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Locality Name:
Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2711
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 12564
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12564.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Ballarat Gold Mine
Black Swan Ni Mine (Silver Swan; Cygnet)
Cemetery Lead
Fitzroy Lead
Golden Valley Gold Mine (Golden Valley Lead; Wood's Find)
Gordon Sirdar Gold Mine (General Gordon; Sirdar)
Kanowna Belle Gold Mine
Kanowna Main Reef Gold Mine
Last Chance Gold Mine
Moonlight Lead
North Lead
Perseverance Gold Mine (Kanowna Perseverance; Wedge Perseverance)
Q.E.D. Gold Mine (Q.E.D. Lead)
Red Hill Gold Mine (Gentle Polly)
Robinson Gold Mine
Six Mile Gold Mine (Six Mile Lead)
South Lead
Sunbeam Gold Mine (Sunrise)
White Feather Main Reef Gold Mine
Wilson's Gully Lead

Latitude: 30°33'54"S
Longitude: 121°35'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.565,121.59277777778

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Na Ni O S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayCopperFeldsparKaoliniteMica
MilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentine
SphaleriteSpinelTalchauchecornite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Copper  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tučekite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26802600416815,16822,16823,168278803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2268026001168163092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)427112701116810708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS27112600316810,16815,168279052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27112600316810,16816,1682327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227112600316810,16822,1682727198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)227112701116810376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4271127011168103902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)427112701116810951
Copper  (*)CopperCu268026001168203846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227112600316810,16819,168239895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26802600216822,1682724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu271126002016809,16810,16811,16812,16813,16814,16815,16816,16817,16818,16819,16820,16821,16822,16823,16824,16825,16826,16827,1682830554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)426802600216818,168195591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)27112600216810,168231487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42711270111681014899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS271127011168101066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227112600716810,16814,16815,16816,16822,16823,1682717380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6271127010128
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs26802600116827633
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)26802600316822,16823,168272349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS27112701116810767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8271127011168101512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S427112701116810131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227112600716810,16814,16815,16816,16822,16823,1682739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8271127011168109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2271126001016810,16814,16815,16816,16817,16819,16821,16822,16823,1682761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2268026001168155614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)268026001168154894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2711270111681021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)227112600316810,16816,168233337
Tučekite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9Sb2S827112701017
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS227112701116810106
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S427112701116810380



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_602Includes Silver Swan, Cygnet. Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiites.


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_602271127012706±5 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu122816Black Swan Ni Mine (Silver Swan; Cygnet), Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBlack SwanHoatson 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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