Mine detail: Mount Whaleback Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -23.36314, 119.68262

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Shale

References

MRDSW700162
DEP10084916
Reference{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.}
ReporterPaidakovich, Matthew E.