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Mount Charter is an extinct volcano located on The West Coast Of Tasmania, Australia.

Mount Charter
Mount Charter
Location in Tasmania
Highest point
Elevation514 m (1,686 ft)[1]
Coordinates41°37′21″S 145°40′32″E[2]
Geography
LocationWest Coast, Tasmania, Australia
Parent rangeWest Coast Range
Geology
Last eruption500 million years ago

With an elevation of 514 metres (1,686 ft) above sea level.


Geology


Mount Charter was a major shield volcano of the Mount Read Volcanics on Tasmania West Coast.[3][4][5] The last eruption was 500 million years ago.

Zinc mineralization has been identified on the slopes of Mount Charter,[6] however, to date mining has not occurred.[7]


References


  1. "Mount Charter, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. "Mount Charter (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  3. see Map 1 of... [Geological maps of Tasmania] : [Mount Read Volcanics Project], Geological Survey of Tasmania, Division of Mines and Mineral Resources, Mount Read Volcanics Project, 1986, retrieved 8 August 2022
  4. Corbett, K. D; Komyshan, P; Tasmania. Department of Mines; Mt. Read Volcanics Project (1989), Geology of the Hellyer - Mt Charter area, Dept. of Mines, ISBN 978-0-7246-2019-7
  5. Pereira da Fonseca, PD (2016), Facies analysis and correlations in complex mineralised submarine volcanic successions : Mount Read volcanics, Western Tasmania, retrieved 8 August 2022
  6. Hine, RD (1995), Mafic-hosted zinc mineralisation, High Point, western Tasmania, retrieved 8 August 2022
  7. Wu, WMS (2014), Hydrothermal alterations in the Que-Hellyer VHMS District, Tasmania : implications for exploration, retrieved 8 August 2022



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