Ord Ranges (Tiger Iron), De Grey Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Ord Ranges (Tiger Iron) | - not defined - |
| De Grey Station | - not defined - |
| Port Hedland Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
20° 17' 11'' South , 119° 8' 23'' East
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Mindat Locality ID:
245203
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:245203:9
GUID (UUID V4):
9f8bc18a-f75d-4b62-849b-470bee8cdee4
The Ord Ranges are 60 kilometres east of Port Hedland, near the coast, just north of the Great Northern Highway and before the DeGrey River crossing. It is known as a source of tiger iron, mined by a local specimen dealer.
Tiger iron is composed of alternating layers of microcrystalline red hematite, cherty quartz, and golden tiger eye.
At the Ord Ranges, tiger iron is found within a highly folded banded iron formation, jaspilite, chert, and shale unit of the metamorphosed Archean Nimingarra Iron Formation.
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2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| β Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 References: |
| β 'Jasper' References: |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| β 'Tiger Iron' |
| β 'Tiger's Eye' References: |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Jasper' | - | |
| β | 'Tiger's Eye' | - | |
| β | 'Tiger Iron' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
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