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Topaz from
Western Tharsis deposit, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Western Tharsis deposit, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:386314
Long-form Identifier:1:3:386314:5
GUID (UUID V4):7b9dc3a2-789d-41da-9985-936d9bc0ce6f
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘMount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘPrince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘMt Julia deposit, Henty Mine, Tyndall Valley, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘHenty Mine, Tyndall Valley, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘSevern deposit, Heemskirk Tin Project, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
28.4km (17.6 miles) ⓘQueen Hill, Heemskirk Tin Project, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘRenison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘSweeney's mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
36.1km (22.4 miles) ⓘFederation workings, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘOakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
AGSO Research Newsletter May 2000
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Huston, David L., Kamprad, Julienne (2001) Zonation of Alteration Facies at Western Tharsis: Implications for the Genesis of Cu-Au Deposits, Mount Lyell Field, Western Tasmania. Economic Geology, 96 (5) 1123-1132 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.5.1123
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Facies at Western Tharsis: Implications for the Genesis of Cu-Au Deposits, Mount Lyell Field, Western Tasmania...Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Abstract The Western Tharsis deposit, located in the Mount Read volcanic belt...belt of western Tasmania, is one of 22 mainly Cu-Au deposits in the Mount Lyell district. Although the...the orebody at western Tharsis is characterized mainly by disseminated pyrite-chalcopyrite like most other...other deposits in the Mount Lyell district, it also contains bornite-rich ores characteristic of a second
Huston, D. L., Kamprad, J. (2000, May) The Western Tharsis deposit A ‘high sulphidation’ Cu–Au deposit in the Mt Lyell field, of possible Ordovician age. AGSO Research Newsletter 32. Australian Geological Survey Organisation
Report (issue)
© Commonwealth of Australia 2000 ISSN 1039-091X Page 2 The Western Tharsis deposit A ‘high sulphidation’...sulphidation’ Cu–Au deposit in the Mt Lyell field, of possible Ordovician age DL Huston & J Kamprad The Western...Western Tharsis deposit in the Mt Lyell Cu–Au district of western Tasmania has been reinterpreted as an Ordovician...Ordovician ‘high sulphidation’ Cu–Au deposit. Mapping of alteration assemblages associated with chalcopyrite-rich...pyrophyllite, topaz, zunyite and woodhouseite within alteration zones associated with the deposit is diagnostic
Corbett, K. D. (2001) New Mapping and Interpretations of the Mount Lyell Mining District, Tasmania: A Large Hybrid Cu-Au System with an Exhalative Pb-Zn Top. Economic Geology, 96 (5) 1089-1122 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.5.1089
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mapping and Interpretations of the Mount Lyell Mining District, Tasmania: A Large Hybrid Cu-Au System with...Fern Tree, Tasmania, Australia 7054 Abstract New detailed mapping of the Mount Lyell mines area has resulted...top and silica-rich upper part of the system at Lyell Comstock, the large displaced mass of silica-rich...North Lyell, and the deeper levels of the system exemplified by the low-grade Prince Lyell deposit. The...The alteration has been focused along the Great Lyell fault, a major reverse-type growth fault, which
Bottrill, Ralph S., Baker, William. E. (2008) A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania. Geological Survey of Tasmania Bulletin 73, Mineral Resources Tasmania. 1-254
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
Seymour, D. B., Green, G. R., Calver, C. R. (2006) The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary. Geological Survey Bulletin 72. Mineral Resources Tasmania
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
Seymour, D. B., Green, G. R., Calver, C. R. (2006, February) The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary. Bulletin 72. Tasmanian Geological Survey
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
Williams, Nicholas C., Davidson, Garry J. (2004) POSSIBLE SUBMARINE ADVANCED ARGILLIC ALTERATION AT THE BASIN LAKE PROSPECT, WESTERN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA. Economic Geology, 99 (5) 987-1002 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.5.987
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALTERATION AT THE BASIN LAKE PROSPECT, WESTERN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA NICHOLAS C. WILLIAMS†,* AND GARRY J....for Ore Deposit Research (CODES SRC), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia...Australia Abstract The Basin Lake copper-gold prospect lies in western Tasmania’s Mount Read Volcanics...similar to those at other sulfide occurrences in the Mount Read Volcanics that have previously been considered...occurrence strengthens the case for prospecting the Mount Read Volcanics and other similar submarine volcanic
Huston, David L., Relvas, Jorge M. R. S., Gemmell, J. Bruce, Drieberg, Susan (2011) The role of granites in volcanic-hosted massive sulphide ore-forming systems: an assessment of magmatic–hydrothermal contributions. Mineralium Deposita, 46 (5) 473-507 doi:10.1007/s00126-010-0322-7
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Majesty the Queen in Right of Australia as represented by Geoscience Australia 2010 Abstract Assessment...Neoarchean Doyon-Bousquet-LaRonde and Cambrian Mount Lyell districts. These deposits are distinguished by... Huston (*) Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia e-mail: David.Huston@ga...Deposits, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 126, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia e-mail: Bruce.Gemmell@utas...The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Δ34Ssulphate–sulphide
Large, R. R., Gemmell, J. B., Paulick, H., Huston, D. L. (2001) The Alteration Box Plot: A Simple Approach toUnderstanding the Relationship between Alteration Mineralogy andLithogeochemistry Associated with Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits. Economic Geology, 96 (5) 957-971 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.5.957
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
* Centre for Ore Deposit Research, School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79,... Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia AND DAVID L. HUSTON Australian Geological Survey Organisation, GPO...caused by a hydrothermal system related to a VHMS deposit? and (2) if yes, then where is the orebody in relationship...special issue (Rosebery, Thalanga, Hellyer, and Western Tharsis). Alteration Indexes The alteration box plot...Saeki and Date, 1980). An example from the Hellyer deposit is shown in Figure 1 (Gemmell and Large, 1992)
Large, Ross R., McPhie, Jocelyn, Gemmell, J. Bruce, Herrmann, Walter, Davidson, Garry J. (2001) The Spectrum of Ore Deposit Types, Volcanic Environments, Alteration Halos, and Related Exploration Vectors in Submarine Volcanic Successions: Some Examples from Australia. Economic Geology, 96 (5) 913-938 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.5.913
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vol. 96, 2001, pp. 913–938 The Spectrum of Ore Deposit Types, Volcanic Environments, Alteration Halos...Submarine Volcanic Successions: Some Examples from Australia ROSS R. LARGE,† JOCELYN MCPHIE, J. BRUCE GEMMELL...DAVIDSON Centre for Ore Deposit Research, School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79,... Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Abstract Variations in shape, metal content, alteration mineralogy, and...districts of eastern Australia, the Cambrian Mount Read Volcanics and the Cambro-Ordovician Mount Windsor subprovince
Herrmann, W., Blake, M., Doyle, M., Huston, D., Kamprad, J., Merry, N., Pontual, S. (2001) Short Wavelength Infrared (SWIR) Spectral Analysis ofHydrothermal Alteration Zones Associated with Base Metal Sulfide Depositsat Rosebery and Western Tharsis, Tasmania, and Highway-Reward, Queensland. Economic Geology, 96 (5) 939-955 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.5.939
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metal Sulfide Deposits at Rosebery and Western Tharsis, Tasmania, and Highway-Reward, Queensland WALTER...for Ore Deposit Research, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia DAVID...Organisation, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia NICK MERRY, AND SASHA PONTUAL Ausspec International...Box 2235, Kew MDC, Melbourne, Victoria 3101, Australia Abstract Spectral analysis of rock samples by...felsic volcanic rocks in the Mount Read Volcanics, Tasmania, and the Mount Windsor subprovince, North Queensland
Dube, B., Mercier-Langevin, P., Kjarsgaard, I., Hannington, M., Becu, V., Cote, J., Moorhead, J., Legault, M., Bedard, N. (2014) The Bousquet 2-Dumagami World-Class Archean Au-Rich Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit, Abitibi, Quebec: Metamorphosed Submarine Advanced Argillic Alteration Footprint and Genesis. Economic Geology, 109 (1) 121-166 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.1.121
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
World-Class Archean Au-Rich Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit, Abitibi, Quebec: Metamorphosed Submarine Advanced...Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5 Mines Ltd., Lapa Mine Division, 299, Boulevard St-Paul...Val-d’Or QuĂ©bec, Canada J9P 3L4 6 Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd., 145 King Street East, Suite 400, Toronto,...Archean Bousquet 2-Dumagami deposit is an Au-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit (VMS) with a total production...80,000 metric tons (t) Cu, and 5,000 t Zn. The deposit is located within the Doyon-Bousquet-LaRonde mining
Pirajno, Franco (2009) Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8613-7
Book
Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia Foreword by Peter A. Cawood 13...Geological Survey of Western Australia Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia 100 Plain St.... East Perth WA 6004 Australia franco.pirajno@doir.wa.gov.au ISBN: 978-1-4020-8612-0 e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8613-7...and since 1993, the Geological Survey of Western Australia. He has held visiting professorships at vii...peer-reviewed papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career
Dill, Harald G. (2010) The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium. Earth-Science Reviews, 100 (1) 1-420 doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.011
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the text by simply using the code of each deposit in the chart. This code can be created by combining... . . . . 3.4. Metamorphic chromium (gemstone) deposit . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5. Chromium supply and... . . . . . . . . 11.3. Structure-bound copper deposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...ïŹ‚uorite and topaz deposits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4. Sedimentary ïŹ‚uorite and topaz deposits . ...the only inexhaustible low-grade, large-tonnage deposit on earth? The ïŹrst step has already been taken
Dill, Harald G. (2010) The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium. Earth-Science Reviews, 100 (1) 1-420 doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.011
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the text by simply using the code of each deposit in the chart. This code can be created by combining... . . . . 3.4. Metamorphic chromium (gemstone) deposit . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5. Chromium supply and... . . . . . . . . 11.3. Structure-bound copper deposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...ïŹ‚uorite and topaz deposits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4. Sedimentary ïŹ‚uorite and topaz deposits . ...the only inexhaustible low-grade, large-tonnage deposit on earth? The ïŹrst step has already been taken
 
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