Orebody 16, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 23° 21' 32'' South , 120° 3' 55'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -23.35878,120.06530 |
GeoHash: | G#: qev7h5svh |
Köppen climate type: | BWh : Hot deserts climate |
Iron ore prospect. 25 kilometres east north-east of Newman. The deposit is between the Orebody 18 and Jimblebar mines, operated by BHP Billiton.
For Orebodies 4 to 7, 10 to 15, 40 and 41 see the Weeli Wolli Creek Area Mindat listings. These deposits are 80 to 100 kilometres north-west of Newman. They are listed as Newman Orebody 4 etc.
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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] |
Neoarchean 2500 - 2800 Ma ID: 890317 | Jeerinah Formation Age: Neoarchean (2500 - 2800 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Jeerinah Formation Description: Shale, sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, dolomite, local microbanded chert, jaspilite, conglomerate; fine-grained massive rhyolite; mafic tuff with local accretionary lapilli and agglomerate; thin basalt/dolerite and andesitic basalt flows. Comments: sedimentary; igneous volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Sedimentary; igneous 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] |
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