Zeehan mineral field

Zeehan mineral field is a mining area near Zeehan in Western Tasmania, Australia.

The field is frequently associated with the short lived shallow silver deposits in the field,[1][2][3][4] which peaked in the 1890s [5] and early 1900s and had faded by the time of the first world war [6]

The field has a complex set of orebodies [7][8] and minerals and continues to be explored to the present.[9][10]

It is surrounded by long term mined and well searched areas - the Dundas[11] and North-East Dundas [12] fields to the east, and the North [13] and South Heemskirk [14] fields to the west.

Trams, smelters and concentrating mills were spread throughout the field over the 1890s and early 1900s [15]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Williams, K. L. (Kenneth Lloyd); Both, R.A, (joint author.) (1971), Mineralogy of the mines and prospects of the Zeehan field, Tasmania, Dept. of Mines, ISBN 978-0-7246-0016-8
  2. ↑ "ZEEHAN MINING FIELD.". Daily Telegraph. XXIX, (262). Tasmania, Australia. 3 November 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 8 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "MINERAL RETURNS.". The Examiner (Tasmania). LX, (79). Tasmania, Australia. 2 April 1900. p. 2 (DAILY.). Retrieved 5 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Waller, George A (1904), Report on the Zeehan silver-lead mining field, with map and two plates, Government Printer, retrieved 8 November 2016
  5. ↑ Tilley, Wilberton, The wild west of Tasmania. Being a description of the silver fields of Zeehan and Dundas, Zeehan, Evershed, retrieved 8 November 2016
  6. ↑ Pullen, Glenn C. (Glenn Charlton) (1963), The discovery and decline of the Zeehan silver lead field, retrieved 5 November 2016
  7. ↑ "ZEEHAN". Daily Telegraph. XXIII, (233). Tasmania, Australia. 30 September 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 5 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ Twelvetrees, W. H. (William Harper), The ore-bodies of the Zeehan field, John Vail, Govt. Printer, retrieved 5 November 2016
  9. ↑ http://www.mindat.org/loc-147116.html Mindat page for Zeehan mineral field
  10. ↑ Both, R.A (1966), The zoned deposits of the Zeehan mineral field, [Hobart], retrieved 5 November 2016
  11. ↑ Usually incorporated into the North east field in later newspaper reports, "MINING.". The Mount Barker Courier And Onkaparinga And Gumeracha Advertiser. 16, (787). South Australia. 1 November 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 8 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Zeehan & Dundas Herald. MONDAY, JULY 29, 1912.". Zeehan and Dundas Herald. XXIII, (244). Tasmania, Australia. 29 July 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 8 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "THE HEEMSKIRK TIN FIELD.". The Age (13757). Victoria, Australia. 7 April 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 8 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "SOUTH HEEMSKIRK FIELD.". The Register (Adelaide). LXXXI, (21,720). South Australia. 20 June 1916. p. 8. Retrieved 8 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ↑ Zeehan mining field pp 6 -11 section of The Railways and Tramways of Zeehan in Whitham, Lindsay Shield; Tasmanian Historical Research Association (2002), Railways, mines, pubs and people : and other historical research, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, ISBN 978-0-909479-21-3
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