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Locality Name:
West Musgrave Project (Nebo-Babel Deposit), Jamieson Community (Mantamaru), West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1081
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1075

mindat Locality ID: 157979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Musgrave Project (Nebo-Babel Deposit), Jamieson Community (Mantamaru), West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°10'34"S
Longitude: 127°28'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.176111111111,127.46805555556
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: Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteMeloniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteUllmannite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Melonite  (*)
Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe108110750489
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41081107505516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210811075027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10811075024243
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2108110750207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2108110750155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe108110750114
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2108110750133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81081107501512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210811075039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81081107509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210811075061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10811075021482


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_600Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


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_011108010801080     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru248201West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaWest MusgraveBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Michelle_600108110751078±3 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu157979West Musgrave Project (Nebo-Babel Deposit), Jamieson Community (Mantamaru), West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBabelHoatson 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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