Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Sphalerite at Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 2742Ma - 2670Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Mo-N382_703-0001	2742	2670			Mo	225	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Foster et al. (1996)	N382_703

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Michelle_601	2709	2701			Ni,Cu	203724	Hunt Shoot, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Hoatson et al. (2006)	OGR29_177
Michelle_613	2709	2701			Ni,Cu	203730	Gibb Shoot, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Hoatson et al. (2006)	OGR29_177
Michelle_616	2709	2701			Ni,Cu	248178	Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Hoatson et al. (2006)	OGR29_177
Michelle_618	2709	2701			Ni,Cu	203726	Long Shoot, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Hoatson et al. (2006)	OGR29_177
Michelle_654	2709	2701			Ni,Cu	203725	Victor Shoot, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Hoatson et al. (2006)	OGR29_177
Michelle_655	2709	2701			Ni,Cu	203725	Victor Shoot, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Hoatson et al. (2006)	OGR29_177

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
EG105_1057_029	2710	2700			Ni,Cu,Pt,Pd,Rh,Ir,Os,Ru	225	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Begg et al. (2010)	EG105_1057
Mo-N382_703-0001	2742	2670			Mo	225	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Foster et al. (1996)	N382_703