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Locality Name:
Lunnon 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: 203723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203723.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 31°10'57"S
Longitude: 121°40'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.1825,121.66944444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Garnet	Melonite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Tetradymite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Melonite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Talc ()*	Volynskite ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Si Te W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Si Te W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Garnet Melonite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Tetradymite Ullmannite Wurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2742	2670	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2742	2670	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2742	2670	708
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2742	2670	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2710	2700	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2742	2670	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2742	2670	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2742	2670	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2742	2670	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2742	2670	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	2742	2670	717
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	2742	2670	62
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2742	2670	804
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2742	2670	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2742	2670	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2710	2700	207
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	2710	2700	114
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2700	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2742	2670	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2742	2670	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2742	2670	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	2742	2670	64
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2742	2670	4894
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2742	2670	3337
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	2742	2670	64

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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