Discovery of the Solomon iron deposits, Hamersley Province, Western Australia

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

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Kepert, D ^a   Clarke, N ^a   Simpson, C ^a   Edwards, D ^a  

^a Fortescue Metals Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Channel iron deposits; Exploration technique; Iron ore; Mineral discovery; Paleochannel

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL IRON DEPOSITS; EXPLORATION TECHNIQUES; FLUVIAL GRAVELS; FORTESCUE METALS GROUPS; IRON FORMATION; MINERALISATION; MIOCENE; PALEO-CHANNEL; SEABORNE IRON; SUPERGENE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

DEPOSITS; IRON ORES; MINERALOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; SILICATE MINERALS;

IRON DEPOSITS;

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GOETHITE; IRON ORE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALIZATION; MINING; ORE BODY; PALEOCHANNEL; REGOLITH; SOURCE ROCK;

AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY RANGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78651089184     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174510X12853354810345     Document Type: Article

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