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

References

  1. ^ Williams, K. L. (Kenneth Lloyd); Both, R.A. (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". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXIX, no. 262. Tasmania, Australia. 3 November 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 8 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "MINERAL RETURNS". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. LX, no. 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". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXIII, no. 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. Vol. 16, no. 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. Vol. XXIII, no. 244. Tasmania. 29 July 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 8 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "THE HEEMSKIRK TIN FIELD". The Age. No. 13757. Victoria, Australia. 7 April 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 8 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "SOUTH HEEMSKIRK FIELD". The Register. Vol. LXXXI, no. 21, 720. Adelaide. 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