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

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Location: Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -41.81278, 145.49847
dep_id: 10073056
mrds_id: W018864
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Copper, Lead, Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: CONCORDANT EN ECHELON LENSES
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
ore_ctrl: Bedding Control
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Shale-Bedded Grey Cont. Quartz, Sericite, Chlorite;Schists-Quartz, Chlorite, Sericite
hrock_type: Shale
arock_unit: Tuffs-Quartz, Albite, Chlorite, Sericite
arock_type: Tuff
Structure: Major N-S Anticline., Host Rock And Ore Are Highly Folded
Year first produced: 1900
disc_yr: 1894
discr: J. Will (Hercules); 1893 Tom Mc Donald (Rosebery)
References:
  • 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.
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