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Fluorite from
Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:In late veins; excellent crystals to ~30mm
Habit:cubic and octahedral
Colour:colourless, blue, purple, green and brown
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Magnesite26 photos of Fluorite associated with Magnesite at this locality.
Magnesite-Siderite Series13 photos of Fluorite associated with Magnesite-Siderite Series at this locality.
Siderite9 photos of Fluorite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Iron-bearing Magnesite8 photos of Fluorite associated with Iron-bearing Magnesite at this locality.
Limonite8 photos of Fluorite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Pyrite8 photos of Fluorite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Bavenite6 photos of Fluorite associated with Bavenite at this locality.
Quartz6 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Vivianite5 photos of Fluorite associated with Vivianite at this locality.
Sphalerite3 photos of Fluorite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (35 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5362
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5362:4
GUID (UUID V4):73a88a9c-6634-4d9c-97d9-a8dc204f75ae
Localities for Fluorite in this Region
Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.1km (0.7 miles) Antimonal lode, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
12.4km (7.7 miles) Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
17.6km (10.9 miles) Mt Ramsay mine, Mt Ramsay, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
25.0km (15.5 miles) Kara No. 1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
27.3km (17.0 miles) Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
33.6km (20.9 miles) Mt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
39.1km (24.3 miles) Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
41.0km (25.5 miles) Renison Bell Mine (Renison Mine), North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
42.7km (26.6 miles) Stormont mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish 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
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)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY BISCHOFF TIN No. 3 1922.. OF THE DEPOSITS, MOUNT TASMANIA. J. G. WESTON-DUNN............ Prosopite, pyrrhotite, calcite, (?) fluorite ................... Arsenopyrite, (?) marcasite...pyrite, chalcopyrite..... Galeha, sphalerite, fluorite, dolomite, siderite............... Weathering...WESTON-DUNN. INTRODUCTION. The tin depositsof Mount Bischoffoffer an unusualopportunity for geologicalstudy...characterof thesetin deposits. The study of the Mount Bischofftin depositswas undertaken at the suggestion
Report (issue)
Introduction, p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...north-west of C.”; A, B, and C may all be in the same district, but it is sometimes difficult or impossible to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee, Knoxville] at 04:13 19 December 2014 Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado A s virtually...certainly one of its premier aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted...at the addresses above. 338 ROCKS & MINERALS fluorite, the micas and feldspars, and quartz; there appears...both the Morefield and Rutherford mine pegmatites, of the Amelia district, Amelia County, and as irregular...from the Morefield mine reportedly reached 5 cm in length although the Amelia district is perhaps better
Survey Bulletin 73 A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill...Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved...the publisher in writing. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Bottrill, R
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)
Mines, G.P.O. Box 124B, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract The Clevelandtin-copperdepositcomprises...superimposed mineralogicalzonation: (I) quartz+ fluorite+ wolframite+ molybdenite+ (cassiterite) asstockwork...veinsin thefootwall rocks;(II) quartz+ tourmaline+ fluorite+ chlorite+ pyrrhotite+ chalcopyrite + cassiterite...quartz+ arsenopyrite+ (stannite)as veins;and (IV) fluorite+ carbonate+ quartzfilling veinsand vugs.An extensivealteration...the Meredith Granite. Introduction THE Cleveland mine, situated at Luina in north- westernTasmania,is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluid activity at the Mount Bischoff Sn-deposit , north-west Tasmania, Australia J.H. WRIGHT, Mt Kersen...Western Australia T.A.P. KWAK, Department of Geology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia 3083 Abstract...Devonian (360 Ma) tin deposit at Mt Bischoff, north-west Tasmania, formed from the interaction of unusual...muscovite + quartz tourmaline fluorite, topaz + quartz 2 tourmaline ? fluorite, weberite, prosopite, ralstonite...ralstonite, Ca-ralstonite; and quartz ? topaz ? fluorite. Where the solutions interacted with dolomite,
Journal (issue)
F. L. Sutherland & G. Webb Minerals of western Tasmania ................................................the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ................................................der Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory ...............................................466 by W. D. Birch The Mount Isa-Cloncurry mineral f ie ld ....................University of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500 Australia Thomas G. Vallance Department of Geology University
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... dikes, or placers of a particular country or district, and in the arrangement of this bibliography the...Geological Survey of Western Australia, Ann. Progr. Rep. Geol. Surv. Western Australia. Perth. Annual Report
Journal (issue)
France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony...Johnston & E. R. Swoboda Sulfur from the Perticara mine area, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy . . . . . . . . . . ...Famous mineral localities: The Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...$150 for one year. *Continued on p. 359 COVER: FLUORITE on muscovite, 14 cm, from Nagar, Hunza Valley... John Sinkankas (1915–2002) at the Pala Properties Mine Bash, 1977. Van Pelt photo. NOTICE Died, John Sinkankas
Book
Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1, Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19a Boundary...Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. 2011, Australia FRANCE Pergamon Press S A R L , 24 rue des Ecoles...continent or, in the case of Australasia, by Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Papua-New Guinea...the deposits are arranged by prov­ inces, in Australia by states, and in Japan by islands. In India,...Philippines... Turkey 2 1 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 2 2 21 Australia 27 Tasmania 13 New Zealand 2 Bougainville.... 1 Fiji
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the cassiterite-sulfide deposits of western Tasmania John L. Walshe a,*, Scott W. Halley b, John A...Technology, GPO Box 664, Canberra, ACT 2601. Australia b Renison Goldfields Consolidated, GPO Box 360...4820, Australia c MIM Exploration, Suite 12, 154 Fullarton Rd, Rose Park, Rose Park 506, Australia d Geology...Geology Dept, ANU, ACT 0200, Australia Received 29 May 1995; accepted 23 August 1995 Abstract The cassiterite-sulfide...cassiterite-sulfide deposits of western Tasmania are spatially and temporally related to Devonian granitoids
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
551-574 Tin-Bearing Greisensof Mount Bischoff,NorthwesternTasmania,Australia J. H. WRIGHT* AND T. A. P. KWAK...TrobeUniversity,Bundoora,Victoria3083, Australia Abstract The large Mount Bischofftin depositoccurswithin an...abundantsulfides (pyrrhotite_ pyrite,sphalerite),late fluorite,andlaterargillicalteration.Onlylimitedquantities...cycles. Introduction THE Mount Bischofftin depositin northwesternTasmania,Australia(long 145ø31'16"E, lat...Mining, 44 St. GeorgesTerrace, Perth, Western Australia. 0361-0128/89/922/551-24 $3.00 greisen mineral
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...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...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Fluid InclusionStudies at the Rex Hill Mine, Tasmania D. I. G•ows, M. SOLOMON,AND T. A. I•*T•-• Abstract...Abstract Fluid inclusionstudieson quartz and fluorite from the Rex Hill orebodyindicate that they were...atmospheres)indicatethat the formation temperatureof quartz and fluorite varied from about 260ø to 410ø t2 with most depositionoccurring...are intimately intergrown with the quartz and fluorite, is relatively uniform. This confirms that there...Rossarden-Storeys Creek tin mining area of NE Tasmania(Blissett, 1959). The geologyof the orebody(summarized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A Reexaminationof the Mount BischoffCassiteriteSulfide Skarn, Western Tasmania S.W. H^LLEY*^ND JOHNL...Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200,Australia Abstract The MountBischoff tin depositoccursin...a possiblevolcanogenic exhalativeorigin for the Mount westernTasmania, the otherdeposits beingRenisonBell...Most mineralizationat Mount in westernTasmania hasbeenaccepted by mostworkers Bischoff occurred asreplacement...tin-bearing fluidsarebelievedto havebeenmagmatic topaz,fluorite,andcassiterite aspseudomorphs of orthoclasean
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, University of Western Australia, Western Australia 6009, Australia 2 Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation...Analysis, University of Western Australia , Western Australia 6009, Australia 1 Abstract Quantitative X‑ray...pegmatites such as the Greenbushes deposit, Western Australia (Partington et al. 1995), Sn-Cu-Pb-Zn skarns such...four localities: two crystals are from the Mount Bischoff cassiterite-sulfide skarn (MB1 and MB2), two...and SC2), two from the greisen zone of the Buriti mine (BM1 and BM2), and one is from the White Lode Sn-mineralized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF TIN DEPOSITS AND TIN PROVINCES OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA J. L. WALSHE,1,† M. SOLOMON,2,* D. J. WHITFORD...Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia of Excellence in Ore Deposits, University of Tasmania, Private Bag...Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia 3 CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, P.O. Box 136...1670, Australia 4 Geoscience 5 Geology Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia and...University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia Abstract Initial εNd isotope data for
Book
CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia = _ |) VieBAtO TATA JARS LIPOW Si. ao sé ... CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia Philip Scalisi David Cook VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand Reinhold...Classic mineral localities of the world, Asia and Australia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and...resources—Asia. 2. Mines and mineral resources—Australia. 3. Mines and mineral resources—Soviet Union
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
South Africa. 24. Belgian Congo. 25. Nigeria. Australia. •6. Stanthorpe, Queensland. 27. Heberton, Queensland...N. S. W. 3o. Mr. Bischoff, Tasmania. 3•. Blue Tier, Tasmania. 32. Heemskirk, Tasmania. x3. Sumatra. ...in Cornwall and Bolivia, and to a lessextent in Tasmania and the Transvaal. As this paper is concernedonly...(Malay States) ................ 54,6oo 55,265 Australia .............................. Banca ...........DISTRICTS OF THE WORLD. 4 3 Principal Intrusive. District. II. Associated Dikes. 6 5 InvadedRocks.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hyacinth, as crystals in chlorite from the Howell District, New England, are also in the Melbourne Museum...Wodgina District in Western Australia This is one of the best garnet districts in Australia and is active...today. It is in the Northwest Division of Western Australia and is roughly a circle with a diameter of forty...years old. Wodgina is the premier tantalum district of Australia. The Australian government is now stockpiling...Perth. The garnet localities are at or hear Abydos, Mount Francisco, Stannum, Tabba Tabba and Wodgina itself
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of New South Wales, Broken Hill, Australia Precambrian and Early Palaeozoic submarine exhalative...3004, associated with granitic rocks. Maucher Australia (1972, 1976) suggested that the "younger" 00...Carbonate + Cassiterite Association In Western Tasmania (Australia), a numb e r o f pyrrhotite +_ cassiterite...carbonate rocks (e. g. Renison Bell, Cleveland, Mr. Bischoff). Previous workers have considered that these...present at the contact of some piutons (e.g. Red-a-ven Mine, Meldon, England, El Sharkawi and Dearman, 1966;
 
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