Robe River Mine

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084918
MRDS ID W700164
Record type Site
Current site name Robe River Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 116.34382, -21.68267 (WGS84)
Relative position ON ROBE RIVER, 129 KM SOUTH-WEST OF ROEBOURNE, 113 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
Limonite 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)

Nearby scientific data

(1) 116.34382, -21.68267

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hamersley Iron Province

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    ADAIR, D. L., 1975, MIDDLE ROBE RIVER IRON ORE DEPOSITS, 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. 943-945.

  • Deposit

    MCLEOD, I.R., ED., AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULLETIN 72, 690 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT AS MESA CAPPINGS AND TERRACE DEPOSITS ALONG VALLEY SIDES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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