XO. 2 BIBLIOCxRAPIIY OF TIN — HESS 185 



VICTORIA (Continued) 



1233. Nicholas, Wm. Localities of minerals whicli occur in Victoria. 



Rep. Prog. Geol. Siirv. ^"ictoria, No. 3, 1876, Melbourne, p. 287. 

 The most important districts where tin is to be found are: 



1. Lode tin, Beechworth. 



2. Stream tin, Beechworth, Berwick, Bright, Burrowa Creek, Cudgewa Creek, Dry 

 Forest Creek, La Trobe River, Mt. Fatigue, Murray River [upper]. 



Phillips, J. A., and Louis, H. See No. 1350. 

 Reyer, EntiARD. See No. 1354. 

 RoLKEB, Chas. M. See No. 1357. 



1234. RosALES, Hy. Report on Mt. Wills as a gold field and tin field respect- 



ively. 



Special Report Department Minos, Melbourne, Victoria, 1897, p. 5. 



1235. Skene, A. J., and Smyth, R. B. Report on the physical character and 



resources of Gippsland. 



1874, Melbourne, pp. 3-6!>, vcith map and geol. sect. 



" Black oxyd of tin " has been found in ba.sin of River La Trobe, near Aft. Fatigue. 

 Nearly all areas occupied by granite, yield some tin ore. Up to this time little has 

 been done in Gippsland toward mining tin ore. 



1236. S.MVTii, R. BRoroH. The manner of occurrence of tin ore on the Upper 



Murray River. 



Rep. Prog. Geol. Sui-v. Victoria, No. 1, 1874, Melbourne, pp. 5-7. 



In all granitic tracts, " black oxyd of tin " is found in the beds of the creeks and 

 gullies. Mr. H. Y. L. Brown, of Geological Svirvey of West Australia, examined the 

 district and gives facts concerning the tin deposits. 



1237. . Tin in Victoria. 



Rt'p. Prog. Geol. Surv. Victoria, 1875, Melbourne, pp. 41, 42, 45. 

 Author predicts that rich veins of tin ore will be found in the basin of the Milta- 

 Mitta and the Ciidgcwa. 

 Tin ore is found in southwestern and northwestern parts of Gippsland. 



123S. Stirli.ng, Jamks. Report on the tin lodes at Wombat Creek. 



Department of Mines, Victoria, Report of Mining Registrars for quarter ended March 

 31, 1889, Melbourne, pp. 65-67, hachured map 1, pis. 3, figs. 4. 



Veins are on a ridge between Mt. Wills Creek [tributary of Big River], and W'om- 

 bat and Nine Mile creeks, tributary to Mitta River. Tin found in creeks and bench 

 gravels with bismuth and gold. Some lodes were found by government party. The 

 country rock is slate and feldspathic sandstones, of Upper Silurian age, converted into 

 nodular schists and sandstones and highly inclined. Cut by pegmatitite and aplite 

 masses. Tin occurs in pegmatites as stockworks. " Granulitic " lodes traverse the 

 slates. At places there is much tourmaline in the pegmatite. Some granite dikes 

 [ternary] near by are younger than Silurian; thought probably to be Devonian. [No 

 proof given.] Small amount of alluvial tin in Wombat vallej', probably indicates 

 that veins have not been exposed long to erosion, and will grow better in depth. 

 Several large diorite dikes have cut the sediments and metamorphosed them. " When 

 the lode or vein intersects certain felsitic sand,stones and nodular schists, and the 

 lode is mainly greisen, it is rich in tin, and when the small grains of white feldspar, 

 partly converted into kaolinite are present as additional ingredients, schorl is more 

 abundant." Cassiterite is said to be evenly distributed through some of the lodes. 

 Ijodes 1 to 5 feet wide carry 2.9 per cent to 20 per cent tin. Accompanying minerals: 

 tourmaline, wolfram and plumose muscovite in large plates. 



