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Locality Name:
McMahon Mine, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 146967
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146967.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 31°10'43"S
Longitude: 121°39'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.178611111111,121.65

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Spinel
Talc

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	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 As C Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Spinel
Talc

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2710	2700	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2742	2670	3902
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2742	2670	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2742	2670	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2742	2670	5674
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2710	2700	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2700	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2742	2670	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2742	2670	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2742	2670	9056
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2742	2670	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2742	2670	3337
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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