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Pilbara Craton: geology and metallogeny

Created 19/11/2025

Updated 19/11/2025

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The Paleo- to Mesoarchean Pilbara Craton (Figure 1) has varied deposit types and commodities, and historically has been a major producer of Ta and Sn and an important producer of iron ore, Au, Cu and Cr. The Pilbara Craton is currently experiencing a rush of interest in Li and renewed production of Au and Cu. The geological and metallogenic evolution of the Pilbara Craton is summarised, and the mineral districts that are currently producing or have potential to produce in the near term are described. A description of the iron ore deposits in Neoarchean cover rocks is provided by Duuring, Teitler and Hagemann (2017). This paper is a chapter within the AusIMM volume of Monograph 32 - Australian Ore Deposit publication and It describes the geology and metallogeny of the Pilbara Craton.

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Title Pilbara Craton: geology and metallogeny
Language English
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/562063bd-7af8-4eca-a176-6fbf466877a8
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Pilbara Craton: geology and metallogeny". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/pilbara-craton-geology-and-metallogeny1