 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1968, pp. 815-821 The JaspiliteIron Oresof Australia Joa• C. LIDD¾ Abstract The Lake Superior-typeiron...place Australia as the fourth largest iron producing country in the world, occur largely in Western Australia...Australia and to a lesserextent in South Australia and Queensland. They are confinedto the jaspilites or...concentrationsof high-grade hematite ore in the AL?HOUGH the Australianiron and steelindustryis Pilbara, and in what...thesamestatein general,the iron bodiesfound in Australia fall 1900. However, it was not until 1959 that |  | 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) | | channel iron deposits, Hamersley Province, Western Australia M . S. Stone, A. D. G eorge, M . K neeshaw...subangular to rounded accretionary clasts of goethite, hematite and maghemite. The CID clasts have been previously...relief areas of the landscape.10 Iron ore is Western Australia’s second most valuable export commodity...Australia’s iron ore production.12 Globally, Western Australia is the third largest producer after China...Creek system ~120 km northwest of Newman, Western Australia (Fig. 1). The Yandi deposit is traceable for |  | Brocks, Jochen J, Buick, Roger, Logan, Graham A, Summons, Roger E (2003) Composition and syngeneity of molecular fossils from the 2.78 to 2.45 billion-year-old Mount Bruce Supergroup, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67 (22) 4289-4319 doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(03)00208-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | billion-year-old Mount Bruce Supergroup, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia JOCHEN J. BROCKS,1,* ROGER BUICK,2...98195-1310, USA 3 Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia 4 Department of Earth, Atmospheric...billion-year-old (Ga) Mount Bruce Supergroup, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, were analyzed for solvent extractable...from a drill core in the Hamersley Basin in Western Australia (Brocks et al., 1999). The extracted bitumens... Fig. 1. Regional geology of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. The metamorphic zones Z1 to Z4 refer |  | | Report (edition) | | maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Department of Mines and Petroleum 100 Plain Street East Perth WA 6004 Phone: (08) 9222 3459 Fax: (08) 9222...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on forty years of iron ore exploration in the Pilbara M . K neeshaw, D. A. Kepert, I. J. Tehnas and M...Ltd, 200 St George’s Terrace, Perth, WA 6000, Australia (mal.kneeshaw@ bhpbilliton.com). Based on a contribution...2002, organised by AusIMM and CSIRO in Perth, Australia on 9–11 September 2002. ©2003 IoM Communications...association with AusIMM. Keywords: Iron ore exploration, Pilbara INTRODUCTION BHP Billiton (BHPB) was the first...first company to start iron ore mining in the Pilbara* at Mount Goldsworthy in 1966 through Goldsworthy Mining |  | Vasconcelos, Paulo M., Heim, Jonathan A., Farley, Kenneth A., Monteiro, Hevelyn, Waltenberg, Kathryn (2013) 40Ar/39Ar and (U–Th)/He – 4He/3He geochronology of landscape evolution and channel iron deposit genesis at Lynn Peak, Western Australia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 117. 283-312 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.03.037 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | channel iron deposit genesis at Lynn Peak, Western Australia Paulo M. Vasconcelos a,⇑, Jonathan A. Heim...University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences...channel iron deposit (CID), Hamersley Province, Western Australia, reveals a history of mineral precipitation...Massive goethites from nearby weathering profiles at Roy Hill North, a possible source of detrital material...1 Research Avenue, Melbourne, Victoria 3083, Australia. 0016-7037/$ - see front matter Ó 2013 Elsevier |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | iron deposits, Marillana Formation, Pilbara, northwestern Australia* M. K. MACPHAIL1† AND M. S. STONE2‡...ACT 0200, Australia. School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling...Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. 2 Fossil pollen and spores preserved in organic-rich claystones...warm south-flowing protoLeeuwin Current along the Pilbara coast. It is likely that rainfall increased but...Formation, Oligocene, palaeoclimate, palynology, Pilbara, Yandi. INTRODUCTION The majority of Australia’s |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by iron-rich sediments in 3.5–2.4 Ga terrains, Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons: Accidental or cause–effect...Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia Received 22 January 2006; received in revised...ferruginous shale, observed in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia and the Barberton Greenstone Belt...jaspilite in the Antarctic Chert Member, central Pilbara Craton; (2) 3258 ± 3 Ma impact spherule unit (S2)...Market Formation) of the Gorge Creek Group, central Pilbara Craton, which overlie 3235 ± 3 Ma felsic volcanics |  | 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) | | Mesoarchean banded iron formation, northern Pilbara Craton, Australia Stephen Sheppard, Bryan Krapež, Jian-Wei...Mesoarchean banded iron formation, northern Pilbara Craton, Australia, Ore Geology Reviews (2017), doi: http://dx...Mesoarchean banded iron formation, northern Pilbara Craton, Australia Stephen Shepparda*, Bryan Krapeža,b, Jian-Wei...Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley WA 6102, Australia b College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University...(Algoma-type) banded iron formations of the Archean Pilbara Craton has largely been overlooked during the last |  | | Report (edition) | | Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES BULLETIN 17 ARITE AND FLUORITE WESTE AUSTRALIA * by R 6. Abeysinghe and J. M. Fetherston DVERNMENT...SURVEY OF WESTERN DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OFWESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL... Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Pietro Guj Copy editor: A. S. George The...M., 1997, Barite and fluorite in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources...of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 7309 6539 2 Abeysinghe, P. B. Barite and fluorite in Western Australia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralisation at E Deposit (East), Area C, Hamersley Province, Western Australia F. M. Bodycoat* E Deposit...central region of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia. It is hosted by the Marra Mamba Iron Formation...Proterozoic Hamersley Group. Mineralisation at E Deposit East is contained within the Mount Newman Member of the...be better understood. Interpretation of detailed mine face mapping, downhole geophysics, geochemistry...Hamersley Province of Western Australia approximately 100 km north-west of the Pilbara township of Newman |  | Yoshiya, Kazumi, Nishizawa, Manabu, Sawaki, Yusuke, Ueno, Yuichiro, Komiya, Tsuyoshi, Yamada, Keita, Yoshida, Naohiro, Hirata, Takafumi, Wada, Hideki, Maruyama, Shigenori (2012) In situ iron isotope analyses of pyrite and organic carbon isotope ratios in the Fortescue Group: Metabolic variations of a Late Archean ecosystem. Precambrian Research, 212. 169-193 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2012.05.003 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fortescue Group in the Redmont area in Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, we carefully selected 44 samples...may replace former iron-oxide crystal systems: hematite, magnetite, and goethite, respectively. In contrast...Mamba Iron Formation in the Hamersley Group, Western Australia in the Late Archean were reported by Eigenbrode...geological map of the northern Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. The Pilbara Craton consists of the Early...Basin: the northwest Pilbara sub-basin, the Marble Bar sub-basin, the northeast Pilbara sub-basin, and the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia b Geophysical Laboratory...trailing margins of the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons. Cratons in South Australia, Antarctica, India, and...formations (BIF) of the Brockman Supersequence in the Pilbara Craton [1,4]. The oldest sedimentary sulphides...oldest glacial diamictites in the Superior and Pilbara cratons can be correlated, it is most likely that...marine carbonates. Following the separation of Australia and Antarctica and India–Eurasia collision, global |  | | Report (issue) | | maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Department of Mines and Petroleum 100 Plain Street East Perth WA 6004 Phone: (08) 9222 3459 Fax: (08) 9222...Resources Bulletin 24 Dimension stone in Western Australia Volume 2 Volume 2 covers much of the published...in the southern, central western, and northern regions of Western Australia. Almost 120 sites have been...DIMENSION STONE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA Volume 2 DIMENSION STONES OF THE SOUTHERN, CENTRAL WESTERN, AND NORTHERN |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Stratigraphy of the Western channel iron deposits of the Marillana Creek Operations, Western Australia A. Storkey*1...deposits (CIDs) in the Hamersley Province of Western Australia was initially defined in the 1980s and redefined...open pit mining and field observations in the Western deposits at the Marillana Creek tenements have...stratigraphy in this area. The drill hole data at Western 1 South has identified a number of features either...at the base of the channel. Additionally, the Western 4 pit walls show evidence of a significant near-surface |  | Miller, Hayden B.D., Farley, Kenneth A., Vasconcelos, Paulo M., Mostert, Albert, Eiler, John M. (2020) Intracrystalline site preference of oxygen isotopes in goethite: A single-mineral paleothermometer. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 539. 116237 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116237 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...oxygen released in the conversion of goethite to hematite. The method involves collecting the water released...environments. For example, goethite ages from Brazil, Australia, and Europe span much of the Cenozoic Era (e.g...→ Fe2 O3 + H2 O goethite → transition state → hematite + water (2) H.B.D. Miller et al. / Earth and...a migrating transition state volume of ‘proto-hematite’ progressing from smaller to larger crystallites |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | central part of Western Gondwana and western part of Eastern Gond wana, as well as the western part of the...epochs were carried out by several researchers (Roy, 198l; Glasby, 1988; Laznicka, 1992; Varentsov, 1996)...southern and east ern Canadian Shield, SinoKorean crystalline massif, Western Australia and others....development of gran ite–greenstone zones (South Africa, Western Austra lia, Ukraine, and others), and the Late...basements of the South American, African, and Western Australian platforms, and others). In the Late |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Flank Deposits of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia Caroline Perring,1,† Matt Crowe,2 and Jon... 125 St. Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia 2Cassini 3Western 4Centre Resources...Resources, 16 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005, Australia Mining Services, Suite 26/17 Prowse...Prowse Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005, Australia for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia Abstract |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Robertson Range Projects, Hamersley Province, Western Australia P. Darvall*1, R. McCarthy2 and P. Hawke3 The...the Hamersley Province about 100 km east of Newman, Western Australia. Significant iron mineralisation within...north dipping at Davidson Creek, and mainly shallow east dipping at Robertson Range, forming part of a regional...dip. At Davidson Creek iron mineralisation is a hematite-goethiteochreous goethite assemblage, whereas...the Hamersley Province of WA approximately 100 km east of Newman (Fig. 1). To date 194?4 Mt of martite-goethite |  | Olson, Stephanie L., Ostrander, Chadlin M., Gregory, Daniel D., Roy, Moutusi, Anbar, Ariel D., Lyons, Timothy W. (2019) Volcanically modulated pyrite burial and ocean–atmosphere oxidation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 506. 417-427 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.11.015 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | M. Ostrander c , Daniel D. Gregory a,e , Moutusi Roy c , Ariel D. Anbar c,d , Timothy W. Lyons a a Department...preserved in the ∼2.7–2.6 billion-year-old (Ga) Roy Hill Shale of the Jeerinah Formation. Applying Fe speciation...Formation of the Hamersley Basin (Pilbara Craton, Western Australia) preserves evidence for incipient...Archean. Our study focuses on the pyrite-rich Roy Hill Shale of the Jeerinah Formation, which contains...34 11 ). Both cores targeted the organic-rich Roy Hill Shale, the uppermost unit of the Jeerinah Formation |  | | Report (issue) | | OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 13 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R...Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 8002 11 1 PREFATORY NOTE Western Australia has never...in the Murchison, Northeastern Goldfields, Pilbara and East Kimberley regions. Zinc, lead, nickel, or...D DIVERSITY OF COPPER MINERALIZATION I N WESTERN AUSTRALIA The geological setting: tectonic provinces................................................. East Kimberley region .............................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Queensland University, Rockhampton QLD 4702, Australia. 2 The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR)...Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia. 3 Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of...The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia. An extensive magnetic...was carried out in the Hamersley Basin in Western Australia; which hosts large high-grade iron-ore deposits...results summarised in this study, over a mined hematite ore deposit in Tom Price indicates that TMI variations |  | | Report (issue) | | MONOGRAPH 17 of Somepats oe ilar ce| + in Australia mail iii DOOO38J0754 oA., eet OF ROME prhge...IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Cover Picture—The Argyle Diamond mine Photo by courtesy of Ashton...DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Editors K. R. GLASSON J. H. RATTIGAN INCORPORATED...House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 1990 © Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN ...any of its publications | National Library of Australia Card No. ISBN 6 949106 57 7 Typeset by Abb-typesetting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Discussion and Reply Discussion on ‘Microplaty hematite—its varied nature and genesis’ by R. C. Morris...for the Hamersley BIF-hosted iron ores of Western Australia: a critical review’ by R. C. Morris and M...Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. DISCUSSION The pioneering...rocks yet Morris later attributes ‘microplaty hematite’ to ‘metamorphic alteration of goethite at temperatures...carbonates (Lascelles 2008). The existence of primary hematite in BIF is also speculative as only magnetite is |
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