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Cassiterite from
Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Comments:mostly microscopic
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz3 photos of Cassiterite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Pyrrhotite1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Arsenopyrite1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Dolomite1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:420925
Long-form Identifier:1:3:420925:6
GUID (UUID V4):f89c5728-655b-4fc5-bc40-7360ab6d88bf
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
6.4km (3.9 miles) Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
8.0km (5.0 miles) Mt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
8.2km (5.1 miles) Razorback mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
13.2km (8.2 miles) Montana Mine, Heemskirk Tin Project, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
13.7km (8.5 miles) Oonah Mine, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
13.8km (8.6 miles) Queen Hill, Heemskirk Tin Project, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
14.1km (8.8 miles) Severn deposit, Heemskirk Tin Project, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
16.2km (10.1 miles) Stanley River tin field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
20.7km (12.9 miles) St Dizier mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
21.1km (13.1 miles) Globe Mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BELT SYSTEM IN TASMANIA P . L . F . C O L L I N S a n d E. W I L L I A M S Tasmania Geological Survey...of Mines, p.o. Box 56. Rosny Park, Tasm. 7018 (Australia) (Accepted for publication January 13, 1986 )...in Tasmania. In: E. Scheibner (Editor). Metallogeny and Tectonic Development of Eastern Australia. Ore...Ore Geol. Rev., 1 : 153--201. In western Tasmania, Precambrian sedimentary sequences form the basement...The main trough, the meridional Dundas Trough, is flanked to the west by the Rocky Cape region of Precambrian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluids in the formation of the cassiterite-sulfide deposits of western Tasmania John L. Walshe a,*, Scott...and Mining, c / o Division of Information Technology, GPO Box 664, Canberra, ACT 2601. Australia b Renison...4820, Australia c MIM Exploration, Suite 12, 154 Fullarton Rd, Rose Park, Rose Park 506, Australia d Geology...ACT 0200, Australia Received 29 May 1995; accepted 23 August 1995 Abstract The cassiterite-sulfide deposits...deposits of western Tasmania are spatially and temporally related to Devonian granitoids. The stable
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
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
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# ' 'M & va ;>1 MINERALS All GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA v. AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER...LANCASTER Si "s MINERALS All :' GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER The author...Lancaster — panning for osmiridium at the “Clay Bank”, west of Adamsfield. Published by GEMCRAFT PUBLICATIONS...National Museum of Victoria. Chromiferous cerussite — (Dundas). Courtesy. National Museum of Victoria. First...National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0909223 04 1 Printed in Australia by Quadricolor Industries
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GeologicSettingand Genesisof Cassiterite-Sulfide Mineralizationat Renison Bell, Western Tasmania D. J. PATTERSON,*...GeologyDepartment, Universityof Tasmania,G.P.¸. Box 252C, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia H. OHMOTO, Department...GeologyDepartment, Universityof Tasmania,G.P.O. Box252C, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract Cassiteritemineralizationat...d to hornblende-hornfels faciesassemblages. Cassiterite mineralizationoccursin stratabound replacementbodiesin...parageneticsequencein the Renisonmine is: stage1: cassiterite + silicates--tentatively inferredas an early
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE FOLEY’S ZONE, CLEVELAND TIN DEPOSIT, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA PETER JACKSON, Department of Geology, La...La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia 3083 AMARENDRA CHANGKAKOTI,† School of Earth Sciences, University...University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia 3052 H. ROY KROUSE, Department of Physics, University of Calgary...deposit, located in northwest Tasmania, Australia, was a major tin-producing mine until its closure in 1986...limestone. Three styles of mineralization occur in the mine sequence. These are carbonate replacement, greisenization
Journal (issue)
Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, September–October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...September–October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September–October...1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian...Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia
Journal (issue)
ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition... A. 2(1):21-24 Heulandite from the Illawarra District, NSW. Carr, P., Perkins, M., Chenhall, B., Pemberton...Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70...2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell, S. 1(1):3-19...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit
Survey Bulletin 73 A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill...Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved...the publisher in writing. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Bottrill, R
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
not a constant decrease in lead-zinc ratios from north to south. For the benefitof personsnot acquaintedwith...sulphideproduction hasneverplayeda major economicrole in the district. For manyyearsthe mill headsaveragedhardly more...Pb-Zn ratio Present averages Av. total PbS-ZnS North-south veins Av. Pb-Zn ratio Av. total PbS-ZnS...kilometersof diamonddrilling havebeendonein the district. The geologicinformation gatheredas a result of...publisheddata regarding these features of the district. A. R. GEYNE. PACHUCA,HIDALGO,MEXICO, January
Report (volume)
_________________________________________________________ Australia----------------------------------------------------~ew...those in Southeast Asia, Brazil, and Western Australia. As a result, many economically important placers...present shorelines. Most tin is smelted from cassiterite ( Sn02) contained in placer concentrates, and...metal commodities are also recovered during the mining and concentration of tin. Lode deposit's yield...however, is concentrated in amounts suitable for mining. GEOLOGY Tin, a useful metal of commerce since
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOLCANIC-HOSTED SULPHIDE DEPOSITS AT ROSEBERY AND MT. LYELL, TASMANIA M. S O L O M O N 1, F . M . V O K E S 2 a n d...Resources, P.O. Box 378, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601 (Australia) 2 Universitet i Trondheim, N-7034 Trondheim (Norway)...University, P.O. Box 4, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601 (Australia) (Accepted for publication January 27, 1986) ...volcanic-hosted sulphide deposits at Rosebery and Mt. Lyell, Tasmania. In: B. Marshall and L.B. Gilligan (Editors),...Lyell in the Mt. Read mineral province of western Tasmania. At Rosebery, part of the massive pyrite--sph
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of New South Wales, Broken Hill, Australia Precambrian and Early Palaeozoic submarine exhalative...sequence is intruded by granites with associated cassiterite mineralisation. This relationship is not considered...the occurrence of stratiform Sn ~Present address: North ]Broken Hill Ltd., and W deposits to Sn and W deposits...3004, associated with granitic rocks. Maucher Australia (1972, 1976) suggested that the "younger" 00...environment. EXHALATIVE TIN DEPOSITS Tin minerals (cassiterite, stannite and stanniferous tetrahedrite) are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LOFTus-HILLS and M. SOLOMON University of Tasmania, H o b a r t , Australia Trace element studies of sulphides...occurs in the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of West Tasmania (Australia) which lies in the southern part of the...with lead and zinc minerals, and those with cassiterite or argentiferous galena related to granitic intrusions...Erzarten ist in den Unter-Paliiozoischen Gesteinen yon West-Tasmanien (Australien) vorhanden, welches im siidlichen...epochs by studying trace elements in the ores. In Tasmania, where the older history of the Tasman Geosyndine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF TIN DEPOSITS AND TIN PROVINCES OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA J. L. WALSHE,1,† M. SOLOMON,2,* D. J. WHITFORD...Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia of Excellence in Ore Deposits, University of Tasmania, Private Bag...Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia 3 CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, P.O. Box 136, North Ryde...1670, Australia 4 Geoscience 5 Geology Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia and...University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia Abstract Initial εNd isotope data for
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of Canada Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1, Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd...Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. 2011, Australia FRANCE Pergamon Press S A R L , 24 rue des Ecoles...Kronberg-Taunus Pferelstrasse 1, Frankfurt-am-Main, West Germany Copyright © 1976 John Drew Ridge All Rights...continent or, in the case of Australasia, by Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Papua-New Guinea...the deposits are arranged by prov­ inces, in Australia by states, and in Japan by islands. In India,
Journal (issue)
3 19 Alabama Alaska Argentine Republic Asia Australia Austria 21 21 N 25 25 26 28 -. Banka 29...45 California 48 Canada Cape Colony Carolina, North and South 51 Ceylon 54 Chili 55 50 52 China...New Zealand 124 124 124 124 132 132 Nigeria North America Northern Territory .' 133 133 Norway...South Australia South Dakota Spain Swaziland ; 145 146 148 148 148 155 158 Sweden Tasmania 160 ... .186 CONTENTS V PAGE Washington Western Australia 187 Wyoming 190 191 203 209 General Bibliography
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pyrrhotite-Pyrite Relationships. RenisonBell, Tasmania SIMONJOHN HAYNESANDPATRICKARTHURHILL Abstract...example studiedthe pyrrhotitephases at the Strathcona Mine from hydrothermal-magmatic processes(Gilfillan...northeast of Zeehan, Abetfoyle' (Sn) Renison Bell 42000' towardsRosebery,on the west coastof Tasmania (Fig...the south(Gilfillan,1965). Tin, in the form of cassiterite, is the chiefmetallic product.It is restricted...sphalerite,chalcopy- FIG. 1. Locality map of Tasmania. 838 PYRRHOTITE PH•4SES •4ND PYRRHOTITE-PYRITE
Report (issue)
burg), A.I.C. llfiss R. C. GROVES, M.Sc. J. D. F. WEST, A.l.C. B. W. WHITFEILD. A.1.C. A. B. JACKSON...Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., lately President...HATCH, Consulting Mining Engineer, forn1erly President of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. 1...States, Straits Settlements . 29 Africa: Gold Coast, Nigeria, N yasaland, Rhodesia, Union of South Africa...Canada • • • • Australasia: Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand , il' 57 ,I CONTENTS CHAPTER
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Geology, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia with chapters by C. CUFF, Lecturer...Geochemistry, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia Illustrated by J. Ngai,Geography...Department, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING...Distributors for the United States and Canada: ELSEVIER/NORTH-HOLLAND INC. 52, Vanderbilt Avenue New York, N.Y...will prove of value to research-exploration and mining specialists. The text is designed to give an
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MODELS IN E X P L O R A T I O N GEOCHEMISTRY, 4 .Australia 14. G. BÀRDOSSY KARSTIC BAUXITES 15. АЖ ROSE and...Geology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic. 3083, Australia ELSEVIER Amsterdam - Oxford - New York — Tokyo... hand, and in the U.S.A., Western Europe and Australia on the other. This arises in part from the fact...scale. For example, in the Western Cordillera of North America, most skarns are W- skarns (>95%), mainly...Dobson, 1981) there are almost no deposits in the North Cordillera where greisen-like solutions are superimposed
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earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...earth-science and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...- - - - - - - - 16 9. Proportions of total world mine production of tin accounted for by countries having...Countries having greater than 2,000 metric tons of tin mine production in any one of the selected years 1940-8
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Areas (CCOP) CCOP Technical Secretariat Offshore Mining Organization Building 110/2 Sathorn Nua Road, Bangkok...Regional Mineral Mineral Resources deposits of Tasmania, but are little known to the geological of China.... Australia Dal The Western Tasmanian Tin Province with Special Reference to the Renison Mine IAIN...The Cleveland Stratabound Tin Deposits, Tasmania, Australia: A Review of Their Economic Geology, Exploration...235 265 On the Ore-Forming Mechanism of Some Cassiterite-Sulphide Deposits in South China Ye Jun, Zhou
 
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