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Locality Name:
Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2810

mindat Locality ID: 146983
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146983.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Admiral Hill Mine
Augusta Mine
Barnicoat Gold Mine
Bell's Gold Mine
British Flag Gold Mine
Bulldog Gold Mine
Castaway Gold Mine
Chatterbox Gold Mine
Chivas Gold Mine
Cock O' The North Gold Mine (Cock Of The North; Great Bedford; British Lion)
Craiggiemore Gold Mine
Euro Gold Mine (Sterling; Central Euro)
Gladiator Gold Mine (Gladiator South; Augusta; Golden Range; Murray's)
Ida H Gold Mine
Lancefield Gold Mine (Beria Consuls; Summit)
Mary Mac Gold Mine
Scotland Yet Gold Mine (Lone Hand)
She's Right East Gold Mine
She's Right West Gold Mine
Sickle Gold Mine
Telegraph Gold Mine
West Laverton Gold Mine
Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit)

Latitude: 28°37'34"S
Longitude: 122°25'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.626111111111,122.42305555556

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	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Berthierine ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaukosphaerite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Th Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si Th Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Titanite Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

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	2900	2900	2	17156,17158	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2900	2900	1	17158	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			2	17135,17146	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	17134	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	17153	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2900	2900	2	17156,17158	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	17144	3250
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	2900	2810	1	17156	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	17148,17153	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	17147	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	17134	11547
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	2810	2810	1	17159	59
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	17134,17148	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	17134	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2900	2900	5	17134,17145,17148,17156,17158	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2900	2900	2	17156,17158	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2900	2900	4	17134,17148,17156,17158	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2900	2900	3	17134,17156,17158	24243
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	2900	2810	1	17156	25
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2900	2810	3	17141,17153,17156	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			22	17134,17135,17136,17137,17138,17139,17140,17141,17142,17143,17144,17145,17146,17147,17148,17149,17150,17151,17152,17153,17154,17155	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	17135,17146,17148	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2900	2810	1	17156	61
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2900	2900	1	17158	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			10	17134,17135,17141,17142,17143,17144,17146,17147,17148,17153	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2900	2900	2	17156,17158	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	17134	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2900	2900	2	17156,17158	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2900	2810	7	17134,17135,17146,17148,17156,17158,17159	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	17134	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2900	2900	1	17158	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2900	2900	2	17134,17158	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	17148,17153	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	17142	471
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2900	2900	2	17156,17158	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2900	2810	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2900	2900	8	17134,17141,17145,17147,17148,17153,17156,17158	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2900	2810	5	17148,17153,17156,17158,17159	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2900	2810	16	17134,17135,17136,17137,17141,17142,17143,17144,17145,17146,17147,17148,17153,17156,17158,17159	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	17134	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2900	2900	4	17147,17148,17156,17158	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2900	2810	4	17142,17156,17158,17159	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2900	2810	0		1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2900	2810	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2900	2810	2	17158,17159	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2810	2810	1	17159	652
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2900	2900	2	17156,17158	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_632	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_650	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
EG105_1057_035	2810	2810	2810?		Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	26545	Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Windarra	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Michelle_632	2900	2900	2900	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province	Ni, Cu	26545	Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Windarra	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).
Michelle_650	2900	2900	>2900	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province	Ni, Cu	269001	South Windarra Deposit, Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	South Windarra	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).

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