Genesis of the Koolyanobbing iron ore deposits, Yilgarn Province, WA, Australia

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

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-93

  Lascelles, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

BIF; Hydrothermal replacement; Iron ore; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

HEMATITE; IRON ORES; LEACHING; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY);

BANDED IRON FORMATION; DIAGENETIC LOSS; HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT; SUPERGENE LEACHING;

IRON DEPOSITS;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; CHERT; DIAGENESIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IRON; ORE DEPOSIT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SUPERGENE PROCESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 35549012293     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327507X167055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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