Rosebery-Read

Australia· TasmaniaUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
0.60%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1893

Overview

Massive podiform to tabular, semi-massive, disseminated, 16 orebodies A through T, 0.04 km thickness, 1.3 km down dip. Gossan present. Extensional basin in an arc-continental collision zone.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1896

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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