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Mount Tom Price Mine

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084915
MRDS ID W700161
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Tom Price Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 117.74934, -22.7465 (WGS84)
Relative position 1130 KM NORTH OF PERTH, 320 KM EAST OF ONSLOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) 117.74934, -22.7465
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hamersley Iron Province

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Period 1966-1972
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^61.8% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 62wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 61000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 62.6 wt-pct Iron Major 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    GILHOME, W. R., 1975, MT. TOM PRICE OREBODY, HAMERSLEY IRON PROVINCE, IN KNIGHT, C. L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 1. METALS, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 5: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 892-898.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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