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Mount Jackson (Western Australia)

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for export. The mine has an expected life of 10 years and the operators expect to remove approximately 33 million tonnes of iron ore from two pits.
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discovered and named the 617-metre (2,024 ft) high landmark on 17 August 1846 during his first expedition east and north of the
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mining from about 2003 by Portman Limited. Portman was acquired by Cliffs Natural Resources Limited in January 2009.
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The mine is part of Cliff's Koolyanobbing Iron Ore Project which includes mines at Mount Jackson, Koolyanobbing and
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of Cleveland, Ohio. Ore is trucked to Koolyanobbing via a haul road and then by rail to port at
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As of 2008, the 605-hectare (1,490-acre) site was being mined for
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by Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of
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Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority
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Index

Western Australia
30°14′56″S 119°15′50″E / 30.249°S 119.264°E / -30.249; 119.264
Koolyanobbing
Southern Cross
Shire of Yilgarn
Augustus Gregory
Swan River
gold

iron ore
Cliffs Natural Resources
Esperance
Windarling
ironstone
"Mount Jackson"
Gazetteer of Australia
Geoscience Australia
30°14′56″S 119°15′50″E / 30.249°S 119.264°E / -30.249; 119.264
Augustus Gregory
"Journals of Australian Explorations"
"MINING INTELLIGENCE"
The West Australian
"Koolyanobbing Iron Ore Project – Mt Jackson J1 Deposit"
"Banded Ironstone Formation"
the original
"CLIFFS Natural Resources Limited (CLF)"
Photos of Mount Jackson from Panoramio
Mineralogy details
Categories
Iron ore mines in Western Australia

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