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Cassiterite from
Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1581864
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1581864:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘMount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘSummit Face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘBischoff Extended (West Bischoff; Wheal Bischoff), Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
12.5km (7.7 miles) ⓘMt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
24.9km (15.5 miles) ⓘKara No. 1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘMt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
35.5km (22.0 miles) ⓘStanley River tin field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
39.3km (24.4 miles) ⓘRosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘRenison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
47.0km (29.2 miles) ⓘShepherd and Murphy Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Ostersen, Thomas, Ahmed, Ayesha , Cherry, Alex , Ferguson, Matthew (2017) Field Trip Report Geology of Northwestern and Western Tasmania. SEG-CODES Student Chapter, CODES, University of Tasmania.
 
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