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Locality Name:
Mount Martin Deposit (Mount Martin Ni Prospect), Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 122918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Martin Deposit (Mount Martin Ni Prospect), Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°1'"S
Longitude: 121°41'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.016666666667,121.68444444444
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 As Au Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperLöllingiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyrite
QuartzTalc

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Kyanite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2500250009052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225002500027198
Gold  (*)CopperAu25002500030554
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO42500250001507
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs250025000633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS250025000767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82500250001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225002500039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82500250009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225002500061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2250025000317
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22500250003337


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_630Hydrothermal-remobilized nickel deposit


3 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 
Michelle_63025002500?>2500 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu122918Mount Martin Deposit (Mount Martin Ni Prospect), Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMt MartinHoatson 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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