Zeehan mineral field explained

Zeehan mineral field is a mining area near Zeehan in Western Tasmania, Australia.

The field is frequently associated with the short lived shallow silver deposits in the field,^{[1] [2]} 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^[3] and minerals, and continues to be explored to the present.^[4]

It is surrounded by long term mined and well searched areas – the Dundas^[5] and North-East Dundas^[6] fields to the east, and the North^[7] and South Heemskirk^[8] fields to the west.

Trams, smelters and concentrating mills were spread throughout the field over the 1890s and early 1900s.^[9]

See also

• Geology of Tasmania
• Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania
• West Coast Tasmania Mines

Notes and References

1. News: ZEEHAN MINING FIELD. . . XXIX . 262 . Tasmania, Australia . 3 November 1909 . 8 November 2016 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: MINERAL RETURNS. . . LX . 79 . Tasmania, Australia . 2 April 1900 . 5 November 2016 . 2 (DAILY.) . National Library of Australia.
3. News: ZEEHAN . . XXIII . 233 . Tasmania, Australia . 30 September 1903 . 5 November 2016 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
4. http://www.mindat.org/loc-147116.html Mindat page for Zeehan mineral field
5. Usually incorporated into the North east field in later newspaper reports, News: MINING. . . 16 . 787 . South Australia . 1 November 1895 . 8 November 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
6. News: Zeehan & Dundas Herald. MONDAY, JULY 29, 1912. . . XXIII . 244 . Tasmania. 29 July 1912 . 8 November 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
7. News: THE HEEMSKIRK TIN FIELD. . . 13757 . Victoria, Australia . 7 April 1899 . 8 November 2016 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
8. News: SOUTH HEEMSKIRK FIELD. . . LXXXI . 21,720 . Adelaide . 20 June 1916 . 8 November 2016 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
9. Zeehan mining field pp 6 -11 section of The Railways and Tramways of Zeehan in