 miles) Cornwall Mine, Trial Harbour district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
9.0km (5.6 miles) Queen Hill prospect (Stormsdown), Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
9.1km (5.6 miles) Oonah Mine, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
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Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN No . 21 The South Heemskirk Tin Field BY L. LAWRY WATERHOUS E, B .E., Assistant...153 A.-Tin Ores: (1) Quartz - Tourmaline - Cassiterite ' -cins ........ . ........ . .. . (2) Quartz-quartzose...Quartz-quartzose Veins ..... ' ..... . (3) Pyritic Cassiterite Deposits (4) Pinitoid Veins ....... . (5) Gcciscn...'Virelcss T(>legraphy VI. -TR~; HISTORY OF MINING ON THE FIELD 153 159 160 168 170 171 177 181 182 185...Munro (the Federation Tin Mine) (i) Allison's 'Vorkings (near Federation Tin Mine) (3) Se(·tion 3276M, 2
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...IV. Metallurgy and Chemistry V. Mineralogy VI. Mining and Milling 187 II. ^ * 226 234 VII. Statistics...localities. No monographic work covered the field, for many discoveries and great developments
Journal (issue)
rock. 3 x 1 ½ . . • . . . . • . . . . 2 .00 - CASSITERITE, Bolivia. Xld. and massive. 2 'h x 1 ½ (8 oz...and stalaetitlc. 4 x 2 x 2 2.00 BISMUTHINITE, Tasmania. Xlline. mass w. some Quartz. 3 x 2 ¼ . . . ....xld., Cornwall. Very good. 3 ½ x 2 ½ .. AXINITE, Tasmania. Xlline. w. some xis. 3 x 2 x 2 . ........ . ...................................302 SOME LOST MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NEW ENGLAND. CALCITE AND BARITE FROM..........................310 ROCKS AND MINERALS OF MT. RAINIER NATIONAL PARK. By T ed Danoer .........
Book (edition)
THAT NEVER ENDED. ~~ ¢ A History of Australian Mining GEOFFREY BLAINEY Kimberley (cetera! OSE ...THAT RUSH NEVER ENDED A History of Australian Mining GEOFFREY MELBOURNE BLAINEY UNIVERSITY PRESS...with minor corrections, but the boom in Australian mining now calls for a larger revision. To this edition...ten thousand words have been added on the new mining fields. A few corrections have also been made...noted that the book covered the main branches of mining except coal; the simplest definition of the book
Book (edition)
1963, 1969, 1978, 1993 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Blainey, Geoffrey...6. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Australia—History. 2. Mineral industries—Australia—History. I. Title...later; but within a few years the boom in Australian mining made the final chapters seem antiquated. Accordingly...in 1969, a long chapter was written on the new mining fields. At the same time some dates and statistics...original book was almost entirely concerned with metal mining, the discoveries of the 1960s—including oil and
Report (issue)
-------------------Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica __________ _ Australia ____ --------------...New South Wales _______ _ South Australia ____ -------------------Tasmania ______ ----------------------Victoria...ria ___ ---------------------------_ Western Australia ___ ------------------New Zealand ______ ----...____________________ _ Southwestern Alaska _______________ _ West-central Alaska ________________ _ Arizona _____...of the Atlantic coast ___________________ _ Present beaches and deltas of the gulf coast----------------------------
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D U N D E R T H E D I R E C T I O N O F T H E MINERAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE O F T H E I M P E R I A L I...the Imperial Institute with the advice of the Mineral Resources Committee, show the chief British Countries...D U N D E R T H E D I R E C T I O N O F T H E MINERAL RESOURCES C O M M I T T E E O F T H E I M P E R...192I ALLRIGHTS RESERVED IMPERIAL INSTITUTE MINERAL SECTION THE Imperial Institute is a centre f o...the Public Exhibition Galleries, and also in the Mineral Reference Collections of the Institute. A special
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Dimensions in the captions refer to the entire gem or mineral; however, in some cases only a portion is shown... living organisms rocks such as granite. The mineral grains in these rocks are actually crystals, but...are yet these crystals are considered to be a mineral called crystal structures. Natural crystals formed... Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals encompass...structure is called a mineral species and has a specific name. More than 4,500 mineral species are known
Report (volume)
Mineral Deposit • • u.s. . ' Models ' GEOLOGICA'L 'SURVEY BULLETIN 1693 I AVAILABILITY OF...Alaska--4230 University Dr., Rm. 101 ANCHORAGE, Alaska--605 West 4th Ave., Rm G-84 DENVER, Colorado--Federal Bldg... SPOKANE, Washington--U.S. Courthouse, Rm. 678, West 920 Riverside Ave. WASHINGTON, D.C.--U.S. Department...Alaska--New Federal Buildmg, Twelfth Ave. 101 • Mineral Deposit Models DENNIS P. COX and DON.ALD A. SINGER...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineral deposit models (U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Journal (issue)
World I Preeiclent, OK• W. Bodelaen 219 E. Mah, St. Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Director of Tours, Richmoall ll. Myen...systems; to revive a 1eneral interest in minerals and mineral collecting; to instruct beginners as to how a collection...to keep an accurate and permanent record of all mineral localit ies and minerals found there and to print...endeavor to secure the practical conservation of mineral localit ies and unusual rock formations. Ever............ 2 A SURVEY OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM MINERAL COLLECTION. By Davd M . Sea,nan ..............
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mineralo- authority provides cultural beryl: and mineral collectors. here sciences, yet eminently facet...on the and beryl uses the techno- fora mineral only for and literature of A the Era, highly... and 175 Chemical Field Tests, 121 172 of 173 Decomposition Other Field lons, 172 172 of...Argentina, 361 Lapidary Treatment for Cabochons, Australia, 363 331 Austria, Beryl Carvings, 332 Faceted...Swaziland, Surinam (Dutch Guiana), 508 Ivory Coast, 462 Sweden, Japan, 462 Switzerland, 510 Tanzania
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list feb : s -921 \ \ 7 ' y' Magame Mining PUBLISHED AT SALISBURY HOUSE, LONDON. (INDEX...Minor, Mineral Resources of Associated Nigerian Tin Mines Plant Aurora West and Selective Mining Aurora...Aurora West United Australian Institute of Science and Industry Report (m.d.) 8, (m.d.) Report Australian...Australian Mining in 1919. Australian Mining, What is the matter with R. T. Hancock Azimuth, McElroy's Formula...refer to notices of articles under the heading" Mining Digest." Cyaniding (m.d.) Baku Oil Wells, Bolshevists
Journal (issue)
and M ine rals Association • A Magazine for Mineral ogists, Geologists and Collecto rs 35c Vol. 22...•••••• •.•••.••• • •••••••••...••••••••••• 2 50 CASSITERITE, La Villeder, France. Large bright twin xi. 3R...and massive. 2 2 x 1 2 t 8 oz .) ..... . 3.00 CASSITERITE pseudo. after ORTHOCLASE, Cornwall . Sharp twin...solid . . . . . 2.50 COLORADOITE, Kalgoorlie. W. Australia. W . Gold in rock. I 1'4 x l ... . 2.S0 MIMETITE...• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3.00 CROCOITE, Tasmania. Brilliant x is. on matrix. 2 ½ x 1 ½. Very good
Journal (issue)
MINERAL EXCHANGE BULLETIN 1 rnoNA-osawivauey -* ---------------- • •£v ; ^ '....ft ROCKS: Rough, slabbed, or finished stones. Mineral sets. ft Art of Gem Cutting; fourth edition Chambers...Thomas Viv Allen T. E. Thorp Copyright 1950 by the Mineral Exchange Bulletin CONTENTS •. Personally Speaking...Yogo Sapphire Mine Reopened 4 Alpha Counters 5 Berkeley Cass iter ite "Nugget11 5 Mineral Reflectivity...Picture: Darwin Falls Canyon BELOW THE FALLS LOOKING WEST, NEAR Darwin (courtesy Calif. Div. Mines) Other
Journal (issue)
GR.APmTE MINE Portera Corners, Near Saratoga, N. Y. Featured in This Issue Osmiridium Mining in Tasmania...By David Modell A NON-TECHNICAL MAGAZINE - -ON- MINING · PROSPECTING • GEOLOGY - MINERALOGY • . THE...proceeds are here added to the fund. The Rocb and Mineral, Monthly F William C . McKinley, Peoria, Illinois... ROCI\S and MINERALS A NON-TECH NICAL MAGAZINE ---ON-MINING-PROSPECTING-GEOLOGY-MINERALOGY Published Quarterly...19. 1926 Contents for March, 1931 Osmiridium Mining in 'l'asmania. Bu P. Orm11bu Lennon . . . . .
Book (edition)
especially distinctive from those of the entire gem mineral species under which the properties are, of course...is better quality lapis lazuli from Badakshan district, of Afghanistan, or 2 DICTIONARY OF GEMS...pearl. True pearl found in small quantities on east coast of Africa between Zanzibar and Inhambane. African...fashioned and prized by the negroes of West African coast. Red, blue or violet. Has also been fished...Altered rhodonite (Dwight). alalite (al’a-lite). A mineral. Same as diopside. alaqueca (Span.). Bloodstone
Journal (issue)
mass. 3x2x 1. 110 oz I ...... ...... . 2 .00 CASSITERITE, Cornwall. Xld . on mass. 2 ¾ x2 . . . . . ....UNDER. PART I. By / ohn N. Train er.... EXPEDITION TO MT. APATITE, MAINE. By Constance P. Trott ...................................... ARIZONA STATE FAIR MINERAL SHOW. By Ida Sn1ith ............................................................ WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES ... .. .............. ......... .....liV. CJa,,k ............ GLYCERINE POPULAR lN AUSTRALIA ...... ........... .. .......... .......... .
Book
Cook, The Australian Gemmologist and Queensland Mining Journal. Other kind folk helped us with our illustrations...Guild, and other lapidary clubs at meetings, and on field trips. May there be many more of them! Nance and...Printing Co Ltd, Tokyo. National Library of Australia Cataloguing in Publication data Perry, Nance Australian...colourbook series). ISBN 0 589 07012 6. I. Gems - Australia - Identification. I. Perry, Ron.joint author....minerals and gems of Australia. PREFACE gemmologists, mineralogists in a specialised field, who are able to
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Street, Sydney Sydney NSW NSW 2010, 2010, Australia Australia MINERALOGICAL NOTES: No. X. BY C. ANDI...Wales. (PIs. i., ii.) Beryl is a fairly common mineral in the granite area of New England, occurring both...in the Torrington district, and in a previous paperl crystals from Hefl'ernan's Mine in this locality...greater complexity have been obtained from this mine and others in the vicinity, and are here described...Australian Museum collection, coming however from another mine in the neighbourhood, consists of a mass of fractured
Journal (issue)
from the pe-gyas received from Madaya (Mandalay District), I{yaukse, Monywa, Katha, Tharrawaddy, and Falam...experimented with was obtained from the Mandalay District. In this case, the reaped seeds had an appearance...used to some extent by local waggon-makers and in mining, and that it is impervious to the attacks of white...such places where duka trees occur in the North West, Pomeroon and Demerara River Districts, the average...colour was pale dull red, somewhat resembling that of West African cedar, to which the wood was also similar
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130 Arab Republic of Egypt 132 Argentina 132 Australia 133 Austria 135 Brazil 135 Bulgaria 155 Canada...made a comprehensive study of this important gem mineral. This project then provided a challenge to collect...Brazil; Ora M.H. Falabella, Brazil; Dr T. Lee, Australia; Sr W. Leite, Brazil; Dr M. Menzies, Canada; Mr...Brazil, Sri Lanka; Jos plateau, Nigeria; Volyn district, Ukraine, and numerous pegmatites throughout the...well. What the ancients may have known about the mineral topaz, and what they believed about their topazos
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• $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949) 494-7695 ............................................... 3 MINING IN CHINA Berthold Ottens .................................................................. 13 MINERAL DEALING Berthold Ottens ............................................................. 17 DAOPING MINE Guanghua Liu and Berthold Ottens .................OUR SPECIAL DONORS for this issue: PHILIP RUST MINERAL TRUST, IN MEMORY OF RICHARD A. BIDEAUX SANDOR FUSS
Book (edition)
developments and discoveries in the gemological field, since publication of the third edition in 1947...especially distinctive from those of the entire gem mineral species under which the properties IX are, of...pearl. True pearl found in small quantities on east coast of Africa between Zanzibar and Inhambane. African...lazuli from BadakFrom all of these the Chinese shan district, of Afghanistan, or fashion small images, miniature...and fashioned and prized by the negroes of West African coast. Red, blue akabar. agate opal. See opal
Report (issue)
An Exploration in Mineral Supply Chain Mapping Using Tantalum as an Example By Yadira Soto-Viruet, W...J.F., and Yager, T.R., 2013, An exploration in mineral supply chain mapping using tantalum as an example:.......................................... 2 World Mine Production .......................................follows: °F=(1.8×°C)+32 iv An Exploration in Mineral Supply Chain Mapping Using Tantalum as an Example...tantalum (Ta) to investigate the complexity of mineral and metal supply chains in general and show how
Journal (volume)
Occurrence its . " " On On in Australia," ..... mineral occurring on Clarke Granite, Scolecite... 85 Financial Statement, 1886-87 93 Report Field Naturalists' Section 87 Presidential Address ...Miss Beanland, of Brisbane. DONATIONS. " The Mineral Resources of Central From Mr. W. C. Freeman. by...conveyed news that the latter had died in the district of Calcutta on the 4th of November last. The...Gympie, and Roma. He was next 'ocated in the Logan district. Occupied from day to day with the duties connected
 
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