 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | From Mount Goldsworthy to Area C ā reflections on forty years of iron ore exploration in the Pilbara M ...M . A. Pudovskis The evolution of BHP Billiton Iron Ore resulted in an eclectic mix of mines/ores, each...at BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd, 200 St Georgeās Terrace, Perth, WA 6000, Australia (mal.kneeshaw@ bhpbilliton...to the conference Iron Ore 2002, organised by AusIMM and CSIRO in Perth, Australia on 9ā11 September...association with AusIMM. Keywords: Iron ore exploration, Pilbara INTRODUCTION BHP Billiton (BHPB) was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of borehole imagery in iron ore: examples from Mount Whaleback, Western Australia J. R. Blake* The borehole...being generated at the Mount Whaleback iron ore deposit in Western Australia. The optical televiewer...forms of lithological and structural data. At Mount Whaleback, the borehole televiewer has been implemented...conditions. Within the large area in and around Mount Whaleback, drilling may intersect a number of different...only obtained by diamond drilling. Keywords: Mount Whaleback, Pit wall stability, Structural geology, Borehole |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Iron formation-hosted iron ores in the Hamersley Province of Western Australia J. M. F. Clout* Iron formation-hosted...formation-hosted iron ore deposits account for the majority of current world iron ore production and...and consist of three classes: unenriched primary iron formation with typically 25 to 45 wt-%Fe; martiteāgoethite...formed by supergene processes, with abundant hydrous iron oxides containing 60 to 63 wt-%Fe; high-grade hematite...supergene enrichment with 60 to 68 wt-%Fe. Individual iron ore deposits range from a few millions of tonnes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Banded iron formation hosted high-grade hematite deposits, a coherent group? H . D alstra, T. H arding...hematite ores in the Hamersley Province of Western Australia are associated with hydrothermal magnetiteāapatite...exclude a simple supergene model for ugrading the host iron formations to highgrade hematite ore. Similar hydrothermal...WA 6984, Australia (hilke.dalstra@expl.riotinto.com.au), Tony Harding is in Rio Tinto Iron Ore, 152ā158...Georgeās Terrace, Perth, WA 6000, Australia, Tarni Riggs is in Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd, 152ā158 St Georgeās |  | Rasmussen, Birger, Fletcher, Ian R., Muhling, Janet R., Thorne, Warren S., Broadbent, Graeme C. (2007) Prolonged history of episodic fluid flow in giant hematite ore bodies: Evidence from in situ UāPb geochronology of hydrothermal xenotime. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 258 (1) 249-259 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.033 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia Centre for Microscopy...The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia c Rio Tinto Exploration...Exploration, P.O. Box 175, Belmont WA 6984, Australia Received 16 November 2006; received in revised form...deposits, which are hosted in Precambrian banded-iron formations (BIFs), remains contentious. Several...bodies from the Mount Tom Price mine in the Hamersley Province, northwestern Australia. Both phosphate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Upper Mount McRae Shale at Mount Whaleback, Western Australia ā implications for iron ore genesis...genesis of giant hematite ore deposits in northwest Australia remains a contentious topic in part because key...carbonate replacement of silica layers in banded iron formation (BIF) by basinal brines is a requisite...found below ore and along normal faults at the Mount Tom Price and Giles Mini deposits. However, until...hematite deposit, Mount Whaleback. In the present study, samples of the upper Mount McRae Shale are examined |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Upper Mount McRae Shale beneath the martite-microplaty hematite ore deposit at Mount Whaleback, Western...Western Australia Received: 20 February 2004 / Accepted: 5 August 2004 / Published online: 4 September 2004...martite-microplaty hematite ore deposits in northwest Australia remains a contentious topic in part because important...been found along normal faults below ore at the Mount Tom Price and Giles Mini deposits, which suggests...martite-microplaty hematite deposit, Mount Whaleback. In this study, samples of the Mount McRae Shale are examined |  | Taylor, D., Dalstra, H. J., Harding, A. E., Broadbent, G. C., Barley, M. E. (2001) Genesis of High-Grade Hematite Orebodies of the HamersleyProvince, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 96 (4) 837-873 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.4.837 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hematite Orebodies of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia D. TAYLOR, A.C.T. Exploration Consultants...Ainslie, A.C.T. 2602, Australia H. J. DALSTRA, A. E. HARDING,ā Rio Tinto Iron Ore, 152-158 St. Georgeās...Perth, Western Australia 6000 G. C. BROADBENT, Rio Tinto Exploration, P.O. Box 175, Belmont, Western Australia...University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6906 Abstract The Hamersley iron ore province...province of Western Australia contains world-class high-purity hematite orebodies hosted within Lower Proterozoic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | flow in the Mt. Whaleback Iron Ore District, eastern Hamersley Province, Western Australia Matthew C. Brown...James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia b Department of Earth Sciences, Rice University...analysis of veins and rocks surrounding the Mt. Whaleback deposit with an aim to characterize the nature...least five groups of veins formed in the Brockman Iron Formation in deformational events associated with...between the Yilgarn and Pilbara cratons. In a ā¼600 km2 area around the Mt. Whaleback microplaty hematite |  | | Journal (volume) | | Economic Geology Volume 15 BANDED IRON FORMATION-RELATED HIGH-GRADE IRON ORE Editors S. Hagemann, C. RosiĆØre...Economic Geology, Vol. 15 Banded Iron Formation-Related High-Grade Iron Ore S. Hagemann, C. RosiĆØre, J...Kumba Iron Ore ASSMANG TIER 3 Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET), University of Western Australia...Biographies vii Introduction: Banded Iron Formation-Related High-Grade Iron Ore Steffen Hagemann, Carlos RosiĆØre...of Banded Iron Formations Chapter 1: Origin and Paleoenvironmental Significance of Major Iron Formations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the āGeology and ore genesisā section of the Iron Ore 2002 Symposium proceedings, but not being reproduced...the Archaean atmosphere to the genesis of banded iron formations J. D. M . L aw, G. N. Phillips and R...R . E. M yers M any of the worldās larger iron ore deposits are hosted by rock sequences of Archaean to...but the criterion adopted here is whether crustal iron was limited to Fe2+ , or whether Fe3+ was also widespread...redox changes in the state of iron? Significantly, major Australian banded iron formations span this period |  | Barley, M. E., Pickard, A. L., Hagemann, S. G., Folkert, S. L. (1999) Hydrothermal origin for the 2 billion year old Mount Tom Price giant iron ore deposit, Hamersley Province, Western Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (8) 784-789 doi:10.1007/s001260050238 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | billion year old Mount Tom Price giant iron ore deposit, Hamersley Province, Western Australia Received: 16...Abstract Giant iron-ore deposits, such as those in the Hamersley Province of northwestern Australia, may contain...billion tonnes of almost pure iron oxides and are the world's major source of iron. It is generally accepted...deposits result from supergene oxidation of host banded iron formation (BIF), accompanied by leaching of silicate...however, shows that formation of iron ore at one of those deposits, Mount Tom Price, involved initial high |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Iron ore genesis and post-ore metasomatism at Mount Tom Price R . C. M orris About 90% of the pre-mining...banded iron formation (BIF)-hosted iron ore resource of the Hamersley Province of Western Australia is of...Southern Batter and North deposits of the Mount Tom Price mine. The authors proposed that during Stage...martiteāmicroplaty hematite ores of the Tom PriceāWhaleback type. However, evidence of both microplaty hematite...hematite ore, shows that the hydrothermal activity at Mount Tom Price is a post-ore event. Neither the pyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A New Fluid-Flow Model for the Genesis of Banded Iron Formation-Hosted Martite-Goethite Mineralization...Province, Western Australia Caroline Perring,1,ā Matt Crowe,2 and Jon Hronsky3,4 1BHP Iron Ore, 125 St...St. Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia 2Cassini 3Western 4Centre Resources,... 16 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005, Australia Mining Services, Suite 26/17 Prowse Street...Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005, Australia for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Science |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Oxygen Isotope Compositions of Iron Oxides from High-Grade BIF-Hosted Iron Ore Deposits of the Central Hamersley...Hamersley Province, Western Australia: Constraints on the Evolution of Hydrothermal Fluids WARREN THORNE...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...the worldās premier iron ore regions with high-grade martite-microplaty hematite iron ore deposits mostly |  | Stone, M.S., George, A.D., Kneeshaw, M., Barley, M.E. (2003) Stratigraphy and sedimentary features of the Tertiary Yandi channel iron deposits, Hamersley Province, Western Australia. Applied Earth Science, 112 (1) 73-80 doi:10.1179/0371745032501180 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Tertiary Yandi channel iron deposits, Hamersley Province, Western Australia M . S. Stone, A. D. G eorge...during deposition of the worldclass Yandi channel iron deposit. Five prominent rock units are traceable...the presence of BCONG clasts in the BDZ. CHANNEL IRON DEPOSITS (average 58Ā·2%Fe, 0Ā·04%P, 4Ā·9%SiO2, 1Ā·3%Al2O...current ore resource at BHPBās Yandi is ~1500 Mt and iron ore production is estimated to be 34 Mt in 2002...irregular or subangular to subrounded shape. These iron-rich clasts, interpreted to represent the end-product |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Iron Ore Deposits Associated with Precambrian Iron Formations Bruce M. Simonson* 1811-5209/11/0007-00119$2...7.2.119 M ost large deposits of iron ore are associated with iron formations for the simple reason that...that they have the highest iron concentrations of any ānormalā rock type. Iron formations are found in all...all Precambrian shields. Iron was preconcentrated in iron formations by surface processes in Precambrian...this issue. KEYWORDS : iron ore, banded iron formation, supergene enrichment Iron formations within 300 |  | Hagemann, S. H., RosiĆØre, C. A., Lobato, L., Baars, F., Zucchetti, M., Figueiredo e Silva, R. C. (2006) Controversy in genetic models for Proterozoic high-grade, banded iron formation (BIF)-related iron deposits ā unifying or discrete model(s)?. Applied Earth Science, 115 (4) 147-151 doi:10.1179/174327506x138968 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for Proterozoic high-grade, banded iron formation (BIF)-related iron deposits ā unifying or discrete model(s)...Proterozoic, banded iron formation (BIF)-related iron deposits such as the Tom Price, Mount Whaleback deposits in...in the Hamersley Province (Australia), the N4E, N4W and N5 deposits at CarajaĢs (Brazil), the Aguas Claras...in the Iron Quadrangle (Brazil), the Donkerpoort West, Kwagas East deposit in the Thabazimbi iron ore district...with respect to the upgrade of BIF to high-grade iron ore; (b) significance and relationship of the protoore |  | | Book | | Malaysia and Indonesia Case study - 2. Iron ore mining in India and Australia 39 61 Strategic metals 74...West Africa Case study - 2. Uranium mining in Australia and Namibia 74 80 Precious metals 94 Case...summarised as follows: (i) industrial metals - e.g. iron, copper, aluminium, lead, zinc and tin; (ii) strategic...the steel industry metals - manganese, nickel, and iron ore. The steel industry metals do, however, include...and Canada (southern Laurentian Shield). In 1981 mine output from those five countries totalled 4,395 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HAMERSLEY PROVINCE, WESTERN AUSTRALIAāA DISCUSSION M. KNEESHAW ā AND D. A. KEPERT BHP Iron Ore, 200 St Georges...Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 6000 Sir: We have read with interest the paper of...attempting to apply their genetic model to the Mount Whaleback deposit, they have invoked a large but unspecified...40Āŗā60Āŗ) by listric rotation along the late Mount Whaleback fault to re-orientate low-angle faults and...flat lying Central and East Footwall faults that developed at Mount Whaleback. A similar but opposite |  | Sheppard, Stephen, Krapež, Bryan, Zi, Jian-Wei, Rasmussen, Birger, Fletcher, Ian R. (2017) Young ores in old rocks: Proterozoic iron mineralisation in Mesoarchean banded iron formation, northern Pilbara Craton, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 89. 40-69 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.06.003 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Proterozoic iron mineralisation in Mesoarchean banded iron formation, northern Pilbara Craton, Australia Stephen...Proterozoic iron mineralisation in Mesoarchean banded iron formation, northern Pilbara Craton, Australia, Ore...Proterozoic iron mineralisation in Mesoarchean banded iron formation, northern Pilbara Craton, Australia Stephen...Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley WA 6102, Australia b College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University...of bedded iron-ore deposits developed in greenstone belt-hosted (Algoma-type) banded iron formations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | distribution in BIF-derived iron ores of Hamersley Province, Western Australia Downloaded by [University...The Brockman Iron Formation is one of the most important sources of iron ore in Australia. The usable...that the majority of the phosphorus in Brockman iron ores is associated with goethite, in amounts often...phosphorus removal are discussed. The Brockman Iron Formation occurs within the Hamersley Group in the...located between the Pilbara and Yilgarn Blocks in the northwest of Western Australia (Fig. 1). The Hamersley |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Upgrading processes in BIF-derived iron ore deposits: implications for ore genesis and downstream mineral...downstream processing. This paper describes a new iron ore texture classification system to understand...implications for downstream mineral processing. The iron ore textural classification scheme presented uses...has been successfully applied to deposits in the Pilbara, Yilgarn and Gawler cratons. The main ore texture...be relatively consistent within and between the iron ore deposits examined. INTRODUCTION and martiteāgoethite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BandedIron-Formation in theHamersley Iron Province of Western Australia R. C. MORRIS Abstract Microscope...which form the bulk of the reserves of the Hamersley Iron Province. Primary hematite survives with little...the orebodieswith respectto their parent banded iron-formations. Preservation of macroscopicfeatures...together with residual upgrading by leaching of these iron-formations, producesores which typically assay 62...secondore type, characteristic of the Tom Price and Whaleback mines, consists essentiallyof residualprimary |  | | Report (chapter) | | system approach to iron ore in Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic BIF of Western Australia Thomas Angerer, Paul...system approach to iron ore in Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic BIF of Western Australia THOMAS ANGERER*,...Systems, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia *Corresponding author...review paper examines banded iron formation-hosted higher-grade (.58 wt% Fe) iron ore types present in the...districts of Western Australia, the Yilgarn Craton and the Hamersley Province. The principal iron ore deposits |
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