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Mesoproterozoic ironstones from Northern Australia

James Cook University
Nestmeyer, Mark ; McCoy-West, Alex
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The dataset contains mineralogical and geochemical data of ironstones from Northern Australia. The samples were collected from drill cores from the Constance Range area in Queensland, the Sherwin and Roper bar mine in Northern Territory and the Urapunga 5 drill core from Northern Territory. The hand specimens were crushed and milled in the mineral separation laboratory at James Cook University. Major element and XRD data were produced at the University of Tasmania after Watson (1996). Trace element and isotope compositions were measured at the Advanced Analytical Centre at James Cook University. The trace element analysis was conducted using a Thermo Fisher Scientific iCAP TQ-ICP-MS following the method described in Russo et al., (2024). Fe isotope ratios were determined using a Thermo Fisher Scientific Neptune following the procedure described in McCoy-West et al., (2025).

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McCoy-West, A. J., Koutamanis, D., Leduc, E. M., & Mahan, B. (2025). Geochemical and isotopic (O-Fe-Sr-Nd) characterization of reference materials relevant to environmental impact assessments. Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, 1(2), 986-986.

Russo, S. C., McCoy-West, A. J., & Duuring, P. (2024). The potential for reconstructing primary ocean chemistry from hypogene and supergene altered banded iron formations: An example from Weld Range, Western Australia. Precambrian Research, 413, 107573.

Watson, J. S. (1996). Fast, simple method of powder pellet preparation for X‐ray fluorescence analysis. X‐Ray Spectrometry, 25(4), 173-174.

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The dataset consists of an Excel (.xlsx) workbook containing three worksheets (Tables 1–3), and is also saved in OpenDocument (.ods) format for preservation and long-term access.

Created: 2026-07-23

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text: Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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Atmospheric Sciences | Atmospheric Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Climate Change Science | Climate Change Science Not Elsewhere Classified | Earth Sciences | Fe isotopes | Geochemistry | Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Isotope Geochemistry | Northern Australia | ironstones | trace elements |

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  • DOI : 10.25903/A2JJ-VT67
  • Local : researchdata.jcu.edu.au//published/f8bbb6f0639311f1a1c6a3b6b3574632
ACN 633 798 857