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Locality Name:
Sherlock Bay Deposit, Roebourne, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2932
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2800

mindat Locality ID: 122912
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122912.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sherlock Bay Deposit, Roebourne, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°48'50"S
Longitude: 117°32'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.813888888889,117.54166666667

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Quartz	Spinel	Stilpnomelane

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Malachite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite
Quartz Spinel Stilpnomelane

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2932	2800	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2932	2800	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2932	2800	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2932	2800	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2932	2800	9895
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2932	2800	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2932	2800	12537
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2932	2800	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2932	2800	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2932	2800	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2932	2800	61156
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2932	2800	456

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_649	Hydrothermal-remobilized nickel deposit

1 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
	Michelle_649	2932	2800	2866±66		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	122912	Sherlock Bay Deposit, Roebourne, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sherlock Bay	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).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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