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Hematite from
Paraburdoo, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Paraburdoo, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:100826
Long-form Identifier:1:3:100826:5
GUID (UUID V4):40f67fdb-4a4c-4912-b419-be01532a4613
Localities for Hematite in this Region
Boolgeeda Iron Formation, Paraburdoo, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Channar Project, Paraburdoo, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Paraburdoo 4, Paraburdoo Iron ore mine, Paraburdoo, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
12.2km (7.6 miles) ā“˜Paraburdoo 4, Paraburdoo Iron ore mine, Paraburdoo, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17.4km (10.8 miles) ā“˜Channar Project, Paraburdoo, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
49.3km (30.6 miles) ā“˜Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
62.3km (38.7 miles) ā“˜Mount Blair South Mine, Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
68.3km (42.5 miles) ā“˜Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
75.8km (47.1 miles) ā“˜Bali South, Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
76.6km (47.6 miles) ā“˜Mineral Claim 84 Cu deposit (Anticline prospect), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
77.1km (47.9 miles) ā“˜Bali East prospect (Bali Hi East prospect), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
77.8km (48.4 miles) ā“˜Marandoo Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
78.6km (48.8 miles) ā“˜Bali Lo copper mine (Casleys prospect; Bali Low prospect), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesis of High-Grade Hematite Orebodies of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia D. TAYLOR, A.C.T. Exploration...Limited, 106 Duffy Street, Ainslie, A.C.T. 2602, Australia H. J. DALSTRA, A. E. HARDING,ā€  Rio Tinto Iron...Perth, Western Australia 6000 G. C. BROADBENT, Rio Tinto Exploration, P.O. Box 175, Belmont, Western Australia...Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6906 Abstract The Hamersley...iron ore province of Western Australia contains world-class high-purity hematite orebodies hosted within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Hamersley Province, Western Australia ā€“ an example from the Paraburdoo Ranges H. J. Dalstra* Structure...location of hematite deposits in the Hamersley Province in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Unravelling...to the eastern half of the Province. High-grade hematite deposits occur in rocks that range from intensely...rocks with less, or only little deformation (Paraburdoo, Channar), suggesting that folding had at best...normal faults are always associated with high-grade hematite deposits, and in particular faults that link the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits of the Central Hamersley Province, Western Australia: Constraints on the Evolution of Hydrothermal...Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia of Mineralogy and Geochemistry...Queensland 4811, Australia Abstract The Hamersley province of northwest Western Australia is one of the...ore regions with high-grade martite-microplaty hematite iron ore deposits mostly hosted within banded...The oxygen isotope compositions of magnetite and hematite from BIF, hydrothermal alteration assemblages
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Iron Orebody at the Paraburdoo 4E Deposit, Hamersley Province, Western Australia Warren S. Thorne,1,ā€ ...Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia 2Rio 3School Tinto Exploration...Exploration, 37 Belmont Avenue, Belmont, WA 6984, Australia of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds...distal magnetite-quartz-dolomite-stilpnomelane-hematite Ā± pyrite, (2) intermediate magnetite-dolomite...lorite-quartz-stilpnomelane, and (3) proximal hematite-dolomite-chlorite Ā± pyrite Ā± magnetite. Hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Paraburdoo Member Surrounding the Paraburdoo Spherule Layer, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia...of the Paraburdoo Member Surrounding the Paraburdoo Spherule Layer, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia...of the Paraburdoo Member Surrounding the Paraburdoo Spherule Layer, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia...Wittenoom Formationā€™s Paraburdoo Member of the Hamersley Basin in Western Australia has lacked a significant...marker bed until the recent discovery of the Paraburdoo Spherule Layer (PSL). In this paper, we correlate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PRE-2.2 GA AGE FOR GIANT HEMATITE ORES OF THE HAMERSLEY PROVINCE, AUSTRALIA?* D. McB. MARTIN, L'ā€¢'ā€¢Z...andGeophysics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands,WesternAustralia 6907, Australia A. A. NEMCHIN, Tectonics...CurtinUniversity, G.P.O.BoxU1987,Perth,Western Australia 6001,Australia AND C. McA. POWELL Tectonics Special...andGeophysics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands,WesternAustralia 6907, Australia Abstract One currentmodelfor...burialmetamorphism to convert goethite to mieroplaty hematite. Ournewstructural, stratigraphic, andgeoehronologieal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 31:1, 159-159, DOI: 10.1080/08120098408729288...Proterozoic Wyloo Group sediments near Paraburdoo, Western Australia. Geol. Soc. Aust,, J. 30, 161-165. ...Stratigraphy of the area around Paraburdoo, Western Australia Wyloo Group Ashburton Formation Duck Creek Dolomite...numerous dolerite stills Chert shale with minor hematite Banded iron-formation with minor shale Chert and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Iron Ore Deposits in the Hamersley District, Western Australia Makoto HARUNA1, Takahiro HANAMURO*, 2, Kaoru...Tom Price, Newman, and Paraburdoo mines in the Hamersley Basin, Western Australia. The Mount McRae Shale...mines occurs as a footwall unit of the secondary, hematite-rich iron ores derived from the Brockman Iron...Mount McRae Shale, Tom Price, Newman, Paraburdoo, Western Australia the depositional environments of iron...characterized by alternations of iron minerals (mostly hematite and subordinate magnetite; occasionally siderite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
constraints from across the Hamersley Province, Western Australia Adam D. Webb a,*, Gerald R. Dickens a,b, Nicholas...James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia b Department of Earth Sciences, Rice University...deformed regions of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia, where banded ironformation (BIF) of the Dales...to martite and microplaty hematite. The genesis of these highgrade hematite ores remains controversial...quartz and converted clinochlore and muscovite to hematite and kaolinite, respectively. Late in the paragenetic
Report (issue)
maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Resources Bulletin 24 Dimension stone in Western Australia Volume 2 Volume 2 covers much of the published...in the southern, central western, and northern regions of Western Australia. Almost 120 sites have been...DIMENSION STONE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA Volume 2 DIMENSION STONES OF THE SOUTHERN, CENTRAL WESTERN, AND NORTHERN... Geological Survey of Western Australia DIMENSION STONE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA VOLUME 2 DIMENSION STONES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in groundwater of an ancient landscape in NW Australia using stable Sr, H and O isotopes Shawan Dogramaci... 152ā€“158 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA 6000, Australia West Australian Biogeochemistry Centre, School...The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Ecosystems Research...The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia a r t i c l e i...Keywords: Stable isotope Strontium Water Arid Western Australia a b s t r a c t The Precambrian meta-sedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Robertson Range Projects, Hamersley Province, Western Australia P. Darvall*1, R. McCarthy2 and P. Hawke3 The...Hamersley Province about 100 km east of Newman, Western Australia. Significant iron mineralisation within the...dip. At Davidson Creek iron mineralisation is a hematite-goethiteochreous goethite assemblage, whereas...Atlas Iron Ltd, PO Box 223, West Perth, WA 6872, Australia Avoca Resources Limited PO Box 1156, West Perth...Hawke Geophysics, 6 Joy Close, Willeton, WA 6155, Australia *Corresponding author, email pip.darvall@atlasiron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...Province, Western Australia a D. McB. Martin & P. A. Morris a a Geological Survey of Western Australia...Australia , 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA, 6004, Australia Published online: 24 Sep 2010. To cite this article:...magmatism in the southern Hamersley Province, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 57:7, 911-931, DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2010.510172
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ore District, eastern Hamersley Province, Western Australia Matthew C. Brown a,āˆ— , Nicholas H.S. Oliver...James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia b Department of Earth Sciences, Rice University...hydrothermal models for genesis of giant microplaty hematite ore deposits of the Hamersley Province, we have...āˆ¼600 km2 area around the Mt. Whaleback microplaty hematite orebody, the five main veining events most likely...synchronous with the main phase of microplaty hematite ore formation at Mt. Whaleback. We propose that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of the North Deposit, Mt Tom Price, Western Australia Received: 13 June 2003 / Accepted: 2 September...Gorge Member and consists of martite-microplaty hematite ore. Three hypogene alteration zones between unmineralised...intermediate hematite-ankerite-magnetite, and (3) proximal martite-microplaty hematite-apatite alteration...trapped in ankerite within ankerite-hematite veins in the hematite-ankerite-magnetite alteration zone...ankerite from magnetite-siderite-iron silicate and hematite-ankerite-magnetite alteration zones have similar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BandedIron-Formation in theHamersley Iron Province of Western Australia R. C. MORRIS Abstract Microscope studies...or without hematite, carbonates,and silicates,leading to the formation of martite-(hematite)-goethite...Province. Primary hematite survives with little change:magnetiteoxidizesto hematite (martite) or in part...has converted to fine-grained hematite in some of these martite-(hematite)-goethite ores. Though overall...residualprimary components, martire and hematite,with abundantsecondary hematite, most of it platy but some anhedral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bmxkrnan Iron Formation, HamersIey Basin, Western Australia. Samples were obtained both from banded ironformation...ironformation (BIF) macrobands 9-12 at Paraburdoo, on the southern margin of the basin, and from BIF macroband...macroband 13 at Wittenoom, 130 km NW, At Paraburdoo, oxygen-isotopic compositions of coexisting chert...compositions of carbonates are near -7%0 vs. PDB at Paraburdoo and -lO.S% at Wittenoom, but the greater isotopic...Brockman Iron Formation, Hamersley Group, Western Australia, were invents in order to obtain a better
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of southern Africa and its equivalent in Western Australia E.S. Cheney 1 Department of Geology, Rand...in the western part of the Kaapvaal Province and in the Pilbara Province of Western Australia; thus,...that the Pilbara rifted from the southern edge of western Kaapvaal. The Penge Iron Formation in northeastern...Barley et al. (1992). 30" 2. Terminology WESTERN AUSTRALIA i I i Fig. 1. Locationof the Kaapvaaland...(Wc), Bresnahan Gp. (Wb), and Mt. James Fm. (Wj) Ashburton Fro. (SIIa) 1.8 SII Volop Qzt. (Sllv) Wyllies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GENESIS OF HIGH-GRADE HEMATITE OREBODIES OF THE HAMERSLEY PROVINCE, WESTERN AUSTRALIAā€”A REPLY D. TAYLOR,...2602, Australia H. J. DALSTRA, Rio Tinto Exploration, 37 Belmont Avenue, Belmont,Western Australia AND...Ore, 152-158 St. Georgeā€™s Terrace, Perth, Western Australia 6000 Sir: R.C. Morris, in his discussion...with Morris that the widespread occurrence of hematite pebble conglomerates at the base of the Middle...the hematite ores, these conglomerates underwent several stages of recrystallization and hematite formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
iron-formation of the Hamersley Group, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia R.C. M o r r i s Division of Exploration...(CSIRO), Private Post Bag, PO. Wembley, W..A.6014, Australia (Received July 26, 1991; accepted after revision...iron-formation of the Hamersley Group, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. In: T.S. Blake and A.L. Meakins (Editors)...Proterozoic Geology of the Pilbara Region, Western Australia. Precambrian Res., 60: 243-286. The banded...(BIF) of the Hamersley Group, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, particularly from the well studied Dales
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ore resource of the Hamersley Province of Western Australia is of the Phanerozoic supergene martiteā€“goethite...burial to form the Proterozoic martiteā€“microplaty hematite ores. The supergenemetamorphic segment of this...published hypogenebased genetic models for the hematite ores, all requiring post-hypogene meteoric oxidation...oxidation of siderite to secondary microplaty hematite + ankerite, and magnetite to martite, at unspecified...martiteā€“microplaty hematite ores of the Tom Priceā€“Whaleback type. However, evidence of both microplaty hematite and
Report (chapter)
in Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic BIF of Western Australia Thomas Angerer, Paul Duuring, Steffen G. Hagemann...in Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic BIF of Western Australia THOMAS ANGERER*, PAUL DUURING, STEFFEN G....Systems, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia *Corresponding author...in the two main metallogenic districts of Western Australia, the Yilgarn Craton and the Hamersley Province...scrutiny are the two key iron ore domains in Western Australia, the Hamersley Province, which is host to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Earth Sciences (2012) 59, (411ā€“434) Microplaty hematiteā€”its varied nature and genesis R. C. MORRIS* CSIRO...(CESRE), ARRC, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia. Secondary microplaty hematite (mplH) occurs in many different...of the world that are dominated by martite (M, hematite pseudomorphs after magnetite). The term was introduced...martiteā€“microplaty hematite (Mā€“mplH) ore type of Mt Whaleback, Mt Tom Price and Paraburdoo (ca 2000 Ma) from...supergene goethite. The conversion of goethite to hematite involves a *27% reduction in volume, with suggested
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
banded iron-formations, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia DISCUSSION R. C. MORRIS 24 Chiswick Street...Street, Wembley Downs, WA 6019, Australia (richard.morris@csiro.au). Introduction Tompkins and Cowan (2001)...post-solidification of a melt) reductionā€™ of primary hematite. ā€˜Partial recrystallisation of magnetite to a...on, as well as by the later reduction of, the hematite nuclei. Primary precipitation of magnetite is...pre-existing magnetite and hematite nuclei. . . . [Our] examples from Paraburdoo . . .ā€™ support ā€˜Hanā€™s view
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
giant iron ore deposit, Hamersley Province, Western Australia Received: 16 February 1999 / Accepted: 14...those in the Hamersley Province of northwestern Australia, may contain more than a billion tonnes of almost...assemblages. This was followed by development of hematite- and ferroan dolomite-bearing assemblages with...carbonates and silicates and crystallisation of further hematite. Preliminary ĀÆuid inclusion studies indicate both...brines with descending meteoric ĀÆuids. Initial hematite crystallisation occurred at about 250 Ā°C and high
 
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