Banded iron formation hosted high-grade hematite deposits, a coherent group?

Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-72

  Dalstra, Hilke ^a   Harding, Tony ^b   Riggs, Tarni ^c   Taylor, Dennis ^d  

^a Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

^c Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d ACT Explor Consultants Pty Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banded iron formation; Hamersley Province; High grade hematite ores

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINING; ROCKS;

SUPERGENE MODELS; WEATHERING SURFACE;

METALLURGY;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; HEMATITE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; IRON ORE; METALLOGENESIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1142293761     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174503225011199     Document Type: Article

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