Mine detail: Mount Whaleback Mine

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -23.36314, 119.68262
dep_id: 10084916
mrds_id: W700162
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Hematite
model: 241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Reporter: Paidakovich, Matthew E.
hrock_type: Shale
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.
  • Deposit:: 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.
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