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Tasmania

A dense, historic mineral field — tin, copper, zinc and gold along the wild West Coast.

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The districts

West Coast of Tasmania

Queenstown, Zeehan and Rosebery — a legendary polymetallic field.

Tin Copper Zinc Gold

northern Tasmania

Tin and tungsten history from Beaconsfield to the north-east tips.

Tin Tungsten Iron ore

Most-recorded commodities

Tin · 8 Iron ore · 7 Gold · 7 Copper · 7 Silver · 5 Coal · 4 Tungsten · 4 Zinc · 4 Lead · 3 Bismuth · 3 Bauxite & alumina · 2 Mineral sands · 2

Operating · 16

Campbell Town Bauxite Area Bauxite & alumina, Iron ore, Mineral sands Operating Cornwall Coal Operating Cullenswood Coal Operating Dolphin Project Tungsten, Molybdenum Operating Duncan Coal Operating Granville East Tin Operating Hellyer Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Bismuth, Antimony Operating Henty Gold, Silver Operating Kara Mine (Tasmania Mines) Tungsten, Iron ore, Tin Operating Kimbolton Coal Operating Mount Lyell Copper, Silver, Gold Operating Naracoopa Mineral sands, Tin Operating Renison Bell Tin, Copper Operating Riverside Tin Operating Rosebery Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Bismuth, Antimony Operating Savage River (Grange Resources) Iron ore, Vanadium Operating

Care & maintenance · 5

Avebury Cobalt, Nickel Care & maintenance Mount Bischoff Tin, Copper Care & maintenance Mount Lyell Project Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc Care & maintenance Nelson Bay River Iron ore Care & maintenance Riley Creek Iron ore Care & maintenance

In development · 4

Crake Gold In development DL-130 AREA TAS Bauxite & alumina In development Moina Tin, Iron ore, Tungsten, Gold, Zinc, Fluorite, Bismuth In development Mount Lindsay (Venture Minerals) Tin, Copper, Tungsten, Iron ore In development

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Sources for this page

Geoscience Australia — OZMIN (EarthResourceML-Lite WFS) — licensed CC BY 3.0 AU , retrieved 2026-08-24

Record last rebuilt from source data: 2026-08-29.