Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Broad Arrow Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2709
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 146981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broad Arrow Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 63
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bardoc
Broad Arrow
Paddington (Gudarra)

Latitude: 30°24'37"S
Longitude: 121°19'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.410277777778,121.32

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Valleriite

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Valleriite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaukosphaerite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Smythite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2709	2600	3	16598,16613,16616	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2709	2600	3	16613,16638,16650	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	1	16650	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2680	2600	1	16650	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2709	2600	3	16613,16616,16650	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2680	2600	4	16594,16638,16649,16650	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16650	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2709	2701	1	16613	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2709	2600	3	16613,16640,16650	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2709	2701	1	16613	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2709	2600	5	16594,16598,16612,16613,16650	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2709	2600	2	16612,16613	3902
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2709	2701	1	16613	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2709	2600	3	16602,16613,16629	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2680	2600	3	16636,16640,16650	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2680	2600	1	16594	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2680	2600	4	16594,16614,16618,16650	24243
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	2709	2701	1	16613	25
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2709	2600	2	16613,16650	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2680	2600	51	16593,16594,16595,16596,16597,16599,16600,16601,16603,16604,16605,16606,16607,16608,16609,16610,16611,16614,16615,16616,16617,16618,16620,16621,16622,16623,16624,16626,16627,16628,16629,16630,16631,16633,16634,16635,16636,16637,16639,16640,16642,16643,16644,16645,16646,16647,16648,16649,16650,16651,16655	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2680	2600	2	16649,16650	2812
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2709	2701	1	16613	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2680	2600	2	16636,16650	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2680	2600	1	16650	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2680	2600	1	16594	5591
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2709	2701	1	16613	249
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2709	2701	1	16613	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2709	2600	3	16602,16613,16629	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2709	2600	3	16612,16613,16650	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16650	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2680	2600	2	16612,16650	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2709	2701	1	16613	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	5	16594,16605,16636,16638,16650	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16594	247
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2709	2600	3	16602,16612,16613	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	2709	2701	1	16613	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2709	2600	12	16594,16595,16602,16612,16613,16615,16616,16617,16618,16636,16638,16650	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2709	2600	6	16594,16598,16602,16612,16613,16650	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2709	2600	18	16594,16595,16597,16605,16610,16613,16616,16618,16620,16621,16627,16629,16630,16636,16640,16647,16650,16655	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2680	2600	1	16650	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2680	2600	2	16614,16650	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2680	2600	1	16650	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2680	2600	1	16650	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2680	2600	1	16650	5186
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	2680	2600	1	16598	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2680	2600	1	16650	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2709	2701	1	16613	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2680	2600	1	16594	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2709	2600	6	16602,16613,16616,16630,16638,16650	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2680	2600	1	16594	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2709	2701	1	16613	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2680	2600	1	16625	1044
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	2709	2600	2	16612,16613	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2709	2600	4	16598,16602,16612,16613	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_610	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_647	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

4 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	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
EG90_845-00003	2678	2670	2674±4	Pb-Pb			zircon	Yes	Zircon			223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
Hg-00117	2680	2600		Ar-Ar, U-Pb		high		Yes		Coloradoite	Hg	223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
Michelle_610	2709	2701	2705±4		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province						Ni, Cu	291273	East Scotia Ni Prospect, Bardoc, Broad Arrow Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	East Scotia	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). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.
Michelle_647	2709	2701	2705±4		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province						Ni, Cu	203751	Scotia Nickel Mine, Bardoc, Broad Arrow Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Scotia	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). 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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