Zeehan mineral field is a mining area near
Zeehan
Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia south-west of Burnie. It is part of the West Coast Council, along with the seaport Strahan, and neighbouring mining towns of Dundas, Rosebery and Queenstown.
History
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Western Tasmania
The West Coast of Tasmania is mainly isolated rough country, associated with wilderness, mining and tourism. It served as the location of an early convict settlement in the early history of Van Diemen's Land, and contrasts sharply with the mo ...
, Australia.
The field is frequently associated with the short lived shallow silver deposits in the field, which peaked in the 1890s and early 1900s, and had faded by the time of the first world war.
The field has a complex set of orebodies and minerals, and continues to be explored to the present.
It is surrounded by long term mined and well searched areas – the Dundas and North-East Dundas fields to the east, and the North and South Heemskirk fields to the west.
Trams, smelters and concentrating mills were spread throughout the field over the 1890s and early 1900s.
[''Zeehan mining field'' pp 6 -11 section of ''The Railways and Tramways of Zeehan'' in ]
See also
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Geology of Tasmania
The geology of Tasmania is complex, with the world's biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. The rock record contains representatives of each period of the Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. It is one of the few southern h ...
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Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania
The history of the Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania has fascinated enthusiasts from around the world, because of the combination of the harsh terrain in which the railways were created, and the unique nature of most of the lines.
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West Coast Tasmania Mines
The mines of the West Coast of Tasmania have a rich historical heritage as well as an important mineralogical value in containing or having had found, specimens of rare and unusual minerals. Also, the various mining fields have important roles ...
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Zeehan
Mining in Tasmania