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Locality Name:
Ken Shoot, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 203729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203729.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 31°11'1"S
Longitude: 121°38'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.183611111111,121.64944444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Bi C Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayMeloniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzSpinel
TalcUllmannite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)
Sudburyite  (*)Talc  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227102700027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42742267003902
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS271027000154
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2742267001487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427422670014899
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2271027000155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe271027000114
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs271027000633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS271027000767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82710270001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227422670039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82742267009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227422670061156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2271027000337
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb227102700075
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb27102700046
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22742267003337
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4271027000380


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG105_1057_029271027002710-2700     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru225Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaKambaldaBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Mo-N382_703-0001274226702706±36Re-Os isochron  Z58542, Z55765, Z55710, Z55725, Z58502, Z58507, Z5 Yes Mo225Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaKambalada, Perseverance, and Mt. KeithFoster et al. (1996)10.1038/382703a0N382_703 

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