GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF

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I N D I A N O C E A N Zones of supergene enrichment Bobby

Bobby Ridley 1-4 Channel iron deposits and pisolite (Robe Pisolite and Poondano Formation)

Olivia PORT HEDLAND NORTH Finucane Island Ord 1-5 WEST COASTAL Brockman Iron Formation (Note: also includes some Weeli Wolli Formation) HIGHWAY Harriet Point (proposed) Nelson Point Anderson Point

GOLDSWORTHY Marra Mamba Iron Formation Wedgefield South Limb Mt Goldsworthy Lena SHAY GAP Townsites ROAD Banded iron-formation in graniteÊgreenstone terrane South Nim A Hedland Nimingarra B Population more than 10 000 PORT HEDLAND

Nimingarra E 1000Ê10000 DAMPIER I S L A N D S Poondano West Poondano East - Table Hill Sunrise Hill West Ronsard Island (proposed) Poondano Central Nim 1 less than 1000 Roebourne

20°30À COONGAN Sunrise Hill Shay Gap Cape Lambert Boodarie HBI (closed) IRON ORE MINERALIZATION STYLES Locality Salgash

Hematite Hill Parker Point 20°30À Conservation estate boundary East Intercourse Island Cattle Gorge Pisolitic and limonitic riverine palaeochannel mineralization or channel iron deposits (CID) GOLDSWORTHY Cundaline Highway F O R E S T I E R of the Cenozoic Robe Pisolite and Poondano Formation. Yarrie 10 ROAD Yarrie 4 F13 North Mineralization style is 'Regolith _ alluvial to beach placer mineralization' Point Samson Yarrie Road; sealed Yarrie 8 MARBLE Road; unsealed MONTEBELLO DAMPIER Hematitic conglomerate of the Neoproterozoic Eel Creek Formation (Tarcunyah Group, ISLANDS LEGENDRE I Callawa WICKHAM Cossack ROAD Cape Preston Officer Basin), which formed in a near-shore environment. Mined at Yarrie 10. Major track (proposed) A BAR

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HAUY I GAP Cape Lambert Mineralization style is 'Stratabound sedimentary _ clastic-hosted'. GIDLEY I Railway (operational or under construction) KARRATHA ROSEMARY I

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DOUBLE I SHAY ANGEL I Supergene-enriched hematite and hematiteÊgoethite mineralization hosted Proposed railway corridor (route not yet finalized) MALUS I Wallareenya R RONSARD I Roebourne OA by banded iron-formation of the Brockman Iron Formation (Hamersley Basin). Conveyor D WEST LEWIS I Includes nearby scree and detrital deposits derived from the Brockman Iron Formation. BURRUP Gas pipeline PENINSULA Whim Creek Mineralization style is 'Sedimentary _ banded iron-formation (supergene enriched)' ENDERBY I EAST LEWIS I DIXON I DEPUCH I ROAD LOWENDAL MUCCAN Oil pipeline ISLANDS Pellet Plant/ Citic (proposed) EAGLEHAWK I Supergene-enriched hematite and hematiteÊgoethite mineralization hosted Miaree Grant Coastline WEST INTERCOURSE I by banded iron-formation of the Marra Mamba Iron Formation (Hamersley Basin).

NO Major iron ore processing plant RTH Includes nearby scree and detrital deposits derived from the Marra Mamba Iron Formation. Mt Oscar Kitty Gap WEST COASTAL HIGHWAY CREEK Mineralization style is 'Sedimentary _ banded iron-formation (supergene enriched)' Iron Ore Port / Proposed Port BARROW I NORTH EAST BAMBOO REGNARD I Bamboo SOUTH WEST AD State Agreement Act boundary REGNARD I RO Supergene-enriched hematite and hematiteÊgoethite mineralization hosted STEAMBOAT I by banded iron-formation (Nimingarra Iron Formation and Cleaverville Formation) External

21°00À YANDEYARRA of the Archean Craton. Includes nearby scree and detrital deposits. Internal (Fortescue Metals Group 21°00À FORTESCUE I Mineralization style is 'Sedimentary _ banded iron-formation (supergene enriched)' plus JV only)

George Palmer POTTER I ROAD Lalla Rookh

DAMPIER Magnetite-rich banded iron formation or taconite. May be hosted

Y A by iron formations of the Archean graniteÊgreenstone terranes or LONG I Strelley Gorge ILW A ROAD R NeoarcheanÊPaleoproterozoic Hamersley Basin. Susan Palmer DATA DIRECTORY Lalla Rookh/Atlas Mineralization style is 'Sedimentary _ banded iron-formation (taconite)' Lalla Rookh South Moolyella ANGEL I Pincunah North Theme Data Source Data Currency Agency Wodgina Marble Bar PASSAGE I Ironmount Wodgina WITTENOOM Pincunah/Atlas Tectonic units GSWA 2001

TOM PRICE Pincunah South RIPON GSWA 1987 HILLS Iron ore geology Wodgina South GREAT SANDY I ROAD 2005 Alkane Exploration Ltd

PORT HEDLAND GSWA 1987 ROEBOURNE Pincunah East YAMMADERY I COWLE I Dept of Industry and Resources ROBE RIVER SupergeneMines and depositsenrichment MINEDEX* Dept of Industry and Resources Community (Yandeyarra) Salgash Company data Dept of Industry and Resources Abydos North IRON ORE SITE TYPE AND STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT JUL 2007 M ARBLE THRINGA I Cadastre Dept of Industry and Resources TENGRAPH* JUL 2007 RAILWAY NEWMAN Glen Herring Topography MAY 2006 Bilanoo Tom Price Operating mine Mining tenements Coastline 1990 Dept of Industry and ResourcesGeoscience Australia DEC AUG 2005 Dept of Environment and Conservation WELD I BAR

RAILWAY Rail BHP Billiton, Hamersley Iron, Hancock Prospecting, and FMG Southwest Fortescue Mindy Mindy CID Proposed mine, closed mine, and mineral deposit _ with a mineral resource estimate Landgate Landgate GREAT Company data OCT 2004_ JUL 2007 Volcano AUSLIG

Abydos Coongan Exploration site or prospect _ without a mineral resource estimate

ROAD (only selected sites are shown) NORTHERN

21°30À Peters Creek * GSWA and DoIR database can be viewed online (www.doir.wa.gov.au/aboutus/geoviewÝÊ launch.asp) or can be downloaded from the GSWA Data and Software Centre (www.doir.wa.gov.au/GSWA/downloadcentre) 21°30À HIGHWAY

McPhee Creek IRON ORE TENEMENTS AND MINISTERIAL Pannawonica MILLSTREAM PANNAWONICA Warramboo Mesa 2400A ROAD Mesa 2400B-E East Deepdale Mesa 2402A-E Yeera Bluff RESERVES BY COMPANY GROUP Deepdale A Mesas L-N ROEBOURNE

Mesa 2400F-G Deepdale G MILLSTREAMÊCHICHESTER NATIONAL PARK Hillside Camp Dinner Camp Deepdale B-E Deepdale K Mesa 2401A Mesa 2403A-D Compiled by Cooper, RW, and Flint, DJ, 2007 WITTENOOM BHP Billiton plus joint ventures (JVs) and proposed JVs with, CI Minerals (Itochu) / Mitsui / POSCO / Edited by Thomson, A Deepdale H JFE Steel / Wheelarra JV Mesa 2405A Deepdale J Cartography by Jones, AK

ROAD Rio Tinto plus JVs with CMIEC (Sinosteel) / Baosteel Information on mines, deposits, prospects, and processing plants was extracted from the HIGHWAY Deepdale F DampierÊBunbury natural gas pipeline mines and mineral deposits (MINEDEX) database, DoIR, in July 2007. More detailed information on sites, tenements, company groupings, and geology are available on an Jimmawurrada Upper Robe Rio Tinto plus JVs with Hancock Prospecting / Wright Prospecting accompanying CD. The CD contains more accurate information on the distribution limits of

Red Hill Northeast SKULL SPRING the Brockman Iron Formation. For more up-to-date information see the online databases at COASTAL S ROAD www.doir.wa.gov.au

T Nullagine Hancock Prospecting S Cochrane Published by the Geological Survey of Western Australia. Digital and hard copies of this map, E Goldfields gas pipeline W RED as well as the full digital data behind the map (separate CD), are available from the Jewel Mt Pyrton HILL ROAD Information Centre, Department of Industry and Resources, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA, 6004. Red Hill North Bungaroo Creek Caliwingina Creek Robe River Iron Associates (Rio Tinto / Mitsui / Nippon Steel / Sumitomo) RTH Phone (08) 9222 3459, Fax (08) 9222 3444 Mt Margaret NO Mt Margaret West Web www.doir.wa.gov.au/gswa Email [email protected] 22°00À Red Hill Mineralogy group of companies The recommended reference for this map is: Outcamp 22°00À Cooper, RW, and Flint, DJ, 2007, Iron ore deposits of the Pilbara region _ 2007 Kangeenarina Creek (1:500 000 scale): Western Australia Geological Survey. Kens Bore Mt Rove Fortescue Metals Group plus JV with Consolidated Minerals at Mindi Mindi. Includes iron ore Flinders Coongan Well

Upper Robe Central tenements of Fortescue Metals Group, FMG Pilbara, and FMG Chichester Mt Sheila Detritals Bonnie Creek Central Murrays Hill White Knight Other _ iron ore and Ministerial Iron Ore Temporary Reserves. Some of these tenements may Mt Sheila Northwest Mt Brockman / Cazaly MUNGAROONA RANGE be joint ventured with the company groups above Cane River Shaw River CID Cardo Bore North Upper Cane Mt Sh Detritals Southwest Mt Sheila Central NATIONAL RESERVE Rio Tinto Gorge West Other _ not known as being explored for iron ore Cardo Bore / CullenCardo Bore East

Mt Sh Detritals Southeast Chichester West Homestead Wittenoom

Silvergrass West Mt King South Chichester East Mt Brockman Station Wittenoom Left Handers

Mt Farquhar ROAD Main Break Silvergrass Mt Farquhar 17

Pipeline Serpentine Creek Walkalina Bourne Cloud Break - Three Bears Tenements are colour coded if they are known to be targeted for iron ore from Auski Roadhouse a combination of iron ore State Agreement Acts, authorisation to explore for N.T. Christmas Creek 1 Lens D KARIJINI NATIONAL PARK iron ore granted or applied for under Section 111 of the Mining Act 1978, and Qld Catho Well / Cullen Nammuldi Brockman 2 CANE RIVER CONSERVATION PARK Yampire North company public announcements. This includes tenements at the application WITTENOOM Fortescue River South Christmas Creek 2 W.A. Duck Creek North Mt Frederick South stage. Inclusion of such tenements here does not imply that the tenement S.A. Brockman 2 Detritals Mt Lockyer Yampire Gorge Flying Fish Northeast Mt Stevenson North Roy Hill 3 applications will be granted or that iron ore authorisation under Section 111 Eliwana Mt Vigors will be granted. Other tenements (shown in grey) may also be prospective N.S.W. Dales Gorge Brockman 543 East Mt Stevenson Roy Hill 1 A.C.T. PORT HEDLAND for iron ore. Colour-coded iron ore tenements may also be prospective for 22°30À Boolgeeda ROAD Boolgeeda A Vic. NANUTARRA Roy Hill 4 other minerals.

Brockman 1 Marandoo West Volcano Nanutarra Roadhouse Roy Hill 2 L 22°30À The tenement layer consists of many tenements (both granted and pending Tas. Duck Creek West Brockman 3 Juna Lockyer IL Paulsens East K75 H Brockman 3 East applications) that overlap in time and space with complex relationships. Dames Mt Lockyer Southwest Koodaideri K58 Boolgeeda Creek Brockman 4 Brockman 4M ROY However the tenements are depicted as if they form a 2D layer. Care Brockman 4N NEW Roy Hill 5 should be taken when interpreting the colour-coded tenements and, where /Yilgarn Mining Brockman 4O Mt Bruce North MAN Brockman 4Q necessary, further details should be obtained from the accompanying Pinarra Well Nameless West Marandoo NOREENA Brockman 4R Vivash Gorge Nameless Mt Bruce South CD product or from DoIR's online mining tenement database TENGRAPH. Claytons Hammer Mt Samson Springo Bore Turner Syncline Section 10 Marillana Brockman Mt Lewin 4 TOM PRICE RAILWAY Munjina Turner Syncline B1 Mt Lewin 1 Marillana Creek Central Mt Nicholas Extension Beasley River Tongololo Creek Spring Creek Marillana Creek West NANUTARRA Turner Syncline Section 17 Marillana Creek East

A Snooker GIC L SU Turner Syncline B26 Tom Price O R Tom Price North L V

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WITTENOOM A E Phils Creek I S L Meander Western 4 MARBLE Industry and Resources Western Australia Hairpin T A Tom Price Section 7 R E T Dereks R N S Mindi Spring South Mt Fraser AU Beasley River/Jupiter Southeast Prong Horseshoe - Lamb Creek ROAD Southern Plain FRANCIS LOGAN, M.L.A. TIM GRIFFIN Rocklea CID MINISTER FOR ENERGY; RESOURCES; INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE DIRECTOR Rocklea Mindy Mindy CID Yandicoogina - Junction Central Mt Wall Yandicoogina Creek MAIN TECTONIC UNITS

Wildflower Mt Billiard - Weeli Wolli BAR Hardey/API Mt Fraser South KARIJINI NATIONAL PARK modified from Tyler, IM, and Hocking, RH, 2001 SCALE 1:500Ý000 The Noose 5000 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 NORTHERN Jocelyn Panhandle Packsaddle Range CARNARVON

Weeli Wolli North BASIN Metres Kilometres Juna Downs South ROAD CANNING Floodplain WW 9 UNIVERSAL TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTION Camp Hill INDIAN OCEAN BASIN Mining Area C East HORIZONTAL DATUM: GEOCENTRIC DATUM OF AUSTRALIA 1994 Rocklea - Hardey Syncline WW 6 Hill 65 WW 10 Dog Leg MAC Detritals P I L B A R A Fork North Ext / UMC WW 11 WW 12 NORTHERN Fork North MAC E WW 13 CARNARVON C R A T O N BASIN Hope Downs 1 North Mindy Mindy Br GDA94 positions are compatible within one metre of the datum WGS84 positions MAC R ETHEL GEOCENTRIC DATUM OF AUSTRALIA WW 41 Weeli Wolli 14 23°00À Hope Downs 1 South PARABURDOO MAC D Southern Flank MAC A Etarak Mt Robinson Parallel Ridge MAC F CREEK Alligator North MAC B WW 16 ASHBURTON Boundary Ridge S Flank Ext / UMC 23°00À Wonmunna North Alligator Jaws Governor Range Alligator South WW 4 WW 5 Rhodes North

JIGALONG Turee Creek Southeast Corner Rhodes East Hope Downs 2 Wonmunna AngelasRhodes West West Angelas B HAMERSLEY BASIN

DOWNS Rhodes Central Goldfields gas pipeline GREAT East Angelas 2 West TOM Wonmunna/PoondanooNORTHERN West Angelas C Pamelia Ridge ROAD GASCOYNE HIG Texas PRICE Death Valley H COMPLEX W East Angelas 1 Turee Syncline Wonmunna South AY Arrowhead M IRON ORE DEPOSITS ROAD anganese Bakers North ASHBURTON Group East Angelas 2 East BASIN PARABURDOO West Angelas E Coondewanna Syncline EDMUND BLAIR BRESNAHAN BARLEE RANGE NATIONAL RESERVE BASIN BASIN P 51W ROAD Bakers Central BASIN OFFICER BASIN P 66W West Angelas A P 4E S Hill Bakers South Sylvania Inlier Paraburdoo - P 11W P 23E P 50W P 36 W P 32E Hope Downs 3 MM Syncline 19 P MM Eastern Ranges - P39E Shivani Ridge East Angelas 3 OF THE PILBARA REGION Ê 2007 P 4W Lamington Hope Downs 3 R Hill P 18E P 84E Giles Mini Metro Line Phanerozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks P 42E P 37E P 94E Pamelia South Version 1.0 _ August 2007 conveyor belt Mt Bruce Sec 17 Giles Mini W Mt Newman 36 Giles Mini East N 26 P 64E N 32 N 24 Far East - Far West N 22 Western Australia 2007 West Lido ¦ N 21 N 20 Shovelanna North Channar East Lido N 19 Neoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks Mt Channar N 33 N 28 N 31 N 25 N 42 N 38 N 43 N 17 N 34 N 37 N 23 N 18 N 39 Mt Whaleback Hashimoto 2 N 35 Mesoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks NEWMAN Wheelarra - Jimblebar H 1 H 4 Carramulla East Golden Flag - Western Ridge N 29 N 30 Paleoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks Jimblebar - Central West Prairie Downs Sylvania Davidson Creek Jimblebar CID Capricorn Roadhouse Paleoproterozoic igneous and metamorphic rocks

23°30À NeoarcheanÊPaleoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks Goldfields gas pipeline 23°30À

Robertson Range North Archean graniteÊgreenstone

Robertson Range South 23°36À 116°30À 117°00À 117°30À 116°00À 118°00À 118°30À 115°25À 115°30À 119°00À 119°30À 120°00À 120°30À 23°36À 120°55À