Tasmania
Producer
Mount Lyell
Tasmania, Australia
Copper
Sulfur-Pyrite
Gold
Silver
Zinc
Lead
Tin
Molybdenum
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, Silver
Tertiary
Zinc, Lead, Tin, Molybdenum
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit size
Y
Materials
Ore minerals
Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Hematite, Linnaeite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite
Gangue
Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite, Siderite, Zircon
Geology
Host rock
Chert,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Discovery year
1884
Identification
Deposit ID
10084792
MRDS ID
W700001
Region
OC
Data score
B
Coordinates
-42.11278, 145.54846
References
MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 30-33.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.