Channar Project, Paraburdoo, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Channar Project | Mine |
| Paraburdoo | Town |
| Ashburton Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
23° 18' 15'' South , 117° 47' 52'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Paraburdoo | 1,723 (2015) | 17.2km |
Owned/operated by:
Rio Tinto Group (60%), Sinosteel Corporation (40%)
The Channar Project is actually several mineral deposits also known as the Channar Mining Area. Opened in 1990.
The Brockman Iron Formation hosts the ore bodies and overlies the McRae Shale Formation. Within the Brockman Iron Formation is the Dales Gorge Member composed of an alternating assemblage of seventeen banded iron formations, and sixteen shale micro bands. The Whaleback Shale Member is barren of iron and split into three zones: basal, central and upper shale. The Joffre Member is a 240 metres thick banded iron formation with minor thin shale interbeds, without any regular macro banding.
The deposit outcrops at the surface over a 12 kilometre strike length, and 1 to 2 kilometres wide. The ore bodies are generally flat with limited faulting and mineralisation extends to 150 metres depth. They occupy the crests and southern slopes of the Paraburdoo Range.
The Channar deposits are Channar, Channar East, and 64 East, all low phosphorous Brockman microplaty hematite ore with lesser goethite. Also 84 East and 94 East deposits which are high phosphorous Brockman martite-goethite ores.
The enriched iron ore is martite with an overgrowth of microplaty hematite and bladed hematite hosted by the Dales Gorge Member and Joffre Member. The ore body is cut by two north-west trending dolomite dykes. The eastern edge of the ore body is defined by a north-east trending dolomite dyke, that crosscuts and postdates the high grade iron ore. One hydrothermal alteration transition zone has been identified, being a martite-dolomite-microplaty hematite-rhodochrositechlorite assemblage in the hanging wall.
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| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Hematite var. Martite Formula: Fe2O3 |
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| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | var. Martite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite var. Martite | Fe2O3 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite var. Martite | Fe2O3 |
Localities in this Region
- Western Australia
- Ashburton Shire
- Paraburdoo
- Channar Project
- Paraburdoo
- Ashburton Shire
- Western Australia
- Ashburton Shire
- Paraburdoo
- Ashburton Shire
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Fortescue BasinBasin
- Hamersley BasinBasin
- Pilbara CratonCraton
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Pilbara CratonCraton
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Channar Project, Paraburdoo, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia