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Locality Name:
Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2742
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2670

mindat Locality ID: 109719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 108
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 92

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Carnegie Station
Earaheedy Station
Gum Creek Goldfield (Gidgee)
Jundee Goldfield
Lake Way Station
Mount Keith
New England Goldfield (Mount Vernon)
Shoemaker Crater (Teague Ring)
Wiluna
Yeelirrie Station
Yelma Station

Latitude: 26°39'24"S
Longitude: 120°40'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.656666666667,120.66694444444
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti U V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaddeleyiteBaryte
BlöditeBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumDiamondDiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparGarnetGypsumHexahydriteHydrotalcite
IronKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlandite
PerovskitePicromeritePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSepiolite
SerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelaneTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTochilinite
TourmalineValleriiteWoodwarditeZircon

120 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Blödite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Godlevskite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Huntite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iowaite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Konyaite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Mountkeithite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Népouite  (*)
Nickel  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stichtite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tochilinite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Violarite  (*)Woodallite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)227422670518815,18842,18855,18865,188863419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)27422670618815,18842,18855,18865,18885,188868803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O27422670118855470
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2274226701188552162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3274226701188551534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1188812734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)227422670518801,18806,18811,18855,188853092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)27422670218855,188781036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)427422670518842,18843,18845,18850,18855708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS274226701018806,18815,18819,18842,18855,18857,18875,18880,18885,188869052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61188782060
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe27422670218842,18855166
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO227422670218855,18878238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11888111547
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O27422670118855130
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4274226701188555516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb27422670118855175
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)227422670618842,18843,18844,18845,18850,18855462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27422670618811,18855,18857,18868,18885,1888627770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1188901184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1188814979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4118880352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S27422670218850,188555707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2274226701018811,18842,18844,18845,18846,18853,18855,18857,18868,1888527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O427422670518842,18843,18850,18855,188783902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)427422670218850,18855951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8274226701188551756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)274226701188551025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS27422670118855966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S82710270011885082
Copper  (*)CopperCu274226701188553846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16118881227
Diamond  (*)DiamondC118787697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61188654135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S1627422670118855300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227422670618855,18865,18868,18881,18885,188869895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6118888944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)27422670218855,188868173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F274226701188552740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS218857,1886824243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)327422670118855504
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S827422670218850,1885540
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)27422670418806,18842,18855,188817437
Gold  (*)CopperAu274226703618794,18795,18798,18801,18803,18806,18807,18808,18812,18813,18814,18815,18819,18831,18848,18851,18855,18856,18858,18860,18861,18863,18864,18872,18873,18874,18875,18876,18877,18879,18880,18884,18885,18886,18892,1889330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC274226701188552812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3274226701188551544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O27422670418842,18855,18865,188806890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S227422670418842,18846,18850,18855205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O327422670318819,18855,1888114640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O27422670118855251
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)42742267011885569
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O27422670118855341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)42742267011885587
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O327422670218855,188785433
Iowaite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(OH)16Cl2·4H2O27422670318842,18850,1885514
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS27422670118855154
Iron  (*)IronFe1188881089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61188812228
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O227102700118843179
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)427422670318855,18880,188815591
Konyaite  (*)PicromeriteNa2Mg(SO4)2·5H2O2742267011885520
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)427422670618842,18843,18845,18850,18854,18855359
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)27102700118850451
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O427422670118855229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)27422670218850,188551487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427422670818842,18844,18845,18850,18853,18854,18855,1888814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211888412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2274226701188555674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As827422670418842,18845,18850,18855161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS27422670318842,18845,188551066
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O274226701188551508
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O2742267011885584
Mountkeithite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Mg1-xFe3+x)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)27422670218850,188554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2274226701018801,18815,18819,18831,18855,18865,18868,18881,18885,1888617380
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)42742267011885566
Nickel  (*)CopperNi2710270011885057
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs27422670318842,18845,18855633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O27422670218855,18881471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1188862994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1188192349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS27422670518842,18845,18846,18855,18857767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S827422670818842,18845,18846,18850,18853,18854,18855,188571512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2274226701188552273
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6118878303
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2118881158
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6118881170
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S427422670218842,18855131
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21188851898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2274226701618801,18806,18815,18819,18842,18844,18845,18846,18850,18853,18855,18857,18868,18880,18885,1888639462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O27422670418842,18845,18850,1885589
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1188811725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8274226701018811,18842,18844,18845,18846,18850,18853,18854,18855,188579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2274226701918801,18806,18815,18819,18831,18842,18853,18855,18860,18865,18868,18872,18873,18876,18880,18881,18884,18885,1888661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO227422670218855,188865614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1188062705
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O27422670118855241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)274226701188556417
Silver  (*)CopperAg274226701188555186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs227422670118855337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27422670418850,18855,18857,1886821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4270927011188421934
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S282742267011885573
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)218880,18885446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3218880,188853418
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O27422670418842,18843,18850,1885543
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O118865456
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)118888703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)227422670618842,18843,18845,18850,18854,188553337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131188111803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131188685317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)27422670118855299
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O27422670218855,188864899
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]27422670218850,1885556
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)227102700318842,18843,188652562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS218878,188881044
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O118890628
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]27422670218850,18855237
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S427422670518842,18845,18850,18853,18855380
Woodallite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(OH)16Cl2·4H2O27422670218850,188552
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)27422670218855,188785251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG105_1057_030Also see: DOI 10.1007/s00710-004-0044-6
Michelle_606Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_614Includes Harrier, Wedgetail. Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite.
Michelle_629Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


5 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
Mo-N382_703-0001274226702706±36Re-Os isochron  Z58542, Z55765, Z55710, Z55725, Z58502, Z58507, Z5 Yes Mo225Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaKambalada, Perseverance, and Mt. KeithFoster et al. (1996)10.1038/382703a0N382_703 
EG105_1057_030271027002710-2700     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru205671Agnew Gold Mine (Waroonga Underground Complex; Waroonga; Waroonga South; 450 South; EMU; Woronga), Agnew Goldfield (Lawlers), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaAgnew-Wiluna BeltBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Michelle_614270927012705±4 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu122767Honeymoon Well Complex, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaHoneymoon WellHoatson 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). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.
Michelle_629270927012705±4 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu268175Mount Keith, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMt KeithHoatson 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). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.
Michelle_606270927012705±4 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu268171Cliffs Nickel Mine (Cliffs-Charterhall; Mount Keith-Cliffs Charterhall), Mount Keith, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaCliffs-CharterhallHoatson 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). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.

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