Mine detail: Renison Bell

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Location

Lat / long:

-41.79611, 145.4318

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Secondary:	Gold, PGE
Ore:	Bismuth, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Ilmenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Stannite
Gangue:	Apatite, Fluorite, Quartz, Talc, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Crimson Creek Formation;Success Creek Group
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Broad Antincline, Normal Faulting

References

MRDS	M045086
DEP	10037887
Reference	{Deposit:: REID, A.M., 1921, OS-IR IN TASMANIA: TASMANIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 32, P. 80-81}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1989, P. 47.}{Deposit:: MORLAND, R., 1990, RENISON BELL TIN DEPOSIT, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 1249-1251.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N.