Mount Charter
{{Short description|Mountain in West Coast Range, Tasmania}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2022}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Charter
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| elevation_m = 514
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=14626 |title=Mount Charter, Australia |units=meters |access-date=3 August 2021}}
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| range = West Coast Range
| map = Australia Tasmania
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| map_caption = Location in Tasmania
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| map_size = 280
| location = West Coast, Tasmania, Australia
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| volcanic_arc/belt = Mount Read Volcanics
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| last_eruption = 500 million years ago
| coordinates = {{coord|41|37|21|S|145|40|32|E|type:mountain_region:AU-TAS|name=Mount Charter|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Mount Charter (TAS) |feature=TAS19348 |access-date=3 August 2022 }}
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Mount Charter is an extinct volcano located on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.
It has an elevation of {{convert|514|m}} above sea level.
Geology
Mount Charter was a major shield volcano of the Mount Read Volcanics on Tasmania's West Coast.see Map 1 of... {{Citation | title=[Geological maps of Tasmania] : [Mount Read Volcanics Project] | publication-date=1986 | publisher=Geological Survey of Tasmania, Division of Mines and Mineral Resources, Mount Read Volcanics Project | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10848537 | access-date=8 August 2022}}{{Citation | author1=Corbett, K. D | author2=Komyshan, P | author3=Tasmania. Department of Mines | author4=Mt. Read Volcanics Project | title=Geology of the Hellyer - Mt Charter area | publication-date=1989 | publisher=Dept. of Mines | isbn=978-0-7246-2019-7}}{{Citation | author1=Pereira da Fonseca, PD | title=Facies analysis and correlations in complex mineralised submarine volcanic successions : Mount Read volcanics, Western Tasmania | publication-date=2016 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/223393495 | access-date=8 August 2022}} The last eruption was 500 million years ago.
Zinc mineralization has been identified on the slopes of Mount Charter,{{Citation | author1=Hine, RD | title=Mafic-hosted zinc mineralisation, High Point, western Tasmania | publication-date=1995 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/154906319 | access-date=8 August 2022}} however, to date mining has not occurred.{{Citation | author1=Wu, WMS | title=Hydrothermal alterations in the Que-Hellyer VHMS District, Tasmania : implications for exploration | publication-date=2014 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/197248809 | access-date=8 August 2022}}