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Pyrrhotite from
Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Magnesite-Siderite Series1
Fluorite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9264
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9264:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrrhotite in this Region
Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘSlaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘMt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘMt Ramsay mine, Mt Ramsay, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘLord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
21.8km (13.6 miles) ⓘMt Youngbuck skarn, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘKara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘArthur River Magnesite Deposit, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘMt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘAnio Creek prospect, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘRosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
[Lancaster, 1980 - "Minerals and Gemstones of Tasmania", p28]
Wright, J. H., Kwak, T. A. P. (1989) Tin-bearing greisens of Mount Bischoff, northwestern Tasmania, Australia. Economic Geology, 84 (3) 551-574 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.84.3.551
Bottrill, Ralph S. (2018) A mineralogical field guide to Tasmania for the IMA Conference 2018. Tasmanian Geological Survey Record UR2018/02.
Bottrill, RS , Unwin, L (2019) MINERALOGICAL ANALYSES, MT BISCHOFF. Mineralogical/Petrology Report LJN2019-043. Mineral Resources Tasmania
 
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