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Locality Name:
Bulong Complex North Ni Mine, Bulong Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 122902
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122902.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bulong Complex North Ni Mine, Bulong Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°40'27"S
Longitude: 121°49'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.674166666667,121.81833333333
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: Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteDiasporeMarcasiteNickelineNonePentlandite
PyriteSerpentineSpinelTalc

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Covellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4268026000708
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2680260005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226802600027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42680260003902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4268026000951
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2680260004165
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2680260007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326802600014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426802600014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22680260005674
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82680260001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226802600039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82680260009056
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22680260003337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22680260002562
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4268026000380


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
EG90_845-00003267826702674±4Pb-Pb zircon  YesZircon  223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 
Hg-0011726802600 Ar-Ar, U-Pb high   YesColoradoiteHg223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 

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