Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsGoethite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Amphibolite,Chert,Iron Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1950
Identification
Deposit ID10084914
MRDS IDW700160
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-30.82942, 119.49925
References
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY STAFF, 1975, KOOLYANOBBING IRON ORE DEPOSITS, W.A., IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 1. METALS: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH SERIES 5, P. 940-942.MCLEOD, I.R., ED., AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULLETIN 72, 690 P.