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Locality Name:
Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 146984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 134
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 120

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Burtville Goldfield
Duketon Goldfield
Erilstoun Goldfield
Lake Rason
Laverton
Mount Margaret Goldfield
Mount Weld Station
White Cliffs Station

Latitude: 28°28'32"S
Longitude: 122°38'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.475555555556,122.63805555556

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zinkenite	Zircon

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo N Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Th Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aphthitalite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite
Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Oxalate Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Zinkenite Zircon

99 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Baryte ()*
Berthierine ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Chromite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Crandallite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*
Graphite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Grossular ()*	Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kolarite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melonite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(La) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Petzite ()*	Phosphammite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Talc ()*
Tellurantimony ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Urea ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Violarite ()*
Weddellite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zinkenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	2661	5	17156,17158,17164,17194,17195	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2900	2661	5	17158,17164,17188,17194,17195	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			5	17109,17135,17146,17164,17194	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	17134	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2667	2661	1	17195	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2667	2661	1	17195	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			4	17153,17164,17188,17194	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2900	2900	2	17156,17158	708
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	0	0	1	17132	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	17144	3250
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	2900	2810	1	17156	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			5	17095,17148,17153,17188,17194	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2667	2661	3	17133,17147,17195	2060
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂			1	17194	73
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	17134,17194	11547
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	2810	2810	1	17159	59
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	17194	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			2	17164,17194	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2667	2661	10	17134,17148,17164,17179,17185,17186,17188,17194,17195,17196	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	17194	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	17194	1252
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	2104	2008	1	17192	94
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	17134	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2900	2661	15	17090,17093,17095,17099,17109,17123,17134,17145,17148,17156,17158,17164,17188,17194,17195	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2667	2661	1	17195	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2900	2661	4	17156,17158,17194,17195	3902
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	2104	2008	1	17192	70
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2667	2661	2	17164,17195	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	17109	966
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2104	2008	1	17192	310
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2667	2661	1	17195	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2900	2661	8	17119,17134,17148,17156,17158,17188,17194,17195	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2667	2661	3	17164,17194,17195	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	17194	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2900	2661	12	17090,17093,17095,17099,17123,17134,17156,17158,17164,17188,17194,17195	24243
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	2900	2810	1	17156	25
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2900	2810	5	17141,17153,17156,17164,17186	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2667	2661	108	17066,17067,17068,17069,17070,17071,17072,17073,17074,17076,17077,17078,17079,17080,17081,17082,17083,17084,17085,17088,17091,17092,17093,17094,17095,17096,17097,17098,17099,17100,17103,17104,17106,17107,17108,17109,17112,17113,17114,17115,17117,17118,17119,17120,17121,17122,17123,17125,17126,17127,17128,17129,17134,17135,17136,17137,17138,17139,17140,17141,17142,17143,17144,17145,17146,17147,17148,17149,17150,17151,17152,17153,17154,17155,17160,17161,17162,17163,17164,17165,17166,17167,17168,17169,17170,17171,17172,17173,17174,17175,17176,17177,17178,17179,17180,17181,17183,17184,17185,17186,17187,17188,17190,17191,17193,17194,17195,17196	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2104	2008	1	17192	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2104	2008	1	17192	173
Graphite ()*	None	C			4	17135,17146,17148,17188	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2900	2810	1	17156	61
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2667	2661	1	17195	1544
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2900	2900	1	17158	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	17164,17194	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2667	2661	1	17195	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2667	2661	19	17078,17134,17135,17141,17142,17143,17144,17146,17147,17148,17153,17164,17183,17185,17186,17188,17194,17195,17196	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			2	17109,17194	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2900	2900	4	17133,17156,17158,17188	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	17080,17098,17134,17164	5591
Kolarite ()*	None	PbTeCl₂			1	17194	3
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			1	17109	451
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	17095	229
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2900	2900	3	17156,17158,17190	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2900	2008	14	17109,17133,17134,17135,17146,17148,17156,17158,17159,17164,17188,17192,17194,17195	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	17134	12537
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂			2	17109,17194	207
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2667	2661	2	17188,17195	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2900	2900	1	17158	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2900	2661	6	17134,17158,17164,17188,17194,17195	5800
Monazite-(La) ()*	Monazite	La(PO₄)	2104	2008	1	17192	38
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2667	2661	12	17090,17093,17099,17119,17148,17153,17164,17176,17188,17190,17194,17195	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃			1	17194	67
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	17109	633
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			3	17084,17112,17142	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	17112,17198	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			2	17109,17194	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2900	2900	3	17109,17156,17158	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	17194	409
Phosphammite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂(PO₃OH)	0	0	2	17131,17132	3
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2900	2810	1	17133	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2900	2661	22	17074,17090,17093,17095,17099,17109,17114,17119,17123,17134,17141,17145,17147,17148,17153,17156,17158,17164,17179,17188,17194,17195	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2900	2661	9	17109,17148,17153,17156,17158,17159,17188,17194,17195	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2900	2661	53	17066,17072,17073,17074,17077,17078,17080,17083,17084,17085,17088,17093,17095,17096,17099,17103,17112,17113,17119,17120,17121,17122,17123,17126,17134,17135,17136,17137,17141,17142,17143,17144,17145,17146,17147,17148,17153,17156,17158,17159,17160,17161,17164,17170,17178,17183,17185,17188,17190,17193,17194,17195,17196	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	17188,17194	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2667	2661	3	17188,17194,17195	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	17093	2705
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁			1	17194	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	17194	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	17134	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	17109	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2900	2661	12	17090,17093,17095,17099,17147,17148,17156,17158,17164,17188,17194,17195	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	17194	3418
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	17194	589
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2900	2810	8	17078,17109,17142,17156,17158,17159,17179,17190	3337
Tellurantimony ()*	Tetradymite	Sb₂Te₃			1	17194	29
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	17194	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2667	2661	3	17093,17194,17195	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	17194	510
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2900	2810	1	17133	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2900	2661	4	17133,17164,17194,17195	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2900	2810	2	17158,17159	2562
Urea ()*	None	CO(NH₂)₂	0	0	1	17132	4
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2810	2008	2	17159,17192	652
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2900	2900	3	17109,17156,17158	380
Weddellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	0	0	1	17132	32
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	17188	939
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	17194	228
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	17164	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001081	Discovered by aeromagnetic survey; covered by up to 90 m of Tertiary and Quaternary sedimentary rocks. MAGMATIC STYLE: 4 km diameter circular plug with some dykes up to 5 km away. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: 0.5 km wide collar of glimmerites.
Jen_0001082	Discovered by aeromagnetic survey; covered by up to 90 m of Tertiary and Quaternary sedimentary rocks. MAGMATIC STYLE: 4 km diameter circular plug with some dykes up to 5 km away. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: 0.5 km wide collar of glimmerites.
Jen_0001083	Discovered by aeromagnetic survey; covered by up to 90 m of Tertiary and Quaternary sedimentary rocks. MAGMATIC STYLE: 4 km diameter circular plug with some dykes up to 5 km away. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: 0.5 km wide collar of glimmerites.
Jen_0001109	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite and calcite-bearing syenite.
Michelle_0033	Guano deposit
Michelle_632	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_650	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_0033	0	0	0		Age of mineralization				233	Toppin Hill, Lake Rason, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Toppin Hill	Bridge (1973)		MM39_346	Urea does not typically occur with guano as the moisture and bacteria would quickly cause instability. It's been found in Egypt that dry conditions can preserve the urea.
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).
Jen_0001081	2042	2042	2042						146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Weld	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001082	2104	2024	2064±40	K-Ar		biotite			146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Weld	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001083	2034	2008	2021±13	Rb-Sr					146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Weld	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
ree-00021	2064	2064	2064 Ma						146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Weld	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Jen_0001109	2667	2661	2,664±3	U-Pb		titanite	Titanite		190836	Wallaby Gold Mine (Just In Case), Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wallaby	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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