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Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety

Field observation locations for chemical sedimentary rocks in Western Australia. Chemical sedimentary rocks are commonly associated with basinal settings, which represent source areas for manganese mineralization. The derived layer shows locations where chemical sedimentary rocks are recorded by the WAROX database.

Legend Description
Chemical sedimentary rocks SOURCE Field observation locations for chemical sedimentary rocks in Western Australia

 

Field observations

Operation Query
WAROX data are queried to select chemical sedimentary rocks from the ROCKTYPE field

ROCKTYPE = 'metasedimentary carbonate' OR

ROCKTYPE  = 'metasedimentary other chemical'  OR

ROCKTYPE = 'metasedimentary other chemical: meta-iron formation' OR

ROCKTYPE = 'sedimentary carbonate' OR

ROCKTYPE = 'sedimentary other chemical or biochemical'

 

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