Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Otter Shoot Nickel Mine, Juan Complex, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2742
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2670

mindat Locality ID: 227
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Otter Shoot Nickel Mine, Juan Complex, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°10'5"S
Longitude: 121°39'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.168055555556,121.65305555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Millerite
None	Pyrite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Spinel	Woodwardite

Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Gaspéite ()*	Glaukosphaerite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrohonessite ()*	Kambaldaite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Millerite ()*	Népouite ()*	Pecoraite ()*	Polydymite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Reevesite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Takovite ()*	Violarite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Diaspore Gypsum Hydrotalcite Malachite Millerite
None Pyrite Scheelite Serpentine Spinel Woodwardite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2742	2670	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2742	2670	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2742	2670	11547
Gaspéite ()*	Calcite	Ni(CO₃)	2710	2700	22
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	2710	2700	25
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2742	2670	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2742	2670	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2742	2670	6890
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	2710	2700	12
Kambaldaite ()*	None	NaNi₄(CO₃)₃(OH)₃·3H₂O	2710	2700	3
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2742	2670	1487
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2710	2700	1066
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2710	2700	66
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2710	2700	40
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	2710	2700	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2742	2670	39462
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2710	2700	48
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2742	2670	4894
Takovite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2710	2700	18
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2710	2700	380

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG105_1057_029	2710	2700	2710-2700							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	225	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Kambalda	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
	Mo-N382_703-0001	2742	2670	2706±36	Re-Os isochron				Z58542, Z55765, Z55710, Z55725, Z58502, Z58507, Z5		Yes			Mo	225	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Kambalada, Perseverance, and Mt. Keith	Foster et al. (1996)	10.1038/382703a0	N382_703

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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