| Mount Read | |
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| Location | West Coast, Tasmania |
| Range | West Coast Range |
Mount Read is a mountain in Tasmania, Australia, that is at the north west edge of what is known as the West Coast Range
As colourful a history as that of Mount Lyell, Mount Read has had 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.
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The Hercules Mine on Mount Read was connected by a 2 foot haulage incline to Williamsford and then to the North East Dundas Tramway The haulage was self acting and one mile (1.6 km) long and 1,642 feet (550m) high with a maximum gradient of 1 in 5.[1]
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.[2]
It currently has a Bureau of Meteorology automatic weather station in place, and it scores well in extreme weather conditions. Its extreme rainfall records for Autumn 2006 put it on a par with the Lake Margaret rainfall - which was still apparently recorded till 30 June 2006 by Hydro employees, but not appearing on the BOM website.
To the south east of Mount Read are many features of glaciation [3] in what are known as The Tyndalls - as well as glacial lakes - Lake Westwood, Lake Selina, and Lake Julia.