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Hematite from
Mount Whaleback Mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia


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Hematite, etc.

Mount Whaleback Mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Hematite, etc.

Mount Whaleback Mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Hematite, etc.

Mount Whaleback Mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Hematite, etc.

Mount Whaleback Mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Hematite, etc.

Mount Whaleback Mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Hematite, etc.

Mount Whaleback Mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dolomite2
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Whaleback Mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:99748
Long-form Identifier:1:3:99748:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘMount Newman, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘOrebody 25 - Pit 1, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘEastern Ridge mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘOrebody 24 East, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘOrebody 23 (OB 23), Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
23.1km (14.3 miles) ⓘOrebody 42, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
39.5km (24.5 miles) ⓘOrebody 18 East, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
40.8km (25.3 miles) ⓘPrairie Downs deposit 2, Prairie Downs Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘWarrawanda chrome chalcedony prospect, Sylvania Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia
43.0km (26.7 miles) ⓘRhodes Ridge (Rhodes Ridge Central), Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Morris, R. C. (1980) A textural and mineralogical study of the relationship of iron ore to banded iron-formation in the Hamersley iron province of Western Australia. Economic Geology, 75 (2) 184-209 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.75.2.184
Webb, Adam D., Dickens, Gerald R., Oliver, Nicholas H. S. (2004) Carbonate alteration of the Upper Mount McRae Shale beneath the martite-microplaty hematite ore deposit at Mount Whaleback, Western Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 39 (5) 632-645 doi:10.1007/s00126-004-0434-z
Angerer, Thomas; Thorne, Warren; Hagemann, Steffen G.; Tribus, Martina; Evans, Noreen J.; Savard, Dany (2022) Iron oxide chemistry supports a multistage hydrothermal genesis of BIF-hosted hematite ore in the Mt. Tom Price and Mt. Whaleback deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 144. 104840 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104840
 
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