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Locality Name:
Corkwood Prospect, Mabel Downs Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1830

mindat Locality ID: 122907
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122907.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Corkwood Prospect, Mabel Downs Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°19'59"S
Longitude: 128°10'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.333055555556,128.17777777778
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: C Cu Fe H Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H Ni O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteDiasporeMalachiteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzSpinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218471841027198
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1847184107437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218471841012537
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81847184101512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218471841039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81847184109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218471841061156
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4184718410380


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_608Hydrothermal-remobilized nickel deposit


3 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
Cr-0000618501850   whole rock  YesChromiteCr146977Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaEST PILBARA BLOCKS AND HALLS CREEK MOBILE ZONE, WESTERN AUSTRALIASun et al. (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90045-CPR50_1 
Michelle_608184718411844±3 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu122907Corkwood Prospect, Mabel Downs Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaCorkwoodHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See 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).
EG105_1057_038183018301830     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru122909Sally Malay Ni Mine (Savannah), Mabel Downs Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaSally Malay depositBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 

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