On the West Coast of Tasmania
The Que River, zinc, copper, lead, gold and silver mine, 75 kilometres south of Burnie, on the West Coast of Tasmania, is situated on the Bolgobac River. The Que River mining venture was fortunate in that infrastructure was still available on site that had remained there from a previous operation that ceased mining in 1991. This included such things as; a large water settlement dam, a sealed road through from the Murchison Highway and electrical power reticulation. - McGoldrick, PJ and Large, RR (1992): Geologic and geochemical controls on gold-rich stringer mineralization in the Que River Deposit, Tasmania. Economic Geology, 87, 667-685. It is mostly fine grained but chalcopyrite, galena, red-brown sphalerite, pyrite and quartz all occur in lustrous crystals to over a centimetre in vughs in both the Que River and Hellyer Mines (the latter producing attractive large galena crystals to about a centimetre in vughs. Messageboard. A lead-zinc mine discovered and first operated by Aberfoyle Ltd. It later closed and is presently being reopened by Bass Metals Ltd, along with the nearby, related, Que River mine. It is mostly fine grained but chalcopyrite, galena, red-brown sphalerite, pyrite and quartz all occur in lustrous crystals to over a centimetre in vughs in both the Que River and Hellyer Mines (the latter producing attractive large galena crystals to about a centimetre in vughs. The Queen River is a river that flows through Queenstown Tasmania, to the west of the West Coast Range in particular Mount Lyell and Mount Owen. 1  1 River valley. The river valley is low lying and narrow, and the subsequent fogs are notable in their effect, some created by smelter fumes in earlier years. Waters J C, Wallace D B 1992 - Volcanology and sedimentology of the host succession to the Hellyer and Que River volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits, northwestern Tasmania: in Econ. Geol. v87 pp 650-666. Offler R, Whitford D J 1992 - Wall-rock alteration and metamorphism of a volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposit at Que River, Tasmania: petrology and mineralogy: in Econ. Geol Developed and operated the Fossey underground mine on Tasmania’s West Coast. The project was in partnership with Bass Metals Ltd, with both companies having formed The Que River Mining Alliance in 2007. A 1.0km decline was developed in difficult and very wet (200l/sec inflow) conditions. The project was conducted in partnership with Bass Metals under The Que River Mining Alliance. Remnant high grade ore was won from a series of open cuts. Some 150kt was mined over three years at a combined Pb+Zn grade of 21% with 4.0g/t Au and 190g/t Ag. No LTI’s occurred over the project life. The nearest main towns are Rosebery, 10 kilometres to the north, Zeehan, 19 kilometres to the west and Queenstown, 23 kilometres to the south. Henty lies within the mineral rich Mt. Read Volcanic Belt in Western Tasmania that hosts the Hellyer, Que River, Rosebery, Hercules and Mount Lyell base metal deposits. The eastern side of the belt is dominated by the Henty Fault which runs north-east for over 60 kilometres between Mount Charter and Mount Read. Aerial view of Henty Gold Mine Processing Facility. The Henty Gold Mine is an underground gold mine that commenced operation in 1996 and is located in glaciated mountainous terrain in the upper Henty Valley on the West Coast of Tasmania, adjacent to the Southwest Conservation Area. Que River ore Processed at the Rosebery Mine. Bass Metals carried out extensive trials and processing activities at Que. River in early 2007. This led to the company reaching an agreement with the nearby Rosebery Mine, that was then owned by Zinifex, for Que River ore to be processed at Rosebery. The agreement allowed between 4,200 and 8,000 tonnes of ore to be processed at the Rosebery ore processing facility monthly. The Que River mining venture was fortunate in that infrastructure was still available on site that had remained there from a previous operation that ceased mining in 1991. This included such things as; a large water settlement dam, a sealed road through from the Murchison Highway and electrical power reticulation. The QHV has, in the past, at the Que River and Hellyer Mines, produced more than 20 million tonnes of top grade polymetallic sulphide mineralisation with assay results showing 13.7 percent zinc, 7.2 percent lead, 0.4 percent copper, 2.6 grams per tonne of gold, and 172 grams a tonne of silver. The Que River mining venture was fortunate in that infrastructure was still available on site that had remained there from a previous operation that ceased mining in 1991. This included such things as; a large water settlement dam, a sealed road through from the Murchison Highway and electrical power reticulation.
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