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Chert from
Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Chert
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chert data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1438793
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1438793:3
GUID (UUID V4):64b9d26b-7c56-4cd0-9fc9-bbebe23fdbc1
Nearest other occurrences of Chert
0.6km (0.4 miles) South Hercules Gold deposit, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
22.6km (14.0 miles) Comstock Chert prospect, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
64.5km (40.1 miles) Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
Read Volcanics, Western Tasmania K. D. CORBETT GeologicalSurveyof Tasmania,G.P.O., Box 124B, Hobart...Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract Most of the known sulfide mineralization in the Mt. Read Volcanics...occursin the 85-km-long sedimentarysequencesto the west. The Cambrian weredepositedin a seriesof complexbasins...field beingQue River,discov- trough is boundedto the west by poly-foldedbut late Proterozoic quartzered in...1980).This unit passes succession logicalSurveyof Tasmania,the Universityof Tas- conformablyup into a thick
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
Book
# ' 'M & va ;>1 MINERALS All GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA v. AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER...LANCASTER Si "s MINERALS All :' GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER The author...Lancaster — panning for osmiridium at the “Clay Bank”, west of Adamsfield. Published by GEMCRAFT PUBLICATIONS...National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0909223 04 1 Printed in Australia by Quadricolor Industries...^iiS- ‘RL^er A.d>'CT" H*y*noubh .Rossarden .Rosebery •Av/oca •Itaweena KtmsonBell* *CoicbrookHdl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BELT SYSTEM IN TASMANIA P . L . F . C O L L I N S a n d E. W I L L I A M S Tasmania Geological Survey...of Mines, p.o. Box 56. Rosny Park, Tasm. 7018 (Australia) (Accepted for publication January 13, 1986 )...in Tasmania. In: E. Scheibner (Editor). Metallogeny and Tectonic Development of Eastern Australia. Ore...Ore Geol. Rev., 1 : 153--201. In western Tasmania, Precambrian sedimentary sequences form the basement...the meridional Dundas Trough, is flanked to the west by the Rocky Cape region of Precambrian rocks within
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)
MassiveSulfideDeposits in the Cambrian Mount Read Volcanics,Tasmania K. D. CORBETT Department of MinesandMineralResources...Hobart,Tasmania 7018,Australia Abstract The Cambrian Mount Read Volcanics of western Tasmania host the...sivesulfide(VHMS)deposits at Hellyer,Que River,Rosebery,Hercules,andMountLyell. The volcanicswere eruptedalong...and the portionof the belt exposedin southwest Tasmania(Fig. 1). The mapshave provideda large amountof...clasticsequences, Ordoviciancarbonates, andSiluroof Western Tasmania Devonian clastic sequences.Both terranes were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Submarine Volcanic Successions: Some Examples from Australia ROSS R. LARGE,† JOCELYN MCPHIE, J. BRUCE GEMMELL...Sciences, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Abstract Variations in...volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) districts of eastern Australia, the Cambrian Mount Read Volcanics and the Cambro-Ordovician...sheet-style polymetallic zinc-rich deposits such as Rosebery, Hellyer, Que River, and Thalanga are considered...volcaniclastic units directly below the sea floor (e.g., Rosebery). The footwall alteration associated with these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1086-1101 The Geologyand Originof the Rosebery Ore Deposit, Tasmania R. L. BRATttWAITE Abstract The st...e-galena-chalcopyrite and barite ore bodiesat Rosebery occurin a siltstonelens within rhyolitic tuffs...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
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 CAMBRIAN– 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 CAMBRIAN– 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)
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...average 8a*S value of -k 7.0O/oo, the main lode at Rosebery (pyrite-sphalerite-galenachalcopyrite) averages
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...massivesulfidedepositsat Que River, Roseberyand Hercules(Fe-Zn-Pb-Cutype), Mt. Lyell (Fe-Cu type), and...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
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)
gold-rich seafloor massive sulphide deposits of Tasmania By Ross LARGE,Hobart*) With 13 figures Zusammenfassung...Die Anreicherung yon SulfidlagerstStten: Rosebery, Hercules, Que River und HellyGold in den hSher gelegenen...zentralen Vulkanitlen bei Hellyer, Que River und Rosebery resultiert aus einer komplexes, eines K-reichen...iren Sulfidlaminationzu unter- deposits (Rosebery, Hercules, Que River and Hellyer) occur scheiden ist...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...Cambrianvolcanogenic deposits(MountLyell, Rosebery,Hercules,Que River,Hellyer) differby morethan 1 pe...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...PORRITT QUE RIVER ,,.. RENISON X' HENTY FAULT HERCULES MT MURCHISON ZONE .• 'k•.QUEEN HILL, ",•SPRAY
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)
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)
The PreciousMetal-Rich South Hercules Mineralization, Western Tasmania: A PossibleSubsea-Floor Repl...DepositandExplorationStudies,Universityof Tasmania,Hobart,Tasmania7001,Australia Abstract SouthHerculesis a newlydelineated...Volcanics belt, western Tasmania. The mineralization and alteration at the South Hercules deposithasbeendi...colloformaggregates of pyriteand compactmassivepyrite in chert. The siliceous_+stringersulfidezone is a silicifiedand...aschloridecomplexes. Introduction lies i km south of the main Hercules ore lenses. Drill- Tm• Cambrian Mount Read Volcanicsbelt
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)
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...and Captains Flat (New South Wales), Hercules and Que River (Tasmania), and Tharsis and the orebodies at
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)
90 64 x 65 xx 66 x67 80 x 55 85 Branco River West caldera 52 14 x13 57x x 54 70 Au x 59 61...Gray-vesicular meta-rhyolites interbedded with bedded meta-chert and metacinerites (volcanic cinders) Volcanic and...can be interbeded with epiclastic sediments or chert. The ore zone was affected mainly by a pervasive...silicification process that extends for more than 5 km west of the deposit. Besides silicification, other important...laterally to carbonate-chert followed by massive chert and/or argillitic chert. Locally, CTRh rocks have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of A p p l i e d G e o l o g y , Kensington, Australia A description is given of the mineralogy and...Introduction The Mt. Lyell copper district, situated on the west coast of Tasmania, is one of the oldest and...most p r o d u c t i v e copper districts in Australia. Since the inception of mining operations in 1883...yielded much new information on the geology of the district and has also p r o v i d e d an o p p o r t u...Lyell mine area is illustrated on the accompanying geologiThe geology of the Mt. Lyell district has been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Western Tasmania TIM CALLAGHAN†,* Centre for Ore Deposit Research, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79...252-79, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001 Abstract The Mount Julia-Henty gold deposits are a series of...mylonitized and the orebody is now located on the steeply west dipping, overturned limb of a broad, shallowly south...Introduction THE HENTY gold mine is located on the west coast of Tasmania, within the Cambrian Mount Read...Goldfields Exploration, P.O. Box 62, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia 7469. 0361-0128/01/3173/1073-16 $6.00 north
 
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