Mesa N, Pannawonica, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 21° 40' 47'' South , 116° 20' 3'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -21.67977,116.33419 |
GeoHash: | G#: qs4sxjrfp |
Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
Old rehabilitated iron ore mine pit. 5 kilometres south of Pannawonica, bordered immediately south and east by the Robe River. Pannawonica Hill, which forms a distinctive pinnacle is 500 metres east on the opposite bank of the Robe River.
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Neoarchean 2500 - 2800 Ma ID: 774370 | Maddina Formation Age: Neoarchean (2500 - 2800 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Maddina Formation Description: Massive, vesicular and amygdaloidal basalt, basaltic andesite, and andesite, minor dacite, dolerite sills; bedded lapilli, vitric, crystal and lithic tuff, volcaniclastic siltstone, shale, chert, sandstone, dolomite. Comments: igneous mafic volcanic; igneous felsic volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous mafic volcanic; igneous felsic volcanic Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
Neoarchean 2500 - 2800 Ma ID: 3186668 | Archean sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Neoarchean (2500 - 2800 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Fortescue Group Comments: Pilbara Craton Lithology: Mafic volcanic rocks; shale Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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