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Locality Name:
Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2709
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2584

mindat Locality ID: 17613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 112
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 110

Number of Child Localities: 59
Child Localities:
Abbotshall Gold Mine
Albemarie Gold Mine
Beete Gold Mine (Eldridge)
Break O' Day Gold Mines
Buldania Gold Area
Cobbler Gold Prospect
Criterion Gold Mine
Crown Gold Mine
Cumberland Gold Mines
Daisy Gold Mine
Day Dawn Gold Mine (Hinemoa)
Desirable Gold Mine
Desirable North Gold Mine
Edward's Norseman Gold Mine
Federation Gold Mine (Tommy Athens)
Gladstone Gold Mine
Golden Bottle Gold Mine
Golden Dragon Gold Mine
Golden West Gold Mine
Harlequin Gold Mine
Jimberlana Intrusion
John Bull Gold Mine
Jubilation Gold Mine
Kaipoi Gold Mine
Kirkpatrick Mount Benson Gold Mine
Kyneton Gold Mine
Magill Gold Mine
Maloney Gold Mine
Mararoa Extended
Maybell Gold Mine (Dundas Reward; Mawson's Reward)
Midas Gold Mine (Star Of Erin; G.G.)
Moonta Norseman Gold Mine
Mount Benson Gold Mines
Mount Deans Pegmatite Field
Mount Henry Gold Mine (Empire)
Nellie May Gold Mine
Never Mind Gold Mine
New Queensland Norseman Gold Mine (Queensland Norseman Gold Mine)
Norseman Gold Mines
Norseman Opal Mine
North Royal Gold Mine
Northern Star Gold Mines
Peninsula Gold Area
Pioneer Ni Prospect
Polar Bear Peninsula (Hall's Knoll Prospect; Killaloe)
Pot Luck No. 1 North Gold Mine
Princess Royal Central Gold Mine
Princess Royal Gold Mine
Princess Royal North Gold Mine
Princess Royal South Gold Mine
Princess Royal Sovereign Gold Mine
Record Gold Mine
Recoupe Gold Mine (Three States; Recovery)
Scotia Gold Mine
Selene Gold Prospect
Slipper's Gold Mine
Three Colonies Gold Mine
W.A. Union Gold Mine
Waratah Gold Mine

Latitude: 32°11'6"S
Longitude: 121°48'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.185,121.80027777778

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Löllingite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Tetradymite	Titanite	Tourmaline

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 As Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Sr Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Mg Mn O Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Crichtonite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Löllingite Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Tetradymite Titanite Tourmaline

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Diopside ()*	Elbaite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Loveringite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Petalite ()*	Petzite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Putnisite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2709	2584	8	15665,15677,15700,15713,15724,15751,15754,15764	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2656	2584	4	15691,15692,15751,15764	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			2	15700,15751	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2709	2584	2	15691,15754	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2656	2584	5	15677,15693,15733,15751,15764	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	15668	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	15678	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	15719	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2656	2584	1	15691	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2656	2584	1	15764	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2656	2584	7	15665,15666,15677,15700,15749,15751,15764	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2656	2584	2	15691,15692	5171
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	2709	2584	0		197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2709	2584	7	15665,15677,15693,15700,15754,15755,15764	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	15678	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2656	2584	1	15764	4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2656	2584	1	15691	520
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2709	2701	2	15678,15754	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2656	2584	3	15700,15751,15764	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2656	2584	1	15691	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			6	15665,15700,15724,15736,15749,15751	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	15666	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2656	2584	93	15658,15659,15660,15661,15662,15663,15664,15665,15666,15667,15668,15669,15670,15671,15672,15673,15675,15676,15677,15679,15682,15683,15684,15685,15687,15688,15689,15690,15693,15694,15696,15698,15699,15700,15701,15702,15703,15704,15705,15706,15707,15709,15711,15712,15713,15714,15715,15716,15718,15719,15720,15721,15722,15723,15724,15725,15726,15727,15728,15729,15730,15731,15732,15733,15734,15735,15736,15737,15738,15740,15741,15742,15743,15744,15745,15746,15747,15749,15751,15752,15753,15756,15757,15758,15759,15761,15762,15763,15764,15765,15767,15768,15769	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	15677,15700,15751	6890
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			2	15700,15751	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2656	2584	6	15665,15677,15700,15733,15751,15764	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			5	15666,15669,15676,15694,15757	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2656	2584	1	15764	762
Loveringite ()*	Crichtonite	(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)₁₈O₃₈			1	15678	9
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2709	2584	0		1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2709	2701	4	15665,15693,15754,15758	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2656	2584	2	15691,15764	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	15755	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	15662	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2656	2584	5	15677,15691,15700,15751,15764	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	15750	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	15678	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2709	2701	1	15754	1512
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2656	2584	2	15691,15692	124
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			2	15700,15751	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	15678	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2656	2584	1	15764	1898
Putnisite ()*	Not in a structural group	SrCa₄Cr³⁺₈(CO₃)₈(SO₄)(OH)₁₆·25H₂O			1	15755	2
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			16	15665,15666,15682,15693,15700,15715,15717,15731,15733,15738,15749,15751,15753,15755,15757,15758	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2709	2584	9	15665,15677,15693,15700,15733,15751,15754,15755,15764	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2709	2584	55	15660,15665,15666,15667,15668,15669,15670,15671,15676,15677,15678,15679,15682,15684,15688,15689,15691,15692,15693,15694,15696,15698,15699,15700,15706,15711,15713,15714,15715,15720,15721,15724,15727,15730,15731,15733,15737,15738,15741,15743,15744,15745,15749,15750,15751,15752,15753,15754,15755,15756,15757,15758,15762,15763,15764	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄			1	15665	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	15665,15677	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			3	15700,15751,15762	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2656	2584	3	15691,15700,15751	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2709	2701	1	15754	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	15665,15700,15749,15751	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2656	2584	1	15691	688
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	15700	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	15755	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	15665	276
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2656	2584	2	15751,15764	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2709	2701	3	15665,15754,15755	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2709	2701	1	15754	380
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2656	2584	1	15764	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_638	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

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
	Kristen002500	2656	2584	2620±36	Sm/Nd			albite, garnet							239018	Mount Deans Pegmatite Field, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Deans-Scotia	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
	Michelle_638	2709	2701	2705±4		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	291265	Pioneer Ni Prospect, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Pioneer	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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