 | | 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...pyrrhotite-pyrite rocks associated with an alteration facies comprising magnetite-pyrite-tourmaline-phlogopite...boron was an integral part of the ore fluids at Rosebery which precipitated tourmaline in exhalites immediately |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Halos for the Rosebery K Lens Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposit, Western Tasmania ROSS R. LARGE...Sciences, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract A detailed...the A-B and K lenses at the north end of the Rosebery mine has revealed a series of overlapping alteration...pumice breccia. The major alteration minerals at Rosebery are arranged in a complex series of zones passing...developed in the immediate footwall below the copper-pyrite-rich ore lenses, whereas the strongest Mn carbonate |  | | 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) | | 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 (pyrit |  | | 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... involvingthe aboveminerals;biotite, magnetite,pyrite, andtourmalineare characteristic of granitecontacts |  | | 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) | | 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) | | 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...atRosebery consists ofthreeprimary zones: a lowermost pyrite-chalcopyrite zone,overlain bya sphalerite-galena...(1)amagnetite-biotite + chalcopyrite zone,(2) a pyrrhotite-pyrite zone,and(3) a tourmaline-quartz + magnetite zone |  | Large, Ross R., McPhie, Jocelyn, Gemmell, J. Bruce, Herrmann, Walter, Davidson, Garry J. (2001) The Spectrum of Ore Deposit Types, Volcanic Environments, Alteration Halos, and Related Exploration Vectors in Submarine Volcanic Successions: Some Examples from Australia. Economic Geology, 96 (5) 913-938 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.5.913 | 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) | | 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...beenrecognized:(1) in massivesphalerite-galena-pyrite ore (the dominantoccurrence),(2) in massive baritemineralization...baritemineralization, (3) in the upperpartsof pyrite-chalcopyrite pods(in general,pyritechalcopyrite podsaregoldpoor)...distalpyritemineralization (atthe edgesof sphalerite-galena-pyrite mineralizationandin the overlyinghostrocks),(5) |  | | 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) | | the Rosebery Ore Deposit, Tasmania R. L. BRATttWAITE Abstract The strataboundsphalerite-pyrite-galena-chalcopyrite...na-chalcopyrite and barite ore bodiesat Rosebery occurin a siltstonelens within rhyolitic tuffs which...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) | | 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...relatively high cobalt and selenium contents in pyrite may be related to volcanic processes. Mit Hilfe...Erzarten ist in den Unter-Paliiozoischen Gesteinen yon West-Tasmanien (Australien) vorhanden, welches im siidlichen...Ergebnisse zeigen, dab die Pyrite in folgender Weise Massifiziert werden k6nnen: a) Pyrite sedimentiirer oder |  | Herrmann, W., Blake, M., Doyle, M., Huston, D., Kamprad, J., Merry, N., Pontual, S. (2001) Short Wavelength Infrared (SWIR) Spectral Analysis ofHydrothermal Alteration Zones Associated with Base Metal Sulfide Depositsat Rosebery and Western Tharsis, Tasmania, and Highway-Reward, Queensland. Economic Geology, 96 (5) 939-955 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.5.939 | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | 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...significant gold transport by Au(HS)~ occurs only in the pyrite stability field at relatively low temperatures...but is greatest in the hematite, magnetite and pyrite fields at high temperatures ( > 300 ° C) and high |  | | 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...Sr and enrichmentin Rb, K, Mg, Mn, and H20. The pyrite and chalcopyritecontentof the alteredfootwalltuff |  | Solomon, M., Tornos, F., Large, R.R., Badham, J.N.P., Both, R.A., Zaw, Khin (2004) Zn–Pb–Cu volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits: criteria for distinguishing brine pool-type from black smoker-type sulphide deposition. Ore Geology Reviews, 25 (3) 259-283 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.01.003 | 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...of chimneys, (4) relatively abundant framboidal pyrite and primary mineral banding, (5) reduced mineral...Application of these criteria to the Rosebery deposit in Tasmania, for which there are no fluid inclusion |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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...calcite,K-feldspar, chlorite,hematite,chalcopyrite, pyrite,(c),sericite,quartz, chlorite,calcite,hematite...potassic zone--chlorite,epidote,calcite,K-feldspar,pyrite,magnetite. The increasing predominance of hema |
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Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia