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Hematite from
Dales Gorge, Wittenoom, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Gorge
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dales Gorge, Wittenoom, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:101235
Long-form Identifier:1:3:101235:4
GUID (UUID V4):504f0ff5-d880-4093-af6c-58b19dbe4c28
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
30.9km (19.2 miles) Wittenoom Gorge Mine, Wittenoom Gorge, Wittenoom, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
35.4km (22.0 miles) Wittenoom, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
48.6km (30.2 miles) Marandoo Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
53.3km (33.1 miles) Koodaideri, Marillana Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
60.0km (37.3 miles) Yandi Mine, Marillana Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
64.1km (39.8 miles) Area C mine, Mining Area C, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
73.9km (45.9 miles) Yandicoogina Mine (Yandicoogina Junction; Yandi), Marillana Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
79.5km (49.4 miles) Hope Downs Mine, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
80.6km (50.1 miles) West Angelas Mine (West Angeles Mine), Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
80.8km (50.2 miles) Hope Downs South Mine, Hope Downs Mine, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara 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,† 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 DalesGorgeMember,Hamersley Group, Western Australia D. E. AYRES Abstract The HamersleyIron Ore...texturesobservedin the bandediron formationmacrobands.Chert,hematite,sideriteand stilpnomelane are primarymineralsand...(1962) aided formationsof the HamersleyRange of Western carbonate-staining identification Australiacontainabundant...Australiacontainabundant iron-richminerals--magnetite, hematite,siderite,ankerite, stilpnomelane, minnesotaite and...Trendall (1965a) within the Dales Gorge Member of the of Western Australia, some 700 miles from Perth
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evolution of the North Deposit, Mt Tom Price, Western Australia Received: 13 June 2003 / Accepted: 2 September...the Early Proterozoic Dales Gorge Member and consists of martite-microplaty hematite ore. Three hypogene...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)
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)
Ore District, eastern Hamersley Province, Western Australia Matthew C. Brown a,∗ , 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...∼600 km2 area around the Mt. Whaleback microplaty hematite orebody, the five main veining events most likely...localization of highest vein densities in the Dales Gorge Member, provides circumstantial evidence that
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... Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, particularly from the well studied Dales Gorge Member, is unique
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...Hamersley Province, Western Australia, where banded ironformation (BIF) of the Dales Gorge Member has been...to martite and microplaty hematite. The genesis of these highgrade hematite ores remains controversial...samples of the Dales Gorge Member and surrounding shales from the type section near Wittenoom and the Mt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high-grade iron ore deposits, Hamersley Province (Australia) Mathias S. Egglseder a,⇑, Alexander R. Cruden...VIC 3800, Australia Rio Tinto Exploration, 37 Belmont Avenue, Belmont, WA 6104, Australia c Rio Tinto...152-158 St. Georges Terrace, Perth, WA 6000, Australia b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received... a b s t r a c t The Hamersley Province (Western Australia) hosts some of the world’s largest iron ore...Bekker et al., 2010). The Hamersley Province, Western Australia, contains the world’s largest region of outcropping
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
iron-formations and associated shales from Hamersley, western Australia CHANTAL ALIBERT”’and MALCOLMT. MCCULLOCH’...iron-formations from the Hamemley Basin, western Australia. These data enable new constraints to be placed...Group (Jeerinah shales/cherts, Marra Mamba IF, Wittenoom Dolomite and McRae Shale units) have an average...basin. The overlying Dales Gorge and Joffi banded iron-formations at Wittenoom record a major metamorphic...of an evolving rift. The shaley bands of the Dales Gorge-Joffre formations containing around 30-60% detrital
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Paraburdoo 4E Deposit, Hamersley Province, Western Australia Warren S. Thorne,1,† Steffen G. Hagemann,1...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...iron formation (BIF) of the Paleoproterozoic Dales Gorge and Joffre members of the Brockman Iron Formation...distal magnetite-quartz-dolomite-stilpnomelane-hematite ± pyrite, (2) intermediate magnetite-dolomite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the origin of a banded iron-formation in Western Australia RICHARD H. BECKER Department of Chemistry...iron-formation of the Dales Gorge Member of the Brockman Iron Formation and from the Wittenoom and Duck Creek...Formations of the Hamersley Range area of Western Australia. The ironformation carbonates had SCY3values... CLAYTON The Hamersley Iron Province of Western Australia contains examples of extremely well-preserved...Iron Province lies on the northwest coast of Australia, between latitudes 21’30’ and 23’30’5 and longitudes
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Queensland University, Rockhampton QLD 4702, Australia. 2 The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR)...Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia. 3 Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of...The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia. An extensive magnetic...was carried out in the Hamersley Basin in Western Australia; which hosts large high-grade iron-ore deposits...results summarised in this study, over a mined hematite ore deposit in Tom Price indicates that TMI variations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Precambrian banded iron-formation. Hamersley Range. Western Australia RICHARD H. BECKER* Department of Chemistry... riebeckite, hematite and talc in samples of banded iron-formation from the Dales Gorge Member of the...quartz, dolomite and calcite in samples of the Wittenoom Dolomite and Duck Creek Dolomite Formations, all...all from the Hamersley Range area of Western Australia. Additionally, in order to interpret the measured...experimental determinations of the fractionations. The Dales Gorge Member was found to have undergone isotopic exchange
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Dales Gorge Member of the Brockman Iron Formation, Hamersley Group, Western Australia Jason M...in the Dales Gorge Member of the Brockman Iron Formation, Hamersley Group, Western Australia. Magnetite...macrobands of the Dales Gorge type-section drill core DDH-47A from Wittenoom, Western Australia. Magnetite domains...magnetite is the dominant iron oxide in the Dales Gorge BIF and is present in many other sub-greenschist... silician magnetite, banded iron formation, Dales Gorge, Hamersley, biosignature Introduction BIF precipitates
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)
world-class high-grade hematite deposit in the Hamersley Province of Western Australia with an original resource...resource of 900 Mt of almost pure hematite, averaging 63.9 wt-%Fe. Petrological and geochemical studies...magnetite-siderite-stilpnomelane; intermediate hematite-magnetite-ankerite-talc-chlorite; and proximal...ankerite within ankerite-microplaty hematite veins in the intermediate hematite-ankerite-magnetite-talc-chlorite...apatite within talc-microplaty hematite veins in the intermediate hematite-magnetite-talc-chlorite-apatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia *Corresponding...depositional textures. Very fine grained siderite and hematite in laminated BIFs post-date dehydration of the...sedimentary basins such as the Hamersley basin, Western Australia and the Transvaal basin of South Africa. Major...America and the coeval Frere Formation in Western Australia, and the Rapitan-type iron formations deposited...multiple generations of iron oxides (magnetite, hematite, goethite), carbonates (siderite, ankerite, dolomite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5 Ga) DaIes Gorge Member ofthe Bmxkrnan Iron Formation, HamersIey Basin, Western Australia. Samples were...margin of the basin, and from BIF macroband 13 at Wittenoom, 130 km NW, At Paraburdoo, oxygen-isotopic compositions...temperature gradient across the basin (cf. T - 300°C at Wittenoom; BECKRRand CLAYTON, 1976). Carbon-isotopic compositions...Paraburdoo and -lO.S% at Wittenoom, but the greater isotopic depletion at Wittenoom appears related to primary...Proterozoic (2.5 Cat Dales Gorge Member, Brockman Iron Formation, Hamersley Group, Western Australia, were invents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
November 2013 Editor: T.M. Harrison Keywords: Dales Gorge member BIF Fe isotopes O isotopes SIMS femtosecond...of magnetite and hematite in banded iron formations (BIFs) from the 2.5 Ga Dales Gorge member of the Brockman...Hamersley Group, Western Australia, document distinct fine-scale isotopic zonation. For hematite, δ 18 O values...Fe values within individual grains or layers. Hematite is always isotopically heavier than co-existing...m-scale (e.g., between meso- or macro-bands of the Dales Gorge Member). In situ isotopic results highlight the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the martite-microplaty hematite ore deposit at Mount Whaleback, Western Australia Received: 20 February...of large martite-microplaty hematite ore deposits in northwest Australia remains a contentious topic...been identified at the largest martite-microplaty hematite deposit, Mount Whaleback. In this study, samples...to unaltered black Mount McRae Shale from Wittenoom Gorge in the north and altered black and red Mount...carbonate-rich, silica-poor rocks in the overlying Dales Gorge Member at Mount Whaleback is consistent with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the iron-formation of the Dales Gorge Member, HamersleyGroup, Western Australia T,cxesHr MIveNor eNo ConNeI-Is...riebeckite formation in the Dales Gorge Member, Hamersley Group, Western Australia. Computed values of Sie6...lower/6, conditions than hematite and higher pH values than magnetite or hematite. Where riebeckite coexists...Riebeckite assemblagesin the iron-formations of the Dales Gorge Member can be divided into two groups, carbonate-free...temperature formations of the Hamersley Group of Western Australia pressureis bounded by the lower part ofthe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Upper Mount McRae Shale at Mount Whaleback, Western Australia – implications for iron ore genesis A. D....Oliver3 The genesis of giant hematite ore deposits in northwest Australia remains a contentious topic...been identified at the largest martite-microplaty hematite deposit, Mount Whaleback. In the present study... Compared with unaltered black shale from Wittenoom Gorge in the north and altered black and red shale...during the formation of the martite-microplaty hematite deposits in the Hamersley Province. Keywords:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Studiesof the Dales GorgeMember of the BrockmanIron Formation, Western W. Australia E. EWERS AND R...Resources, CSIRO, Wernbley,WesternAustralia 6014, Australia Abstract A drill coreconsisting of unaltered...Paraburdoo,WesternAustralia, representingthe entire Dales Gorge Member of the BrockmanIron Formation,has been...(1977) for a part of the DalesGorgeMember at Wittenoom,130 km away. Thesedata, togetherwith documentedevidenceof...magnetite-hematite ratiosandtexturalrelationssuggest increasing grade from Paraburdooto Wittenoom to Tom
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Dales Gorge Member iron-formation, Wittenoom area, Western Australia. 10.159 (vs), 3...KFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2. (2) Dales Gorge Member iron-formations, Wittenoom area, Western Australia, electron microprobe...metamorphosed banded iron formation. Association: Hematite, magnetite, quartz, ankerite, stilpnomelane, riebeckite...material from the Dales Gorge Member iron-formations, Wittenoom area, Western Australia [TL]. Name: Prefixes...Ferri-annite from the Dales Gorge Member ironformations, Wittenoom area, Western Australia. Amer. Mineral.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Paraburdoo Spherule Layer, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia Katrina S. Souders, Alexandra K. Davatzes...Paraburdoo Spherule Layer, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia, Precambrian Research (2020), doi: https://doi...Paraburdoo Spherule Layer, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia Authors Souders, Katrina S.1* Davatzes, Alexandra...within the Wittenoom Formation’s Paraburdoo Member of the Hamersley Basin in Western Australia has lacked...2018). The Precambrian Hamersley Basin in Western Australia is one such basin whose overall architecture
 
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