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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite var: Martite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Martite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Whaleback Mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:829253
Long-form Identifier:1:3:829253:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Martite
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
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
46.6km (29.0 miles) ⓘJimblebar iron ore mine, Newman, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘGiles Mini, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
80.2km (49.9 miles) ⓘNyidinghu, Marillana Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
87.6km (54.4 miles) ⓘArea C mine, Mining Area C, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
95.3km (59.2 miles) ⓘWest Angelas Mine (West Angeles Mine), Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
dolomite-photos, probably from the Wittenoom Formationfound in the area
rest www.portergeo.com.au
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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