Description
George Renison Bell
Commodities
PrimaryTin
SecondaryGold, PGE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model44: Replacement Sn
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuth, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Ilmenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Stannite
GangueApatite, Fluorite, Quartz, Talc, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Crimson Creek Formation;Success Creek Group
Associated rockGranite
StructureBroad Antincline, Normal Faulting
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10037887
MRDS IDM045086
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-41.79611, 145.4318
References
REID, A.M., 1921, OS-IR IN TASMANIA: TASMANIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 32, P. 80-81MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1989, P. 47.MORLAND, R., 1990, RENISON BELL TIN DEPOSIT, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 1249-1251.