Mount Read, Tasmania
| Mount Read | |
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 Mount Read
Location in Tasmania
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,123 m (3,684 ft) |
| Coordinates | 41°50′24″S 145°32′24″E / 41.84000°S 145.54000°ECoordinates: 41°50′24″S 145°32′24″E / 41.84000°S 145.54000°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | West Coast, Tasmania, Australia |
| Parent range | West Coast Range |
Mount Read is a mountain located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia, and is at the north west edge of the West Coast Range.
With an elevation of 1,123 metres (3,684 ft) above sea level, Mount Read has had as colourful a history, similar to that of Mount Lyell, with mines, settlements and other activities on its slopes for over a hundred years.
The main copper and gold ore bearing deposits in the West Coast Range are known as occurring in the 'Mount Read Volcanics' relating to the complex geology of the area.
Mineralisation and deposits were being identified well beyond the life of the original mines utilised on Mount Read
To the south east of Mount Read are many features of glaciation in the Tyndall Range as well as glacial lakes of Lake Westwood, Lake Selina, and Lake Julia.
The Hercules Mine on Mount Read was connected by a 1,642-foot (500 m) haulage incline to Williamsford and then to the North East Dundas Tramway. The haulage was self-acting and 1-mile (1.6 km) long and 1,642 feet (500 m) high with a maximum gradient of 1 in 5.
The mine was in production in the late nineteenth century. It had a major strike in 1906 The mine produced well into the mid twentieth century The mine site had ceased operation and was subject to cleanup processes in the early 2000s.
The Hercules Gold and Silver Mining Company was an operating company that ceased in 1916. The Mount Read and Rosebery Mines Limited started as an ex-Mount Lyell offshoot, absorbed by EZ by 1925.
The community surrounding the Hercules minesite had various struggles for services and facilities
Also, despite extensive historic mining and human activity on its slopes, Mount Read has unique and significant stands of Huon Pine forests on its slopes. The southern slopes of Mount Read have been identified as a special habitat enclosed in the Lake Johnston Nature Reserve.
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