The Iron Ores of the Middleback Ranges, South Australia

The Middleback Ranges are a series of parallel northsouth ridges on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, about 20 miles inland from the Spencer Gulf, as shown in Fig. 1. They extend for some 20 miles across the centre of the County of York. North of them, on the same line of strike, in, the County of Manchester, is a disconnected series of …

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Episodic mafic magmatism in the Eyre Peninsula

The Middleback Ranges (MR) is a ~60 km long, N-S-striking metallogenic belt in Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, comprising more than 20 iron ore deposits (Fig. 1).The belt has been and continues to be the most important iron ore resource in the state, with hematite and magnetite reserves of 32.2 Mt and 56 Mt, respectively, at ~50–55% Fe …

Geometallurgy of the South Middleback Ranges Magnetite …

The Iron Magnet deposit has been mined since 2007 when Arrium (then OneSteel) commissioned the magnetite concentrator to supply feed to the pelletising plant in Whyalla. The concentrate quality requirement for the customer required consistent product with minimal variability. In the early stages of operation, it was identified that the feed …

Copper

Middleback Ranges; Source(s) of Fluids and Metals. Thesis submitted by Ben Cave BSc. (UofA) October, 25th 2010. In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours in the Centre for Tectonics, Resources and Exploration, Department of Geology and Geosciences, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences,

Petrographic and geochronological constraints on the

The Middleback Ranges (MR) is a 60 km-long metallogenetic belt hosting iron ores and located in the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia (Fig. 1).These ores are associated with banded iron formation (BIF) that were initially considered as Paleoproterozoic (∼2.0 Ga; Parker et al., 1988) but more recently are recognized as Late …

Mining | GFG Alliance Whyalla

Overview. The Whyalla Steelworks and its blast furnace is supplied by our mining business with operations in the nearby Middleback Ranges and Ardrossan, in South Australia, as well as the Tahmoor Coking Coal mine in the NSW Southern Highlands. The Middleback Ranges operations incorporate the Iron Baron, Iron Knob and South Middleback …

Green light for SIMEC expansion | Premier of South Australia

The South Australian Government has given international energy, infrastructure and natural resources business SIMEC Mining operational approval for an expansion enabling the continuation of its current Middleback Ranges iron ore mining operation. The approval to expand the existing hematite operation will further support current smelter and ...

Geometallurgy of the South Middleback Ranges …

Southern Middleback Ranges magnetite concentrator to utilise the magnetite ore mined from the Iron Magnet pit. The product from the concentrator was pumped to the pelletising plant in Whyalla, which produced the feedstock for the OneSteel blast furnace. Blast furnace feed quality required the concentrator to

Incident Update

Issued for MIDDLEBACK RANGE near Whyalla, northwest of Adelaide. One MFS appliance is remaining on site for fire watch and this will be re-evaluated daily. All other MFS and CFS appliances have been stood down. 6 mulch piles up to 7m high are still burning, but the fire is contained. The MFS will be continuing to let the mulch piles burn …

Petrography and trace element signatures of iron-oxides in …

The Middleback Ranges is a major iron ore belt in the southeastern region of the Gawler Craton, South Australia, interpreted to be of BIF origin. Iron ore deposits are hosted within ∼2550 Ma metasedimentary rocks of the Middleback Group and occur as a series of N-S trending hills, forming a ∼60 km-long magnetic anomaly. A petrographic-geochemical …

South Middleback Ranges Pumped Hydro Prefeasibility …

Supported by funding from the South Australian Renewable Technology Fund and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, we helped deliver a prefeasibility study for the concept using the Iron Duchess North mine pit as the lower storage reservoir of the pumped hydro facility. By constructing the upper reservoir on a platform formed by waste rock ...

Mine Details | MiningLink.au

Expansion Program Extends Middleback Range Mine's Life The company undertook a substantive expansion program in 2005 called 'Project Magnet.' This expansion extended the life of the mine for a further seven years, to beyond 2027. ... Southern South Middleback Range that includes the Iron Duke, Iron Magnet and Iron Duchess open cut …

Middleback Range Facts for Kids

Range coordinates. 33°00′S 137°08′E. /  33.0°S 137.14°E  / -33.0; 137.14. The Middleback Range is a mountain range on the eastern side of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The Middleback Range has been a source of iron ore for over a century, particularly to feed the Whyalla Steelworks. Mines in the region were first developed by ...

SIMEC Mining wins approval for iron ore project

22 March 2023. SIMEC Mining has received operational approval from the South Australian State Government for the Cook's North and Cook's North West iron ore mining projects near Whyalla. The Cook's North and Cook's North West project will expand and maintain the current SIMEC hematite iron ore Middleback Ranges mining operations ...

Major Mines & Projects | South Middleback Ranges (SMR) …

The South Middleback Ranges (SMR) lies at the southern end of the Middleback Ranges (MBR). Hematite in the MBR occurs as stratabound Palaeoproterozoic deposits of the Lower Middleback Iron Formation (LMIF), which is part of the Hutchison Group. The Hutchison Group forms part of the Cleve Subdomain of the Gawler Craton, and lies on its western …

PorterGeo Database

The Middleback Range iron ore deposits on the Gawler Craton of South Australia include Iron Knob, Iron Monarch, Iron Prince, Iron Princess, Iron Baron, Iron Queen, Cavalier, Iron Chieftain, Iron Duke, Iron Duchess, South Duchess and Iron Magnet.These deposits are located in the Middleback Ranges, some 25 to 40 km to the west of the steel furnaces of …

Environment | GFG Alliance Whyalla

The Middleback Alliance is a cooperative framework for sustainable land management across the southern Middleback Range and surrounding areas. The Alliance is directed by three major landholders in the region (Ecological Horizons, Landscaping SA Eyre Peninsula and SIMEC Mining). Other landholders also participate by sharing resources and ...

Petrography and trace element signatures of iron-oxides in …

The Middleback Ranges (MR) is a major iron ore belt in South Australia, with hematite and magnetite reserves of 32.2 Mt and 56 Mt, respectively, @ ∼50–55% Fe (Arrium Mining, 2016). ... Amphibolite petrography and geochemistry in the southern part of the belt indicate formation in a complex BIF depositional environment, with possible ...