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Cassiterite from
Leona Mine, Avoca, Break O'Day 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 Leona Mine, Avoca, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:414354
Long-form Identifier:1:3:414354:3
GUID (UUID V4):37c0b925-9d8b-45d4-875b-77f9e4472098
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
9.1km (5.6 miles) Rex Hill Mine (Mt Rex Mine), Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
9.4km (5.8 miles) Great Republic mine, Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
9.4km (5.9 miles) Aberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
11.3km (7.0 miles) Mammoth Tin Mine, Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
12.2km (7.6 miles) Storeys Creek Mine, Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
12.6km (7.8 miles) Brookstead Mine, Avoca-Royal George mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
14.0km (8.7 miles) Royal George Mine, Avoca-Royal George mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
60.4km (37.5 miles) Coles Bay, Glamorgan Spring Bay municipality, Tasmania, Australia
60.4km (37.5 miles) Goulds Country, Blue Tier district, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
60.7km (37.7 miles) Anchor Mine, Lottah, Blue Tier district, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated with Sn-minerals (ferrokesterite and cassiterite). The hydrothermal alteration associated with...ferrokesterite-kesterite (Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4) and cassiterite (Plimer et al. 1991; Shwarz-Schampera and Herzig...responds to not outcropping subvolcanic bodies from La Leona Complex and the spatial relation between the sulfide...and chalcopyrite (cp) crystals brecciated by cassiterite (cst) and ferrokësterite (kst). e Drill hole...Triassic sedimentary rocks. These intrusions (La Leona Complex), define a high-K calc-alkaline monzonite
Report (volume)
................................... Los Cabires mine.................................. Hidalgo.................... Queensland mine................................... El Santin mine..........................Paso de Sotos and Teocaltiche....... Los Amigos mine................................... III 113 113....................... 27. A, Small abandoned tin mine near San Felipe, Guanajuato; B_, Small tin placer.............. 28. Plan and section of Los Cabires mine, Tepuxtepec, Michoacan.........................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
andcalcitebeingthe majoraccessory minerals.Presentlythe mine is shut down.Remainingreservesconsistmostlyof the...rhyoliticflowdomes,ashflows, and air-fall tuffs of the Leona Member. These units '.... •:•?:•?:•::•' arepetrographically...these districts are associated with the vents of Leona by the SantuarioFormation.Thinning of the ore to...mosingveinsand dikelikebodiesunder the western cassiterite-hematite veins,belongto the MercadoIron wedge...amountsof overlyingSantuarioweldedtuff arefound in the mine area. Fragmentsof iron ore are foundin the basesof
Report (volume)
based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes...government believed might someday be economic ta mine. Stratiform deposits of large areal extent, such...EXAMPLES High Plateau, Del Norte Cty, USCA Coto Mine, Luzon, PLPN (Wells and others, 1946) (LeBlanc...DEPOSITS Name Ace of Spades Adobe Canyon Gp. Ajax Alice Mine Allan (Johnson) Alta Hill Althouse Alyce and Blue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
districts) have associated wood tin (botryoidal cassiterite) deposits that may be the sources of some of...massive lenses and breccias within and overlying the Leona and Tinaja Members of the Cacaria Formation (fig...dissolution, and regrowth Figure 7. Brecciated Leona rhyolite indicate that it was cemented by clinopyroxene...with the enormous Olympic Dam deposit of South Australia, which is Australia’s premier copper deposit,...and Proterozoic deposits, including the Blackbird mine of Idaho and many of the iron (copper-uraniumrare-earth-element)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
158. https:// Keywords: ceramic body; glaze; cassiterite; colouring; XRF; SEM/EDX; Raman spectroscopy...XRF Measurements Samples without a fresh clean break exposing unaltered material were either cut with...is the addition of tin oxide in the form of cassiterite, as numerous studies have shown [13,18,32,33]...stannate dissolved and the tin recrystallized as cassiterite [14,34]. The same studies pointed out that opacification...content, opacification seems to originate from cassiterite. The three other alkali glazes (blue M17b, blue
Report (issue)
and good specimens have come from the Manzanita mine. Imperial County: The mud volcanoes near Volcano...mineral. gypsum have been found in the Defiance mine. Kern County On both sides of the San Joaquin Valley...district. Lake County: At the Sulphur Bank quicksilver mine, situated on Clear Lake, a very interesting deposit... mony mines has also been found in the Buffalo mine and in the anti- San Emidio Mountains, of the...Alisal mine on El of Salinas, in the foothills of the Gabilan range, W. P. Blake^^^. This mine contained
Journal (issue)
Editors Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London...Articles Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California... please don’t assume we were all out on coffee break when the issue was printed. We tried . . . honest...plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...fine specimens. T INTRODUCTION The Little Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BUIL, 2, 315-325, illus., (1901). Minerals from Leona Heights, Alameda County, California: CaliJ. Unio...S. Geol. Suraey Bull. 6rO, l4l-142, (1916). Cassiterite in San Diego County, California: U. S. GeoI....24-25, (1927). The mineralogy of the Tintic Standard mine, Utah fabs'l:Washington Acad. Sci. Iota., 17,lzt...(with stephen Taber). Psittacinite from the Higgins mine, Bisbee, Arizona: Am. Minual., 1 5 , 5 7 5 - 5 7
Report (issue)
cleavage. Cleavage is the tendency of a crystal to break with particular ease in the by E. S. certain...considerable amounts in the wall rock at the Argonaut mine, Josephson (32). County: It is found in the copper-bearing...occurs in brecciated tuff duced at the Leviathan mine, Leviathan Peak of Markleeville, W. W. Bradley (35)...deposited by solfataric action occurs in the Defiance mine. an area of several acres, 9 miles east of Coso...interesting deposit at the Sulphur Bank quicksilver mine on Clear Lake was described by Le Conte and Rising
Book
COULON (France), K. G. Cox (0. K.), A. CUNDARI (Australia), 1. M. DAUTRIA (France), D. DEMAIFFE (Belgium)...are the main source of ore minerals, such as cassiterite, wolframite, chalcopyrite and pyrochlore, among...Suess' (1891) original term "Bruech" (= fracture, break) is perhaps closer in meaning to the English term...from true continental regime up to continental break-up. 5.1 Alteration Sampling has been carried out...C.T. ¢ //9 ~~/~~/ ~ I f- N-MOP.B Africa BREAK-UP:NEW OCEANIC CRUST ,'.:::' continuous :. ~;/
Report (issue)
attrition of older ones. Prime examples of this are the Leona rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite...stone hammers and called his claim the Stone Hammer mine. This find aroused so much interest that the San...circumstance the location was named the Stone Hammer mine. "The State Mining Bureau reported at about the...tools, found partly in the caves and largely in the mine pits are carefully wrought and polished from hard... the most important, was the famous New Almaden mine, near San Jose, and the other, Last Chance Peak
Report (issue)
specimens have come from the Manzanita mine, and also from the Elgin mine. Imperial County: The mud volcanoes...fluorite and gypsum have been found in the Defiance mine. .A small deposit is reported in the mountains east...Spriiijrs. Native sulpluir at 11 the SuiLshiue mine. Last Chance ^lountains. Kern County: On both...district. Lake County: At the Sulphur P>ank quicksilver mine, situated on Clear Lake, a very interesting deposit...east of Vaughn. It has been found in the Buffalo mine and antimony mines of the San Emidio Mountains
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica), then those of pegmatitic origin...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald...mainly in crystals to 5 cm at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical
Book (edition)
—Interpretation sulpliide waters — Chloride water analyses Mine waters waters— Sulphate waters Oxidation of waters—“Carbonate...conglomerates of South Afri(*A— Platinum placers Cassiterite placers— Monazite placers Other placers— Precious...veins in basic lavas General features The Kennecott mine, Alaska— ( ’opper sulphide veins in intrusive basic...amygdaloids— The veins— Mineral association Origin Mine waters Mining and smelting operations-- The copper...interior (Jordillerau of the SieiTa Nevada Victoria, Australia New South Wales and Queenslarid Nova region Scotia—
Report (volume)
of economic value, by E. S. Simpson, Western Australia Geol. Survey Bull. 19; A list of Canadian mineral...STATES ALABAMA. H ing in pure white clay at Eureka mine, 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County...was mined with other copper ores at Woods' copper mine. Mica (muscovite). Chilton County, mined in T. 22...also. Randolph County, small quantity at Pinetucky mine; carries gold; also at other gold mines. Pyrolusite...Pyrrhotite. Cleburne County, was mined at Wood's copper mine near Stonehill. Tallapoosa County (auriferous),
Report (volume)
into the light-buff La Plata sandstone without break. The latter contains abundant calcite as a cement...on the road from Sodavttle to the Vulcan copper mine. It consists of FIG. 1. Natrojarosite. a glistening...been described by W. P. Headden" from the Buxton mine, Lawrence County, S. Dak. The crystals are described...decompose the chemical molecules, the crystals break up into fine powder or dust, w.hich is carried along...known on small seams in shale from" the Montezuma mine. The mineral prefers porphyry, and the great bodies
Report (issue)
is continental or transitional Skarn Cu (2.6) Mine Vlejs Los Guayabas (Tollma) Cranates (Hulla) Also...Cty, CA Santa Helena, Antioquia, Colombia Co to Mine, Luzan, P.I. References Wells, F. G. et al 1946...Signature: Ni, Cu, Co, PGE Examples Sally Malay, Australia Rana, Norway References Thornett (1981) Boyd...Cu, Co, Au DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION Ore Minerals: cassiterite. Magnet!te±chalcopyrite*cobaltite±pyrite*pyrrhotite...W, Sn, F, Mn possibly Be. Examples Ban Ban, Australia El Sapo, Colombia References Ashley, 1980 Alberto
Report (volume)
working in pure white clay at Eureka V ALABAMA. 7 mine 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County...was mined with other copper ores at Woods' copper mine. Mica. See Muscovite. 10 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE...County, mined in Wedowee, and prospected at Pinetucky mine, Natural gas. Occurs in scattering wells in Franklin...acid. Randolph County, small quantity at Pinetucky mine, carries gold, and at other gold mines. Occurs with...Pyrrhotite. Cleburne County, was mined at Wood's copper mine near Stonehill; Talapoosa County (auriferous), at
Report (issue)
stone hammers, and called his claim the Stone Hammer mine. This find aroused so much interest that the San...circumstance the location was named the Stone Hammer mine. "The State Slining Bureau reported at about the... the most important, was the famous New Almaden mine, near San Jose, and the other, Last Chance Peak...courtesy M'ard's Natural Science EstablishFigure 4A. mine, mcnt. Inc., '\V2H.). FIGURB 4B. GKM THUKMALl...at the California gem mine, the San Jacinto gem mine, and the Columbian gem mine, near Riverside, California
Journal (issue)
Rood Somers, Connecticut -.-----Garnet, Lulubell Mine, Son Diego County, California. low in silica. Biotite...Smoky quartz with cleovelondite cluster, Himoloyo Mine, Mesa Grande, Col i forn,o APRIL l 96� ll \I...green tourmoline and cteavelandite, Little Three Mine, San Diego County, California. and with a hardness...spinel, sometimes with black tourma­ line and cassiterite, columhite, and a whole series of dark, primary...clusters of quartz crystals, and crystals of cassiterite. He' also sent me �ome literature about the Goonvean
Journal (issue)
Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................type localities, and an alphabetical cross-index by mine name. T INTRODUCTION In the Spring of 1976 a group... COLORADO LOCALITY INDEX BOULDER COUNTY Caribou Mine Caribou (near Nederland), Caribou District (Silver...Golden Age Mine Jamestown2 (Tellurium, Gold) Illinois mine, Bonanza mine, Conger mine, Georgia mine, Hoosier...Hoosier mine, Lone Tree mine, Oregon mine, Phillips mine, Spider Leg mine, Sunday mine, Town Lot mine, (others)
Book
SULPHIDE LENSES IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS (Mackinaw Mine) Pentlandite, chalcopyritc, pyrite, raaucherite...bis­ muth, bismutite, andalusite, adularia, cassiterite, wolframite, orthoclase, betafite, lepidolite...variety of mineral assemblages. Most underground mine workings follow mineralization localized by joints...rocks) Quartz, muscovite, fluorite, huebnerite, cassiterite, wolframite, ferberite, scheelite, galenobismutite...copiapite 3. SULPHIDE DEPOSIT EFFLORESCENCES (often on mine working walls) Chalcanthite, boothite, morenosite
Report (chapter)
closed-basin lakes, in rock outcrops, and in mines and mine wastes has been noted since early antiquity. The...rocks, coal deposits, metallic ore deposits, and mine wastes. The composition of the salts reflects the...was shipped in large quantities from the Bluestone mine, Nevada (Palache et al. 1951). Many of the soluble...is a massive sulfide that hosts extremely acidic mine waters, some with negative pH values (Nordstrom...of the melanterite from the Richmond mine precipitated from mine water with a pH of -0.7 (Alpers et al
Journal (volume)
Brett, H. T Cam & Motor Metallurgy 397 Britannia Mine, Flotation at .... British Columbian Production...416 •59 Report Ancient Mine- Workings 95, Report Gilmoai E.Brown Cassiterite in Soil. .. J. O. Centenillo...ndarj Ed H. Instruments for M i. rO 169 p.l.) Mine Surveying kt1 (e.l.) i .'.' 17 1 . . -J-J*"...porl w in Australia est .i'm \ in. 10 808 \ and i i in.- imi (Nigeria) Tin Mine 122 i' i...Sedimentary Rock* aen, J. Hatch and Hastall Hay Gold Mine 994 378 I i 186, 89 ' i i R< I i I
 
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