Mount Whaleback
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Mount Whaleback is a prominent iron ore-rich hill in Western Australia’s Pilbara region that lends its name to one of the world’s largest open-cut iron ore mines.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hill
ⓘ
iron ore deposit ⓘ mining site ⓘ |
| associatedPort | Port Hedland iron ore export terminals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCompany | BHP Group Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commodity | iron ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| developmentBegan | late 1960s ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Stan Hilditch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ted Hilditch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1957 ⓘ |
| economicSignificance | major contributor to Western Australia iron ore exports ⓘ |
| exportDestination |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | banded iron formation ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDepth | more than 300 metres ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | about 5.5 kilometres ⓘ |
| hasApproximateWidth | about 1.5 kilometres ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
crushing and screening plant
ⓘ
processing plant ⓘ rail loading facilities ⓘ |
| hasResource | iron ore ⓘ |
| isOneOf | largest open-cut iron ore mines in the world ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pilbara region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Newman, Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| miningMethod | open-cut mining ⓘ |
| namedFor | whale-back shape of the hill ⓘ |
| nearbyTownBuiltFor | Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyTownPurpose | mining company town for Mount Whaleback operations ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
BHP
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BHP Iron Ore (a division of BHP) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oreType |
hematite
ⓘ
martite-goethite ⓘ |
| partOf |
BHP Pilbara iron ore operations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamersley Range iron ore province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
fines iron ore
ⓘ
iron ore concentrate ⓘ lump iron ore ⓘ |
| productionStarted | 1969 ⓘ |
| railLinkedTo | Port Hedland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwaySystem | Mount Newman railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | arid ⓘ |
| state | Western Australia ⓘ |
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