Hamersley Group

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The Hamersley Group is a major sequence of ancient sedimentary and volcanic rocks in Western Australia renowned for its extensive banded iron formations and rich iron ore deposits.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hamersley Group canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group ⓘ
rock unit ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
approximateAgeMa 2600–2400 ⓘ
contains banded iron formations ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
containsFormation Brockman Iron Formation ⓘ
Dales Gorge Member ⓘ
linked to: Dales Gorge

Marra Mamba Iron Formation ⓘ
Weeli Wolli Formation ⓘ
linked to: Tumbiana Formation
containsMineral goethite ⓘ
hematite ⓘ
magnetite ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment marine ⓘ
volcanic ⓘ
economicImportance important to Australian mining industry ⓘ
major source of iron ore ⓘ
geologicAge Neoarchean ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
geologicPeriod Archean ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
hasStratigraphicThickness more than 2500 m ⓘ
hostedIn Hamersley Range ⓘ
knownFor extensive banded iron formations ⓘ
rich iron ore deposits ⓘ
lithology banded iron formation ⓘ
chert ⓘ
dolomite ⓘ
shale ⓘ
volcanic rock ⓘ
locatedIn Hamersley Province ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
minedIn Pilbara iron ore province ⓘ
namedAfter Hamersley Range ⓘ
oreType banded iron formation–hosted iron ore ⓘ
overlies Fortescue Group ⓘ
partOf Hamersley Basin ⓘ
linked to: Hamersley Range

Pilbara Craton ⓘ
region Pilbara region ⓘ
resourceType high‑grade iron ore ⓘ
significance records early Earth atmospheric and ocean evolution ⓘ
studyField economic geology ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
tectonicSetting stable cratonic basin ⓘ
underlies Turee Creek Group ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pilbara Craton → contains → Hamersley Group ⓘ
Turee Creek Group → overlies → Hamersley Group ⓘ
Fortescue Group → underlies → Hamersley Group ⓘ