RB 57/00014 Report on visit to Western Australian iron and manganese deposits in May 1963.

Published: 18 Jul 1963 Created: 05 Nov 2024 Revised: 05 Nov 2024

Author: Barnes, T.A.;Whitten, G.F.

A comparison of known iron deposits in Western Australia and South Australia suggests that large, high grade iron orebodies occur in flatly dipping favourable horizons which have a leached and oxidised appearance: siliceous, steeply dipping iron formations oxidise less easily and produce few, relatively small orebodies. Faulted or jointed carbonate rocks can contain deep, high grade manganese orebodies: shales form blanket deposits of lower grade. Combination drilling rigs using rotary bits in overburden, down-the-hole hammers in hard rock, or diamond bits with soluble oil in the circulating water, offer the best progress and economy in exploration drilling.

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Record No	rb5700014
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Artificial Intelligence And Image Processing Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Engineering Environmental Science And Management Environmental Sciences Geochemistry Geology Geomatic Engineering Geomorphology And Regolith And Landscape Evolution Historical Geology Information And Computing Sciences Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Mineral System Geology Mineralogy And Crystallography Mining Engineering Petrology Physical Geography Policy And Administration Primary Mining And Extraction Of Mineral Resources Regional Geology Resource Geology Resources Engineering Sedimentology Soil Science Stratigraphy Surface Geology Surface Processes
Document Type	Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
Contributor	South Australia. Department of Mines
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Commodity	Critical minerals asbestos copper iron iron ore manganese tin
Notes	Notes: 63/00130 Geographic Locality: Western Australia;Pilbara Ranges;Hamersley Iron Province;Balfour Downs Syncline;Mount Goldsworthy;Ord Range;Robe River;Mount Brookman;Mount Turner;Yampire Gorge;Dayles Gorge;Roy Hill;Chichester Range;Opthalmia... Notes: 63/00130 Geographic Locality: Western Australia;Pilbara Ranges;Hamersley Iron Province;Balfour Downs Syncline;Mount Goldsworthy;Ord Range;Robe River;Mount Brookman;Mount Turner;Yampire Gorge;Dayles Gorge;Roy Hill;Chichester Range;Opthalmia Range;Balfour Downs;Mount Cooke;Davis River;Woodie Woodie;Whim Creek;Wittenoom;Moolyella;South Australia;Middleback Ranges Doc No: RB 57/00014 More +
Language	English
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Citation	Barnes, T.A.;Whitten, G.F. 1963. RB 57/00014 Report on visit to Western Australian iron and manganese deposits in May 1963. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia. https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb5700014

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