MURCHISON
NARRYER NABBERU
SOUTHERNCROSS
BANGEMALL
KIMBERLEY
SOUTHNICHOLSON
GAWLER
ADELAIDE
CENTRALLACHLAN
EASTERNLACHLAN
NEWENGLAND
PROSERPINE
CAIRNS
MOUNT ISA
ROCKY CAPE
DUNDAS
PINE CREEK
MCARTHUR
COEN
EASTERNGOLDFIELDS
Middleback Range
Lake Giles
Jack Hills
Roper River Roper Bar
Constance Range
Cobar and Mainline
SOUTHERN OCEAN
Steeple Hill
Livingstone
Irvine Island
PERTH
ADELAIDE
MELBOURNE
HOBART
CANBERRA, ACT
SYDNEY
BRISBANE
DARWIN
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
NORTHERN TERRITORY
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA
TASMANIA
NEW SOUTH WALES
QUEENSLAND
Albany
Esperance
Geraldton
Carnarvon
Port Hedland
Broome
Alice Springs
Ceduna
Warrnambool
Wollongong
Newcastle
Port Macquarie
BourkeGrafton
Gladstone
Longreach
Mackay
Townsville
Cairns
Mount Isa
Normanton
Oodnadatta
Mildura
INDONESIA PAPUA NEW GUINEATIMOR SEA
JosephBonaparte
Gulf Gulf ofCarpentaria
TORRES STRAIT
Great Barrier Reef
CORAL SEA
TASMAN SEA
BASS STRAIT
SOUTHERN OCEAN
INDIAN OCEAN
Great Australian Bight
200 m
2000 m
4000 m
200 m
2000 m4000
m
200 m
6000 m
108°
40°
32°
24°
16°
8°
120° 132° 144° 156°
40°
32°
24°
16°
8°144°132°120°
2000 m
4000 m
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AUSTRALIAN IN SITUIRON ORE RESOURCES
(Sheet 1: Hematite)2012 EDITION
This map is based on information compiled from publicly available sources on160 Australian hematite-type iron ore deposits. Compilation of data is ongoing.Deposit size is the total tonnage of in situ iron resources in a deposit.In situ resources for each geological region represent aggregates of resourcesin deposits located in that region. It includes deposits in near vicinity of theregion where such deposits are of the same age or where the region extendsbeyond shown boundaries under cover. Geological regions defined here arebased on Geoscience Australia’s Geological Regions Boundaries dataset. Ironore deposit location information used in this map is derived from GeoscienceAustralia’s OZMIN database for mineral deposits, available at:http://www.ga.gov.au/meta/ANZCW0703003393.html
SCALE 1:10 000 000
LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTIONCentral Meridian: 134°E Standard Parallels: 18°S, 36°S
Geocentric Datum of Australia
0 500100 200 300 400 Kilometres
HAMERSLEY
EASTPILBARA
CENTRAL PILBARA
SYLVANIA
Port Hedland
Hamersley
Robe River
Cloudbreak Roy Hill
NyidinghuMining Area C
BHPBYandi
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
121°119°117°
21°
23°
Inset A
0 100 km
In situ resources of iron ore by type
Hematite79%
Magnetite21%
In situ resources of iron ore by region
Hamersley91%
Other5%
Eastern Goldfields 1%East Pilbara 1% Central Pilbara 2%
"Other" is made up of resources less than 1%
Iron Ore (Hematite)Iron ore resources by depositMillions of tonnes Deposit count
(92)<50(21)50–100(37)100–1000(9)1000–5000(1)>5000
Iron ore resources by regionMillions of tonnes
<5
5–50
50–500
500–10 000
>10 000
