Western Australia
Producer

Mount Whaleback Mine

Western Australia, Australia
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite
Geology
Host rockShale
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10084916
MRDS IDW700162
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-23.36314, 119.68262
References
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.KNEESHAW, M., 1975, MT. WHALEBACK IRON OREBODY, HAMERSLEY IRON PROVINCE, IN KNIGHT, C. L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 1. METALS, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 5: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 910-916.