Orebody 33, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 23° 18' 9'' South , 119° 42' 37'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -23.30254,119.71030 |
GeoHash: | G#: qev5kjfku |
Köppen climate type: | BWh : Hot deserts climate |
Iron ore prospect. Controlled by BHP Billiton who also operates iron mines in the area. Orebody 33 is part of the ridgeline west of Orebody 25 mine and Orebody 32, 10 kilometres north-west of Newman.
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Siderian - Neoarchean 2300 - 2800 Ma ID: 695182 | Hamersley Group Age: Precambrian (2300 - 2800 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Hamersley Group Description: Undivided chert, banded iron-formation, jaspilite, dolomite, mudstone, siltstone. Comments: sedimentary non-carbonate chemical or biochemical; sedimentary carbonate; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Sedimentary non-carbonate chemical or biochemical; sedimentary carbonate 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] |
Siderian - Neoarchean 2300 - 2800 Ma ID: 3185955 | Archean-Paleoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Precambrian (2300 - 2800 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Hamersley Group Comments: Hamersley Basin Lithology: Strataform assemblage(s); felsic volcanic rocks; chert,carbonate,iron formation,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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