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Gold from
Adamsfield, Derwent Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Adamsfield, Derwent Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:160781
Long-form Identifier:1:3:160781:9
GUID (UUID V4):dfc21311-c799-45fa-819d-53493d3a44ad
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
48.5km (30.2 miles) ⓘForster Prospect, Weld river district, Huon-Channel region, Huon Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
67.2km (41.7 miles) ⓘElliot Bay district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
76.6km (47.6 miles) ⓘKing Hill gold mine, Cygnet district, Huon-Channel region, Huon Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
77.4km (48.1 miles) ⓘCygnet district, Huon-Channel region, Huon Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
77.4km (48.1 miles) ⓘMount Mary gold mine, Cygnet district, Huon-Channel region, Huon Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
78.6km (48.9 miles) ⓘLivingstone mine, Cygnet district, Huon-Channel region, Huon Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
79.9km (49.7 miles) ⓘForsters Rivulet, Lymington, Cygnet district, Huon-Channel region, Huon Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
84.2km (52.3 miles) ⓘLittle Oyster Cove goldfield, Kettering, Kingborough municipality, Tasmania, Australia
87.4km (54.3 miles) ⓘJukes Proprietary mine, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
94.3km (58.6 miles) ⓘRocky Boat Harbour Osmiridium Field, New River Lagoon district, Huon Valley 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 ŠCopyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...alloys from boninitic magmas: Evidence from western Tasmania a b David C. Peck , Reid R. Keays & Ramsey J...Vic., 3052, Australia c Formerly of the Department of Geology , University of Tasmania , GPO Box 252C...252C, Hobart, Tas., 7001, Australia Published online: 09 May 2007. To cite this article: David C. Peck...alloys from boninitic magmas: Evidence from western Tasmania, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An International
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...in copper, gold and silver, whereas in the north they are rich in zinc, lead, copper, gold and silver
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...nickelsulfideore(in Cambrian mafic-ultramaficrocks),and gold (in early Paleozoicmudstone-graywacke successions)...alsoacceleratedthe mining of gold from severalearlier discoveriesin northeastTasmania. In 1888 gold found besidecliffs...mineral- reconstruction of the land masses around Tasmania just prior to the openingof the TasmanSea in
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...panning for osmiridium at the “Clay Bank”, west of Adamsfield. Published by GEMCRAFT PUBLICATIONS PTY. LTD...National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0909223 04 1 Printed in Australia by Quadricolor Industries...SPECIMEN FIELDS — \ 27 Silver-lead mines; Tin mines; Gold mines; Copper mines; Nickel mines; Iron mines; Colebrook
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
this study were from the Cambrian Adamsfield intrusions in Tasmania, the Carboniferous "serpentine belt"...eastern Sabah, Malaysia (Fig. 1). Among them, the Adamsfield intrusions [19] and ultramafic intrusions of...1870s/1860$(c) N(d) NON-ZONED TYPES Adamsfield, Tasmania, Australia 906"0862 Ir430s47Ru10 [18] 1.028 9060863...TABLE 2 Range o f 1 8 7 0 s / 1 8 ~ 0 s Location Adamsfield Cariboo Atlin Kalimantan Sabah Teshio Onnabetsu...alphabets in the diagram: Joubdo (J; 600 Ma), Adamsfield (Ad; 500 Ma), Ural (U; 400 Ma), Cariboo (Ca;
Journal (issue)
Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining Company in the 1850s Australian Gold Rush John Woodland 70 Early...Wildboarclough. Yesterday 's Go/condas. Hartington: Valley of the Wild Stream: A History of Flindall, R.... The Copper and Lead Mines around 1he Manifold Valley, North Staffordshire. Ashbourne: Landmark. Rieuwerts...especially on tips, chains of crown holes, brooks and valley floors. lo their surroundings ore processing, smelting...Sauerland, about 4 km south of Bestwig in the Valme valley, a tributary to the river Ruhr in the northern
Book (edition)
Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania Department of State Growth Mineral Resources Tasmania Occurrences of Gemstone...Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania (8th edition 2nd printing) Compiled by R. S. Bottrill and W. L. Matthews...November 2019 Mineral Resources Tasmania PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au ISBN 0...As a result the Crown in Right of the State of Tasmania and its employees, contractors and agents expressly...sources. These include: Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania by W. F. Petterd, 1910 (a revised edition was
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Studies, University of Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia Abstract Volcanic-hosted...00 720 PREC10USMETAL GRADES,VHMSDEPOSITS,W. TASMANIA 7 21 T tJF"'"'"'":"""'.:::...... "::":•:'....gradesfor AustralianVHMS deposits. Symbols: ß -- Tasmania, ß = Queensland, •r = WesternAustralia, ß -- New...TyennanandRockyCapere- PRECIOUSMETAL GRADES,VHMSDEPOSITS,W. TASMANIA 723 gions(Turner,1989). The ultramaficrocks...mafic-ultramafic comNb, and Ba) by XRF at the Universityof Tasmania plexes,(4) volcanicsand associated sedimentsfrom
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elements in mineral grains collected from Brazil, Australia and Colombia. Scanning electron microscopy showed...in composition from communities associated with gold grains, or communities in surrounding soils and...microorganisms in driving the biogeochemical cycling of gold (Au) has been recognized5–7 . Recent studies have...surrounding waters. We studied PGM-grains from Brazil, Australia and Columbia (Supplementary Fig. 1), and found... South Australia 5005, Australia. 2 CSIRO Land and Water, PMB2, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia
Report (edition)
British G1-1iana • • •• India .. • • • • • • Australia .. • • • • Papua .. • • • • • • New Guinea • •...quantities were produced in U.S.A., Canada and Australia. In 1934, howe,rer, Canada for the first time...tl1erefore, the mineral was recovered, as in the alluvial gold workings of the Choco district, it was usually thrown...spurious coins struck in crude platinum and coated with gold. About this time, c1·ude platin11m was known as...minerals i11clude native palladium ; allopalladium / gold-palladiu1n ; pota1,.ite, a mercuride of palladium·
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ite Occurrencesin the HeazlewoodRiver Complex,Tasmania DAVID C. PECK* AND REID R. KEAYS Departmentof...Universityof Melbourne,Parkville, Victoria 3052 Australia Abstract Three distinctivechromititeoccurrences...group of the ultramafic Heazlewood River Complex, Tasmania. platinum-groupelementsfrom the Pd group of the...accounting for the platinum-group mineral-chromitite Tasmania(Fig. 1). The HeazlewoodRiver Complex occurrencesin...13 Boyes River Ultramafic-mafic complex0s 14 Adamsfield 15 Rocky BoatHarbour FIG. 1. Geologyof west
Report (chapter)
Tethyan- and Cordilleran-type ophiolites of eastern Australia: implications for the evolution of the Tasmanides...Box 28E, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia (e-mail: catherine@mail.earth.monash.edu.au) 2School...University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia 3Department of Geological Sciences, University...Centre), Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia (e-mail: c.spaggiari@curtin.edu.au) Abstract:...ophiolitic rocks in the Tasmanides of eastern Australia reflects a period of complex oceanic crust formation
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...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...leasttenPrecambrian blocksarepresentin western Tasmania,the mostprominentbeing the centrally placedTyennanregionand
Report (issue)
--------General geology __ ---------------------Gold-platinum placers _______ -------- ___ _ Narifio...___ ----------------------Australia-------------------------------------Tasmania---------------------------------New...Geochronology_---------------Platinum metals and gold _______ _ Chemical analyses ____ ---------Other...Chemical analyses _________ ----Platiniferous placer gold _____ . . ______ _ Exploration in Alaska ________...geologic map showing location of gold-platinum placer deposits, Tulameen Valley, British Columbia---------
Journal (issue)
Featured in This Issue Osmiridium Mining in Tasmania. By P. Ormsby Lennon Beryllium in Maine. By... Burr, Geologist The Geology of the Hutchin.on Valley Sanitary Sewer Tunnel. By Thomas W . Fluhr, A.... MARCH QUARTERLY 1931 Osmiridium Mining in Tasmania --By-- P. OR~ISBY LENNON, Royat E1npire Society...obtained as a platinum ore by-product, and from Tasmania, where it is found in a 1 ' free" or alluvial...3 to nearly 22, or about one-fifth heavier than gold. It is, as a matter of fact, the heaviest metal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Sb 1 -- Osmium Iridosmine Osmiridium ---- Gold 4.2 Total 99.9 to a coherent patternof events:...increasingmaturity. Cabri and Harris (1975) mention the Adamsfield,Tasmania,eluvialplacerswhich consistlargely of (Os...Alpine-type bodiesmay not have been the sourceof the gold in the Kimberley-Elsburg series." This interesting...dunites accountfor about 30 percentof the unit. Gold emplacementlinked to tectonismso characteristicfor...Palandzhyanand Razin's recent work (1974) on the gold contentof basicand ultrabasicrocksmay provide a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Witwatersrand series are well known for their deposits of gold and uranium and also platinum metals. The age of...901 Âą 0.004 0.900 Âą 0.005 2700 Tasmania Kinsella Gully Adamsfield 1.006 Âą 0.005 1.004 Âą 0.005 630...0.005 90 Colombia (unknown origin - placer) Australia (osmiridium) Waratah Bay (Victoria) 1.012 Âą 0...t i o n a l M u s e u m o f V i c t o r i a (Australia), Australian M u s e u m ( S y d n e y , N.S.W
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Mel~ume, Parkville. Victoria 3052, Australia ‘Geology Department, Australian National Unive~ity... 2600, Australia ‘Geology Department, University of Tasmania, Box 252C GPO. Hobart, Tasmania 700 1. Australia...Australia (Received October 19, 1984; accepted in revised form May 16, 1985) Abstract-Boninites and...Vogel, New Caledonia, Cyprus, Newfoundland and SE Australia have been analysed for Pd. ir. Au, Cu. S and Se...picrites and metaboninites from southeastern Australia (King Island. Heathcote and Howqua). The investigation
Journal (issue)
in this paper for PGM obtained from platinum- and gold-bearing placer deposits of fifteen countries. A....................................... 102 Australia Tasmania............................................er gold. In some gold placer operations, mercury am alga­ mation is a com m on practice for gold extraction...and this imparts a silver m etallic luster to the gold that can be easily mistaken for PGM , or the PG...25 years, the authors have studied a num ber o f gold- and platinum -bearing placer deposits worldwide
Report (issue)
Western Australia. ^B.H.P. Minerals, Perth, Western Australia. ^Geological Survey of Tasmania, Hobart...Western Australia Mineral Resource Bulletin 14, "Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia," by R. J...articles are contained in University of Western Australia Geology Department and Extension Service Publication...deposits of the Norseman-Wiluna Belt, Western Australia," edited by D. I. Groves and C. M. Lesher for...contributions of Mark Barley, University of Western Australia; D. Russel Hudson; A. L. Jaques; Charter Mathison;
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...Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The Ladolam gold deposit lies within the caldera floor which has...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 4. Industrial
Report (issue)
faulting on the Lake Edgar fault, southwest Tasmania, Australia: Implications for hazard assessment in intracratonic... For instance, following the 1971 San Fernando Valley (California) earthquake, several of the previously...in analyzing tectonic events—The southern Arava valley, Israel: Geomorphology, v. 12, p. 91–107, doi:10...inundations (tsunami) New Zealand: Quaternary Australia, v. 17, p. 38–48. Chappell, J., 1974, Geology... 16 Audemard M. and Michetti southwest Tasmania, Australia: Implications for hazard assessment in intracratonic
Book (edition)
National Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 207 12278 4 Registered in Australia for transmission...transmission by post as a book PRINTED "ill we IN AUSTRALIA BY HALSTEAD PRESS, SYDNEY To DR W. R. BROWNE...edition of this book only rocks occurring in Australia were described, but in this edition a short chapter...that this brief survey of the igneous rocks of Australia may stimulate research into some of the minerals...are in the Department of Geology, University of Tasmania, and three ignimbrites and a crystal lithic tuff
Book
¥. H. T. RHODES THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND a* ; , gs _ (Sy 7 7 7...o 0 ‘THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION ©) Moan AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND by D. A. BROWN K. S. W. CAMPBELL...a detailed compendium of the stratigraphy of Australia and New Zealand, though it is hoped that it may...teaching in stratigraphy in recent years. For Australia, it cannot, of course, replace David and Browne’s...Browne’s Geology of the Commonwealth of Australia as a source of information. This excellent work, however
 
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