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Cassiterite from
Cliff Mine, Trial Harbour 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 Cliff Mine, Trial Harbour district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:920819
Long-form Identifier:1:3:920819:3
GUID (UUID V4):c38d59f5-121b-4fc0-81ce-f591abe64931
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.9km (0.6 miles) Cornwall Mine, Trial Harbour district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.2km (1.4 miles) Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.5km (1.5 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
4.0km (2.5 miles) Federation workings, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
4.2km (2.6 miles) Sweeney's mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
5.1km (3.2 miles) Kelvin and Maynes tin mine, Trial Harbour district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
6.0km (3.7 miles) Orient Mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
6.5km (4.0 miles) Globe Mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
11.7km (7.3 miles) St Dizier mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
14.2km (8.8 miles) Oonah Mine, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast 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
Report (issue)
153 A.-Tin Ores: (1) Quartz - Tourmaline - Cassiterite ' -cins ........ . ........ . .. . (2) Quartz-quartzose...Quartz-quartzose Veins ..... ' ..... . (3) Pyritic Cassiterite Deposits (4) Pinitoid Veins ....... . (5) Gcciscn...Munro (the Federation Tin Mine) (i) Allison's 'Vorkings (near Federation Tin Mine) (3) Se(·tion 3276M, 2...2 acres l R. Clarke (old Prillce George Mine) .... " .......... " .. 237 325 326 vi V11 (4) Section...Old :.\Iontagu E xtended Mine Section 5093M, 80 aeres (old Empress Victoria Mine) Section 4653M. 5 a ~ res
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# ' '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...Highlands; East Coast; Lune River; Carrick area; North coastal areas; Northern inland areas; North West; Southern;
Report (issue)
Cover: View across Clarence–Moreton Basin from the coast south of Evans Head (see Photograph 12). Insets...(lower left, see Photograph 34); and crystals of cassiterite (dark brown) in a quartz–topaz vein, Taronga...areas of Quaternary sediments, especially along the coast. The rocks in this area range in age from Silurian...The Clarence River Plutonic Suite, exposed just west of the Clarence-Moreton Basin, has produced iron...especially in apical and roof pendant remnants. The cassiterite mineralisation associated with the Mole Granite
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 (issue)
Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R... D. (1999) Famous mineral localities: Ting Tang mine, Gwennap, Cornwall 19:18-23 CLARK, A.M. (1998) Earth's...P. (1995) Crystallized Enargite from the Gregory mine, Ashover, Derbyshire 15:28-29 DAY, B. (1998) Collecting...& SMITH, M.E. (1993) The Minerals of the Peak District of Derbyshire 13:16-55 see also SARJEANT, W.A
Book (edition)
mined over the centuries. Today, only one large tin mine is at work, but the winning of tin is known from...centuries, which for a while made this far south-west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining...on the mines. Mineral railways to ports on the coast were part of this two-way trade. This was all at...county were once bustling with industry. Sans Levant Mine, St. Just. The small engine house nearer the camera...connection with investigation of the old Levant Mine. April 1970. GEOLOGY CORNWALL’S mineral wealth
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formire.the * ‘xneaae Breccia which is exposed in the coast northwards fro} C0000 002 308 387 UA WwW The...boundaries of some Devonian rocks, especially to the west (probably Middle Devonian) and the sequence is still...purple slates occur at Watergate Bay on the north coast and Talland Bay on the south. These are overlain...across north Cornwall and are exposed along the coast all the way from Boscastle to the Devon border and...of chert in a series of ridges extending to the coast at Fire Beacon Point. These flinty cherts may have
Report (issue)
certain lodes, not traceable in the .tield, from old mine plans, and has written the Appendix giving detailed...II-List of Principal Works on the Geology of the District INDEX - - - .. - - - - - - - - 51...of the n1inerals •· - 93 Fig. 2 and 3.-Blue Hills Mine. Cross Sections - 93 Fig. 4.-East Blue Hills. Cross...sections .. ··· 98 ., •· 99 � igs. 9 and I0.-Penhalls Mine. Cross sections .. • 101 Fig. 11.-Polberro Consols...-Wheal Prudence. Cross sections - 103 } ig. 16.-West Kitty. Cross section - 105 • Fig. 17.--Friend!y_
Book (edition)
See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses...centuries, which for a while made this far south- west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining...typical view of Cornish i mining. Marke Valley Mine. P.S. innovations in machinery, particularly the...on the mines. Mineral railways to ports on the coast were part of this two-way trade. This was all at...through Bodmin Moor, Hensbarrow, Carnmenellis, and West Penwith, with the Isles of Scilly beyond. Lesser
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J;:;{ GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IN THE PENZANCE DISTRICT Superficial deposits (Drift) Quaternary Landslip... Geology of the country around Penzance The district around Penzance (Sheets 351 and 358) has been...copper since the Bronze Age. Only the Geevor tin mine was still open in 1986, but the vigorous development...stimulus here for geological invest.igation. The district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall...are important features. The oldest rocks in the district are the Devonian Gramscatho Beds and Mylor Slates
Report (edition)
| Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON...Botallack Mine (photograph: David Alderton). Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by...Peninsula II Mount’s Bay 15 III St. Agnes District 24 IV Falmouth Bay 29 V_ The Lizard Peninsula...Peninsula 31 48 REFERENCES ISBN 0-900717-57-2 West Cornwall INTRODUCTION Cornwall has long been one...units is shown in Figure 1. The largest area in west Cornwall is occupied by Devonian sedimentary rocks
Report (Issue volume)
areas of Quaternary sediments, especially along the coast. The rocks in this area range in age from Devonian...The Clarence River Plutonic Suite, exposed just west of the Clarence-Moreton Basin, is spatially associated.............................. 12 Central, Coffs Harbour, Emu Creek and Beenleigh Blocks ................................................ 53 The Wongabah mine (TO2) ........................................................................ 53 The Silver King mine (PF1) .........................................
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37 to 42. Austratia - - - NEw ZEALAND and TASMANIA -- - - - - - - - 124 to 127 - - -...- - - - - - Nova Scotia, New BRUNswick, &c. west Isoles - - - BRITISH Columbia - CANADA, continued...• - - 127 127 to 129 Australia, continued (Pedestal Case, No. 11, West Side: Gold, &c.) - . 133...the floor of the principal room is devoted to the mine rals, and to their application in the arts. In...copper-producing districts are Cornwall, Devonshire (West of Dartmoor), Cumberland, Anglesey, and the counties
Report (edition)
field trips to the coast of Cornwall. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine (photograph David...Alderton). Geologists Association Guide No. 31 WEST CORNWALL by A . Hall Third Edition Guide Series...Peninsula II Mount's Bay 1 4 III St. Agnes District IV Falmouth Bay V The Lizard Peninsula REFERENCES... P;12C List of Figures 1. O u t l i n e map of West Cornwall 2. Map of Land's End peninsula 5 3.... 7. Map of the coast between Marazion and Porthleven 15 8. Profile of the coast between Praa Sands
Journal (issue)
................................ 218 The Levant Mine carbona. By N.J. Jackson ..................................... 228 Mineralization of the Exmoor district (Abstract). By F. J. Rottenbury............................. 254 Notes on some igneous rocks of West Cornwall. By R. T. Taylor and A. C. Wilson........tourmalines from the Hercynian granites of South-West England and elsewhere, but a plea is made for more...Al)3Al6[SisO18J(BO3)3(OH,F,O) 4 In the granitic rocks of South-West England, schorl or black tourmaline is the main
Catalog/List
clear,tabular MIN,118. 10. ANNABERGITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece.Dr HG Weller label. Quartz fragment... 14. APATITE VAR FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen....Aragonite to 10mm. LC ,.tlO. 17. ARAGONITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece. 3 specimens. Specimens A and B....LC,.tlO. 20. ARSENOPYRITE/BORNITE/CASSITERITE. South Crofty Mine,Camborne, Cornwall. Grey sulphidic...LC, t.16. 21. ATA_CAHITE. Wheal C9ck,Carnyorth,West Cornwall. 2 specimens. Hornfels matrix fragments
Report (edition)
GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION GUIDES Noo 19 West Cornwall by A. HALL ITINERARY Introduction I. Land's End...Peninsula II. Mount's Bay II I. St. Agnes District IV. Falmouth District V. The Lizard Peninsula EDITED BY...considered for incorporation in any furtl,er edition. West Cornwall by A. HALL INTRODUCTION has long been...Truro 0 10 20 kilometres Fig. I. Outline map of West Cornwall, showing the areas covered by the five...Devonian sedimentary rocks occupy the largest part of west Cornwall. The Devonian rocks are shales and sandstones
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this Book 9 Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives...Treleigh Gwennap: Carharrack to Camon D owns N orth Coast: Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to...prospector, and hence mineral collector, for alluvial cassiterite (tin oxide), and most probably for copper ores...well as two scenic views to give a flavour of the district. Such a plethora of wonderful minerals - each...impossible to include all those found in each district. I have therefore included a gallery of minerals
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France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154 1990...David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on...collecting fraternity, which was very strong in the West Country. My first contact was Steven Treseder who...Tungsten Mine, at Plympton, Devon, followed by an attempt to rework the famous Tsumeb Mine in Namibia...small mountain village of Competa, 16 km from the coast, not far from Torrox Costa and Nerja. Around 1993
Journal (volume)
and Metamorphosis of Rocks in the Land's End District. By Miss Elizabeth T. Carne . . . 1 A Contribution...Carburetted Hydrogen , or “ Fire Damp," in the Ding Dong Mine, situated in the parish of Madron , near Penzance...the Mining Districtof Yorke's Peninsula, South Australia. By Samuel Higgs, jun. . . . . 122 Enquiry...John Gilbert . 158 . Notice on Mount Bischoff, Tasmania . By William Wellington . 161 On the Place and...B.A., D.Sc., F.G .S. . . . 163 A Diamond Field , West Griqualand , South Africa. By Charles Fox . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the coast was described. " T ex t-book" examples of folds visible in sectio n in the cliff a nd in...ich the party repaired t o the summit of Rusey Cliff a nd the more fearless on es braved a fire whi ch...ch had broken out on the face of the cliff t o scramble down nearly 800 feet to the shore. There they...phyllites-the lowest members of the Upper Devonian of the district, were given close attention in Hodge's Ground...porphyry intrusion which runs from the granite to the coast was seen at Pitt Quarry, Treforda, contact minerals
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mineral listed. Abhurite. occurs off the north coast of Cornwall. It was decided at an early stage to...Camborne, Main References and Abbreviations CASSITERITE species whose occurrence in Cornwall is without...after argentite. Wheal. Ludcott, St Ive New Trelawny Mine, St Ive Wheal Herland, Gwinear Wheal Ann, Phillack...Illogan Dolcoath Mine\North Dolcoath, Camborne Wheal Langford, Calstock Mount Mine, Perranuthnoe Greystone...(1876) Mineral Mag., 1, 55. Roscommon Cliff, St.Just Stenna Gwyn Mine, St. Stephen in-Brannel Rock Hill Tin
Report (issue)
formerly Director of Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., F.R.S., Past-President...Newfoundland ; Lee­ ward Islands Australasia: Australia; New Zealand I3 IS 17 20 35 CHAPTER III SOURCES..."ore-bearing zone" 1'ead "ore-bearing zone of the Knaben district," and transpose the paragraph with that following...certain ores, as for example those of the Quyon mine, Quebec, but oil flotation is far more generally... has been more generally used, especially in Australia. In case an ore contains coarse molybdenite it
 
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