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Topaz from
Anchor Mine, Lottah, Blue Tier district, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
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 Anchor Mine, Lottah, Blue Tier district, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:428657
Long-form Identifier:1:3:428657:8
GUID (UUID V4):e2fd704e-fd19-4356-bf5b-6fd0585535fe
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
15.7km (9.8 miles) Weld River, Moorina, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
27.9km (17.3 miles) Mount Cameron, Gladstone district, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
29.8km (18.5 miles) Fly-by-Night Creek, Gladstone district, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
52.4km (32.6 miles) Aberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
57.9km (35.9 miles) Dead pig mine, Gipps Creek field, Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
67.4km (41.9 miles) Royal George Mine, Avoca-Royal George mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
75.9km (47.1 miles) Bicheno, Glamorgan Spring Bay municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
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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)
example from the Poimena Granite, northeastern Tasmania, Australia” N. C. HIGGINS Bureau of Mineral Resources...Geology and Geophysics, PO Box 378, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2601 (Received December 29, 1989; accepted in...(1985) showed that the Poimena, Mt. Paris, and Lottah granites were spatially associated field suites...distinct chemical and spatial links. 2) Like the Lottah Granite, the fine- to medium-grained, and most...differentiated phases occur only in a semi-circle around the Lottah Granite, within 5 km of the contact. The composition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
example from the Poimena Granite, northeastern Tasmania, Australia” D. E. MACKENZIE, S.-S. SUN, and L. P. BLACK...Mineral Resources, GPO Box 378, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia (Received January 9, 1990; accepted in revised...indeed, there may be similar examples in the Blue Tier Batholith. Nor do we intend to imply that metasomatic...hydrothermal processes have not operated at all in the Lottah Granite. We seek rather to demonstrate that magmatic...associated. The Lottah Granite and the enclosing Poimena Granite of northeastern Tasmania represent one
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and strontium isotope study of the Blue Tier Batholith, NE Tasmania, and its bearing on the origin of...Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2601 b Learning Curve PO'. Ltd., P.O. Box 666, Mawson ACT, Australia, 2607 Received...late Devonian plutons of the Blue Tier and Eddystone Batholiths of NE Tasmania intrude quartz-wacke and mudstone...Major granitoid types (other than AFG) of the Blue Tier and Eddystone Batholiths all have similar 143Nd/144Nd...Integrated Nd, Sr and O isotopic systematics of the Blue Tier Batholith of the Bassian Terrain are different
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GeochemicalEvolutionof Tin-BearingGranites in the Blue Tier Batholith, Tasmania D. I. GRov•-s Abstract Tin mineralizationin...theircomponent minerals to compositional variations Anchor Mine representa small part of a large in thegranite...sug- complexof granitic rocks which form the Blue Tier gestionsthat tin may selectivelysubstituteiso-...granites (Gee and Groves, 1971). The granitic Tasmania to determine whetherthe hightin values plutonshave...biotite granite/adamellites withtin deposits in NE Tasmania(ReidandHenderson,1928;Thomas,1943;Rattigan,1964)to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
example from the Poimena Granite, no~heast~~ Tasmania, Australia DOUGLAS E. MACKENZIE,LANCEP. BLACKand &KEN-SUSUN...Resources, G.P.O. Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia (Received August 10, 1987; accepted in revisedform...revisedform July 28, 1988) Abstract-The Lottah Granite is a composite ptuton of tin-mineralised, strongly...mid-Devonian Blue Tier Batholith of northeastern Tasmania. Earlier workers interpreted the Lottah Granite...febic, I-type biotite granite which contains rest&e mine& and shows linear trends on Harker plots, both consistent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Bushveld Complex) and an orogenic setting (Blue Tier Batholith, Tasmania) reveals a number of genetically important...documented orogenic tin district, the Blue Tier Batholith of eastern Tasmania (e. g. Groves~ 1972a; Groves...tin district, the Bushveld Complex (e. g. Hunter and Lenthall, 197 I). THE BLUE Regional TIER Geology...Geology BATHOLITH and Mineralization The Blue Tier Batholith is one of a number of post-kinematic composite...composite batholiths that occur in Tasmania at the southern end of the Tasman orogenic belt, and the contained
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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
Journal (issue)
Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R... D. (1999) Famous mineral localities: Ting Tang mine, Gwennap, Cornwall 19:18-23 CLARK, A.M. (1998) Earth's...P. (1995) Crystallized Enargite from the Gregory mine, Ashover, Derbyshire 15:28-29 DAY, B. (1998) Collecting...& SMITH, M.E. (1993) The Minerals of the Peak District of Derbyshire 13:16-55 see also SARJEANT, W.A
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of the cassiterite-sulfide deposits of western Tasmania John L. Walshe a,*, Scott W. Halley b, John A...Technology, GPO Box 664, Canberra, ACT 2601. Australia b Renison Goldfields Consolidated, GPO Box 360...4820, Australia c MIM Exploration, Suite 12, 154 Fullarton Rd, Rose Park, Rose Park 506, Australia d Geology...Geology Dept, ANU, ACT 0200, Australia Received 29 May 1995; accepted 23 August 1995 Abstract The cassiterite-sulfide...cassiterite-sulfide deposits of western Tasmania are spatially and temporally related to Devonian granitoids
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
129 The genesis of the Blue Tier Batholith, northeastern Tasmania, Australia N.C. HIGG1NS*, M. SOLOMON*...Department o f Geology, University o f Tasmania, Hobart, Tasm. 7001 (Australia) LITHOS 0 Higgins, N.C., Solomon...1985. The genesis of the Blue Tier Batholith, northeastern Tasmania, Australia. Lithos, 18: 129-149. New...isotopic data from three major plutons of the Blue Tier Batholith support a model in which each granite...Introduction The Blue Tier Batholith is part of a Devonian Sn province covering the whole of Tasmania and extending
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
compositions of Tasmanian granites (southeast Australia): Controls on petrogenesis, geodynamic evolution...compositions of Tasmanian granites (southeast Australia): Controls on petrogenesis, geodynamic evolution...compositions of Tasmanian granites (southeast Australia): controls on petrogenesis, geodynamic evolution...(CODES), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia Transforming the Mining...of RI b SC Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart 7001, Australia Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Depositsof Tasmania M. SOLOMON GeologyDepartrnent,G. P. 0., Box252C, Universityof Tasmania,Hobart, Tasmania7001...Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract The major operatingmetallic ore depositsof Tasmaniaare (a) volcanic-hosted...mineral- reconstruction of the land masses around Tasmania just prior to the openingof the TasmanSea in... 1971). Unfortunately the relationshipbetween Tasmania and adjacentpartsof the Tasmanfold belt in earlier...River. tiary, covermuch of centraland southeast Tasmania Recentdevelopmentshave includedthe discoveryof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by Springer-Verlag 1979 The Blue Tier Batholith, Northeastern Tasmania A Cumulate-Like Product of Fractional...University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009 Abstract. The Blue Tier Batholith is one...southern end of the Tasman orogenic belt of Eastern Australia. An integrated study of the structure, texture...the granitoid suite. It is suggested that the Blue Tier Batholith is not an isolated example of a granitoid...common than is recognized. Introduction The Blue Tier Batholith is a composite granitoid mass some 1
Report (issue)
Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., lately President...Canada • • • • Australasia: Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand , il' 57 ,I CONTENTS CHAPTER...those of the Dutch Indies, Germany, China and Australia. Before the war, smelting was carried on in Germany...days, are the United I{:ingdom, Germany, France, Australia, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy and Belgium. The...and formed minerals such as tourmaline, fluorite, topaz, lithia-mica, axinite and apatite, as well as quartz
Journal (issue)
Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03) 9723 5041...Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 2, Number 1 June 1996...Some mines of the Mt Isa District, Queensland Part 3 - The Mount Oxide mine ............ B. Day & B....England The Francis Collection A. Pring 21 Post mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...Mimetite crystals from Sabine's Shaft, Mount Bonnie mine. 44 km north-west of Pine Creek. Northern Territory
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ical research on tin-mineralizing plutons in Australia has enabled the author to establish a set of criteria...associated with anorogenic volcanism (e.g. Tertiary topaz rhyolites of SW USA and Mexico; ongonites of Mongolia...(ST~MPt~OK 1985). In the New England Batholith of Australia, hundreds of plutons have been petrologically...and in the Pine Creek Geosyncline of northern Australia, the last phase of a sequence of Early-Middle...Complex) (STRo>ac & CHATTERJEE1985). In northern Australia, S~Zt
Journal (issue)
3 19 Alabama Alaska Argentine Republic Asia Australia Austria 21 21 N 25 25 26 28 -. Banka 29...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... dikes, or placers of a particular country or district, and in the arrangement of this bibliography the...Geological Survey of Western Australia, Ann. Progr. Rep. Geol. Surv. Western Australia. Perth. Annual Report
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...deposits. Pre-Middle Devonian rocks of western Tasmania differ, for most part, from those in the northeast
Book
Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia with chapters by C. CUFF, Lecturer in Geochemistry...Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia Illustrated by J. Ngai,Geography Department, James...Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING COMPANY Amsterdam...39%, Bolivia 15%, Thailand 11%, Indonesia 12%, Australia 6%, Nigeria 1%, Zaire 1% with the remainder emanating...also Table 2.1. NORTH WESTtfNOmTH E A S T ^ V TASMANIA ^ T A S M A N I A ^ ^ / 7 little relevance to
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Aquamarines in 1993 and in Australia for the Guidebook to Pegmatites of Western Australia in 2007. Since retirement...I had an opportunity to revisit the Helen Beryl Mine in Custer County, South Dakota, in the Black Hills...highlight of the semester! In revisiting the Helen Beryl Mine, I only had an opportunity to sort through part...pur- Fig. 1. Purpurite (P) from the Helen Beryl Mine. A? may mens are probably man- be alluaudite. Specimen...identified in pegmatites of the Etta Mine near Keystone. The Helen Beryl Mine, mass of pegmatite about (Lufkin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...Isles ENGLAND Alston, Cumbria, fluorite, 82o Blue Anchor point to StolJbrd rocks, Somerset, calcite, baryte... analcime, 76I Castleton, Derbyshire, fluorite (Blue John), 243 Crook Hill brickyard, Cbickerell, near...Cornwall, luxullianite, 441; 442 Scar Crag, Lake District, arsenopyrite, alloclase, glaucodot, cobaltian
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University of North Queensland, Townsville, 481 l, Australia 2 Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Geochimiques...themselves contain mineral species such as fluorite, topaz, tourmaline and Li-micas. Phosphates and carbonates...minerals such as F and/or Li-rich micas, fluorite, topaz and tourmaline. Individual regions or districts...character (eg. the SW England and Herberton (Australia) provinces). This enrichment in fluorine and boron...at the magmatic stage by the crystallisation of topaz, fluorite, tourmaline, Li-mica, etc. and/or at the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
clear S-type affinity. The greisens are quartz mica topaz rocks and are almost totally deficient in Na. Trioctahedral...segregations within the granite. Concentrations of blue-green beryl occasionally accompany black tourmaline...alteration. Interstitial tourmaline, fluorite and topaz are late crystallization products and indicate the...greisens are characterized by the assemblage quartz, topaz, mica and fluorite. Feldspar is absent in general...compositions of these minerals are discussed below. Topaz tends to form clusters of rounded grains while fluorite
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France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony...Johnston & E. R. Swoboda Sulfur from the Perticara mine area, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy . . . . . . . . . . ...Famous mineral localities: The Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... John Sinkankas (1915–2002) at the Pala Properties Mine Bash, 1977. Van Pelt photo. NOTICE Died, John Sinkankas...Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Benitoite, Gold L.A. County $12 Museum, Himalaya mine $12 (Brazil), Bosch
 
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