Iron formation-hosted iron ores in the Hamersley Province of Western Australia

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

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 115-125

  Clout, J M F ^a  

^a Fortescue Metals Group Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hamersley Province; Iron ores; Marra Mamba; Microplaty hematite; Ore genesis

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON DEPOSITS; NUCLEATION; PETROGRAPHY; SILICATES; STRATIGRAPHY;

HEMATITE ORES; IRON ORE DEPOSITS; MARTITE-GOETHITE ORE;

IRON ORES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; IRON ORE; MINERALIZATION; NUCLEATION; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PETROGRAPHY; PHOSPHORUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 33846446783     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327506X138931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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