Mine detail: Rosebery, Read, Hercules, Mt. Farrell

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-41.81278, 145.49847

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc, Copper, Lead, Sulfur
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	CONCORDANT EN ECHELON LENSES
Discovery year:	1894

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host rock:	Shale-Bedded Grey Cont. Quartz, Sericite, Chlorite;Schists-Quartz, Chlorite, Sericite
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Tuffs-Quartz, Albite, Chlorite, Sericite
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Major N-S Anticline., Host Rock And Ore Are Highly Folded

References

MRDS	W018864
DEP	10073056
Reference	{Deposit:: BRATHWAITE, R. L., 1972, THE STRUCTURE OF THE ROSEBERY ORE DEPOSIT, TASMANIA; PROC. AUST. INST. MIN. MET. NO. 241, MARCH 1972, P. 1 - 13}{Deposit:: HALL, GRAHAM, ET AL, 1953, THE LEAD - ZINC DEPOSITS OF READ - ROSEBERY AND MT. FARRELL; PUBLS V 1 FIFTH EMPIRE MIN. & MET. CONG. P. 1145 - 1159}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1975, SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. P. 225 - 226}{Production:: SKINNE * MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 225. E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1975, P. - HALL, GRAHM ET AL, 1953, 5TH EMP. MINING AND METALL. CONG. P. 1147}{Reserve-Resource:: SKINNE * MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 226.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.