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Martite from
Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite var: Martite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Martite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:574466
Long-form Identifier:1:3:574466:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Martite
56.1km (34.8 miles) ⓘBrockman Syncline South Ridge, Mount Brockman, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
59.9km (37.2 miles) ⓘChannar Project, Paraburdoo, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Morris, R. C. (1980) A textural and mineralogical study of the relationship of iron ore to banded iron-formation in the Hamersley iron province of Western Australia. Economic Geology, 75 (2) 184-209 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.75.2.184
Barley, M. E., Pickard, A. L., Hagemann, S. G., Folkert, S. L. (1999) Hydrothermal origin for the 2 billion year old Mount Tom Price giant iron ore deposit, Hamersley Province, Western Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (8) 784-789 doi:10.1007/s001260050238
Angerer, Thomas; Thorne, Warren; Hagemann, Steffen G.; Tribus, Martina; Evans, Noreen J.; Savard, Dany (2022) Iron oxide chemistry supports a multistage hydrothermal genesis of BIF-hosted hematite ore in the Mt. Tom Price and Mt. Whaleback deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 144. 104840 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104840
 
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