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Locality Name:
South Windarra Deposit, Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2810

mindat Locality ID: 269001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Windarra Deposit, Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°37'20"S
Longitude: 122°14'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.622222222222,122.23333333333

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: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalc

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Grunerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22900290003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2900290008803
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4290029000708
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS229002900027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42900290003902
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22900290009895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS29002900024243
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2290029000223
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32900290005433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2900290001487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O429002900014899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2900290001066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22900290005800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82900290001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229002900039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82900290009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229002900061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29002900021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22900290003337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22900290002562
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4290029000380



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_650Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


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
EG105_1057_035281028102810?     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru26545Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaWindarraBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Michelle_65029002900>2900 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu269001South Windarra Deposit, Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaSouth WindarraHoatson 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).


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