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Chert from
Hope Downs Mine, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Chert
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chert data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hope Downs Mine, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1021829
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1021829:1
GUID (UUID V4):644da063-7f72-4b3c-a1a2-af71b03f6a2e
Localities for Chert in this Region
Hope Downs South Mine, Hope Downs Mine, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Chert
5.1km (3.2 miles) Hope Downs South Mine, Hope Downs Mine, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
30.4km (18.9 miles) Mindy Mindy, Marillana Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
31.2km (19.4 miles) Iron Valley Mine, Marillana Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
44.5km (27.7 miles) West Angelas Mine (West Angeles Mine), Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
71.1km (44.2 miles) Mount Whaleback Mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
75.0km (46.6 miles) Orebody 29, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
76.3km (47.4 miles) Cloud Break Mine, Roy Hill Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
83.4km (51.8 miles) Orebody 23 (OB 23), Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
99.9km (62.1 miles) Roy Hill Mine, Roy Hill Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Genesis of the Hope Downs Iron Ore Deposit, Hamersley Province, Western Australia DESMOND F. LASCELLES†... University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, W.A. 6009, Australia Abstract The banded...banded iron formation (BIF)-hosted Hope Downs high-grade hematite ore deposits are situated within the...Archean to Proterozoic Hamersley Group of Western Australia. The main orebody extends to 260 m below the...phosphorous martite-limonite-goethite derived from chert-free BIF by supergene weathering. No evidence of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Flank Deposits of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia Caroline Perring,1,† Matt Crowe,2 and Jon... 125 St. Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia 2Cassini 3Western 4Centre Resources...Resources, 16 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005, Australia Mining Services, Suite 26/17 Prowse...Prowse Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005, Australia for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia Abstract
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralisation at E Deposit (East), Area C, Hamersley Province, Western Australia F. M. Bodycoat* E Deposit...at Area C iron ore operations in the central region of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia. It...Proterozoic Hamersley Group. Mineralisation at E Deposit East is contained within the Mount Newman Member of the...be better understood. Interpretation of detailed mine face mapping, downhole geophysics, geochemistry... Introduction Area C is located in the central Hamersley Province of Western Australia approximately
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
iron deposits of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia E. R. RAMANAIDOU,* R. C. MORRIS AND R. C....WA 6102, Australia. The fluvial goethite–hematite channel iron deposits (CID) of the Pilbara region of...of Western Australia, formerly known as the ‘Robe Pisolite’, represent a major source of iron ore mined...Marillana Formation, ooidal, Robe Pisolite, Western Australia. INTRODUCTION Erick Ramanaidou and Dick Morris...(1924–1997) . Three types of iron ores are mined in the Pilbara, mainly for export: (i) the banded iron-formation
Journal (volume)
Exploration Targeting (CET), University of Western Australia Paleoproterozoic Mineralization Research...Iron Ore Deposits of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia Warren Thorne, Steffen Hagemann, Adam Webb...Ph.D. degree from the same university. His main area of interest is ore geology and sedimentology. He...the CSIRO in roles including science adviser for mine processing. He previously advised companies such...OneSteel, Robe River, Hancock Prospecting, and Hope Downs on their international metallurgical strategies
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)
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...CaCl2) basinal brine interacted with magnetite-chert layers, transforming them into magnetite-quartz...plagioclase, possibly by interaction with dolerite of the Weeli Wooli Formation that directly overlies the Joffre
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formation-hosted iron ores in the Hamersley Province of Western Australia J. M. F. Clout* Iron formation-hosted iron...200 to 500 Mt. In the Hamersley province of Western Australia, martite– goethite ores are largely developed...formation, in the Chichester Ranges at the Christmas Creek, Cloud Break and Mount Nicholas prospects. Petrographic...of primary microplaty hematite deposits in the Pilbara and elsewhere, well below the normal depth of weathering...Metals Group Ltd, 87 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia *Corresponding author, email jclout@fmgl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
greenstone belt strike north–south and dip to the east. The basement (>2.9 Ga) is made up of tonalite–diorite...tonalite–diorite gneisses and foliated granitoids. The western margin of the Yellowknife greenstone belt is bounded...of tholeiitic pillow lavas that young towards the east (MacLachlan & Helmstaedt, 1995; Bleeker et al.,...Bedding Fig. 2. Geological map of the Bell Lake area (as indicated by the red rectangle in Fig. 1c),...virtually no limitation on sample size. A surface area up to 200 · 200 mm2 in size is scanned by the X-ray
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...Paleoproterozoic banded iron formations, comprising thin chert and iron oxide bands interlayered with silicate-rich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in groundwater of an ancient landscape in NW Australia using stable Sr, H and O isotopes Shawan Dogramaci... 152–158 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
Report (issue)
of Main-Barton open pit, Jundee gold mine, WA, viewed from the east, June 1997. The pit is approximately...Level 3, 15-31 Pelham Street, Carlton Victoria Australia 3053 iii © The Australasian Institute of Mining...knowledge and understanding of the mineral wealth of Australia and Papua New Guinea. v vi Committees MONOGRAPH...New South Wales Department of Mineral Resources Western Australian Department of Minerals and Energy David...Gold NL WMC Resources Limited Outokumpu Mining Australia Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has been successfully applied to deposits in the Pilbara, Yilgarn and Gawler cratons. The main ore texture...(DID). The BIF-derived iron ore deposits of the Pilbara, Yilgarn and Gawler cratons represent a very significant...ore resource for Australia, with current and previous production dominated by the Pilbara iron ore deposits...CSIRO Minerals, PO Box 883, Kenmore, Qld 4069, Australia (john.clout@csiro.au). Based on a contribution...2002, organised by AusIMM and CSIRO in Perth, Australia on 9–11 September 2002. © 2003 IoM Communications
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Boolgeeda Iron Formation, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia. Precambrian Research 316 (2018) 155–173 D...Targeting, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Warchola et al....al., 2001), the fallacy of supergene removal of chert bands to form the hematite deposits (Lascelles,...particles were later converted to magnetite and chert during diagenesis. The uplift and erosion of the...enrichment and both preexisting protore bodies of chert-free BIF and cherty BIF were oxidized during the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Microplaty hematite ore in the Yilgarn Province of Western Australia: The geology and genesis of the Wiluna West...Targeting, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia National Oceanography...high-grade low-phosphorous direct-shipping ore from Pilbara sites such as Mt Tom Price, Mt Whaleback, etc....on the northern margin of the Pilbara craton. Both margins of the Pilbara Craton and the northern margin...greenstone belt (JFGB) in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia was exhumed by middle to late Cenozoic erosion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...the northern margin of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia a D. F. Lascelles a Centre for Exploration...Targeting, University of Western Australia M006, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Published online: 13 Jun...the northern margin of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 61:6, 843-863, DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2014.908412
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stay relevant in today’s mining environment, the mine geologist needs to pay particular attention to these...article-pdf/112/6/1545/2540852/1543-1547.pdf by East Carolina University user 1544 BOOK REVIEWS would...would be an excellent purchase for a newly graduated mine or exploration geologist and a worthwhile reference...even of Kylylahti, the only currently operating mine in the Outokumpu region. After all, the discovery...showings in the Ivalojoki area in northern Finland is mentioned, but this area is not indicated on the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stay relevant in today’s mining environment, the mine geologist needs to pay particular attention to these...would be an excellent purchase for a newly graduated mine or exploration geologist and a worthwhile reference...even of Kylylahti, the only currently operating mine in the Outokumpu region. After all, the discovery...showings in the Ivalojoki area in northern Finland is mentioned, but this area is not indicated on the...of mineral deposits in a quite small geographic area. Taken together with parts 1 and 11, this provides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stay relevant in today’s mining environment, the mine geologist needs to pay particular attention to these...would be an excellent purchase for a newly graduated mine or exploration geologist and a worthwhile reference...even of Kylylahti, the only currently operating mine in the Outokumpu region. After all, the discovery...showings in the Ivalojoki area in northern Finland is mentioned, but this area is not indicated on the...of mineral deposits in a quite small geographic area. Taken together with parts 1 and 11, this provides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia *Corresponding...Growth of continental crust as percentage of present area (Erikson, 1999). 1. New ocean crust and deposition...polymerisation and precipitation of silica in the form of chert preventing the accumulation of dissolved silica...supracrustal rocks at ca 3?45 Ga in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and the Barberton Region of South...rocks have very limited surface exposure and the area of younger rocks increases exponentially (Fig. 1C;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Earth Sciences, University of Western 8 Australia (UWA), Perth, Australia 9 3 ro of 5 -p Instituto...15 The ~450 metres thick banded chert-hematite and dolomite-chert-hematite body within the 16 Neoproterozoic...to 173 °C (based on disequilibrium 24 hematite-chert oxygen isotope exchange) led to vertical shortening...hematite, as well as anhedral 27 hematite replacing chert and dolomite. Coeval interaction with high volumes...volume reduction by differential dissolution of chert layers. This post- Jo ur na 14 1 lithification
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Archean Koolyanobbing Greenstone Belt, Western Australia: Structural Control on Synorogenic- and Weathering-Related...University of Western Australia, M006, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Abstract The...belt, Younami terrane, Yilgarn craton in Western Australia. In the Koolyanobbing greenstone belt a deformation...deformation sequence, D2 to D4 (generated during east-west compression) and, a late-stage brittle segmentation...diagenetic modification of BIF and the production of chert-free iron formation (e.g., Lascelles, 2007a). Supergene
Report (issue)
Level 3, 15-31 Pelham Street, Carlton Victoria Australia 3053 i © The Australasian Institute of Mining...Printed by: New Generation 12 Barkly Street Brunswick East Vic 3057 ii Contents Chapter 1 An Overview and...Exploration Within the Mining Cycle at the Osborne Mine, NW Queensland F J Tullemans, P Agnew and P Voulgaris...Structural Block Modelling at BHP Iron Ore’s Mt Whaleback Mine T Johnson 169 Mineral Resource Estimation I...Reserve Estimation Methods at Pasminco Broken Hill Mine Southern Underground Operations C H Lutherborrow
Book
Beven Fortescue Metals Group Limited, Pilbara, WA, Australia W.J. Bruckard CSIRO Mineral Resources Flagship...Clayton South, VIC, Australia J.M.F. Clout Ironist Pty Ltd, Nedlands, WA, Australia C. Crisafio Fortescue...Limited, Pilbara, WA, Australia A. Deev CSIRO Mineral Resources Flagship, Clayton South, VIC, Australia E....Pullenvale, QLD, Australia R.B. Dwyer CSIRO Land and Water Flagship, Wembley, WA, Australia M.J. Fisher-White...South, VIC, Australia N. Haque CSIRO Mineral Resources Flagship, Clayton South, VIC, Australia G.W. Heyes
Book
Introduction Peninsular Gneiss and Granitoids of Western Dharwar Western Dharwar Schist Belts Peninsular Gneiss...Dharwar Schist Belts Kimberlites and Lamproites Western and Eastern Dharwar Blocks: Similarity, Contrast...EGMB Evolutionary History of EGMB EGMB vis-a-vis East Gondwana Supercontinent 319 319 320 321 322 325...Bauxite Deposits of Eastern India Chapter 5 North-East India vii 463 464 464 466 475 480 497 507 507...Nagaland 536 536 536 537 537 539 540 540 Chapter 6 Western India 543 6.1 Geology and Crustal Evolution Introduction
 
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