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Locality Name:
Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1841

mindat Locality ID: 146990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 281
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 249

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Carosue Dam
Comet Vale
Davyhurst Goldfield
Diemals Station
Edjudina Goldfield
Glenorn Station
Goongarrie (Roaring Gimlet; Ninety Mile)
Irwin Hills (Jasper Hills)
Jeedamya Station
Kookynie Goldfield
Menangina Station
Menzies
Mount Celia Station
Mount Ida Goldfield
Mulga (west) Meteorite
Mulline Goldfield
Perrinvale Station
Pinjin Goldfield
Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve
Queen Victoria Springs Nature Reserve
Riverina Station
Walling Rock Station
Yarri Goldfield
Yerilla Goldfield
Yerilla Station

Latitude: 29°38'19"S
Longitude: 121°43'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.638611111111,121.72555555556

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
AtacamiteBaddeleyiteBaryteBerylBismutiteBlöditeBranneriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomite
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMelonite
MicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePhenakitePrehnitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteSulphurSymplesiteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineWavelliteWoodwardite
Zircon

129 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)
Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beidellite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bischofite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrboydite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalconatronite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinobisvanite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crocoite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gaspéite  (*)
Georgeite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Gillardite  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrohonessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metanatroautunite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Nickelblödite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Osmium  (*)
Paratacamite-(Ni)  (*)Pecoraite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pucherite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reevesite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Selenium  (*)Siderite  (*)
Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Symplesite  (*)Takovite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Trona  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2184718411117703,17708,17724,17775,17810,17812,17827,17854,17903,17934,179363419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)18471841917718,17728,17734,17810,17892,17934,17936,17941,179528803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3217861,179122353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe117912489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6217708,17861966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1177051627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2317724,17892,179222162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5217813,179521310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)417700,17703,17704,179252734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2317797,17799,178613092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)218471841117812718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4217700,17977708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1178613250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS184718411417745,17765,17810,17815,17823,17825,17832,17834,17835,17847,17853,17854,17861,179499052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)218471841517703,17705,17812,17870,179345509
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2117925238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)317861,17922,1792511547
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O11770885
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181179364286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6117861413
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O11774342
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi617705,17778,17794,17795,17797,177981966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3317797,17799,179121935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)417703,17704,17797,17799716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS418471841217812,179125516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6117922248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6184718411178121633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2117912361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1217705,17718,17719,17724,17738,17769,17797,17799,17823,17861,17892,1791227770
Carrboydite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Ni1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)184718411178123
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2217922,179255171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)217703,177044979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1179255707
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O1847184111781223
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2184718412617702,17703,17705,17708,17718,17724,17728,17745,17774,17810,17812,17815,17825,17832,17835,17847,17853,17854,17861,17862,17863,17865,17866,17870,17886,1791227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl417826,17838,17843,178451382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41179363902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1177033531
Clinobisvanite  (*)NoneBi(VO4)11785136
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81177081756
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O217922,17925566
Copper  (*)CopperCu1177033846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5217703,17704344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS18471841217812,179254165
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)217700,1783481
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)218471841117812327
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S184718411178121027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6217718,177774135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2517702,17846,17861,17892,179369895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O618471841117812944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1117705,17708,17774,17777,17780,17785,17809,17861,17862,17912,179528173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O18471841217743,17812484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21177349617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3617700,17703,17704,17705,17708,17738,17743,17778,17781,17782,17784,17799,17815,17816,17823,17825,17832,17834,17835,17843,17845,17846,17847,17853,17854,17866,17886,17893,17894,17912,17922,17925,17934,17935,17964,1797324243
Gaspéite  (*)CalciteNi(CO3)1847184111781222
Georgeite  (*)Amorphous[Cu(OH)2-x(H2O)x][CO3]x/2184718411178123
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3217700,17892504
Gillardite  (*)AtacamiteCu3NiCl2(OH)6184718411178123
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)21847184111781225
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)18471841617708,17712,17724,17812,17861,178927437
Gold  (*)CopperAu21817700,17701,17703,17704,17705,17708,17709,17710,17711,17712,17713,17714,17716,17717,17718,17719,17720,17721,17722,17723,17724,17725,17726,17727,17728,17729,17730,17731,17732,17733,17734,17735,17736,17737,17738,17739,17740,17741,17742,17743,17745,17746,17748,17749,17750,17751,17752,17753,17754,17756,17758,17759,17760,17761,17763,17765,17766,17768,17769,17770,17771,17772,17774,17775,17778,17780,17781,17782,17783,17784,17785,17786,17787,17788,17789,17790,17791,17792,17794,17795,17796,17797,17798,17799,17800,17801,17803,17804,17805,17806,17807,17808,17809,17813,17814,17815,17816,17817,17818,17819,17820,17821,17822,17823,17824,17825,17826,17827,17828,17829,17830,17831,17832,17833,17834,17835,17836,17837,17838,17839,17840,17841,17842,17843,17844,17845,17846,17847,17848,17849,17850,17852,17853,17854,17856,17857,17859,17860,17861,17862,17863,17864,17865,17866,17868,17869,17870,17871,17872,17873,17874,17875,17876,17877,17878,17881,17882,17883,17886,17887,17889,17891,17892,17893,17894,17896,17900,17901,17902,17903,17904,17905,17906,17907,17908,17909,17912,17919,17922,17927,17929,17930,17931,17932,17933,17934,17935,17939,17941,17942,17943,17944,17945,17946,17947,17948,17949,17951,17952,17953,17955,17957,17958,17959,17960,17961,17962,17963,17964,17965,17966,17967,17968,17969,17970,17971,17972,1797330554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2117919223
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O18471841917702,17705,17724,17771,17811,17812,17892,17922,179256890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl317712,17724,178111398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3717708,17724,17826,17861,17892,17912,1792514640
Hydrohonessite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)1847184111781212
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3617702,17777,17780,17823,17922,179255433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr117863162
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61177052228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41517708,17712,17724,17787,17792,17803,17817,17861,17887,17892,17901,17922,17925,17930,179465591
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)18471841117812451
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4117724229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)18471841817698,17699,17767,17812,17881,17898,17975,179771487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4184718411317719,17765,17774,17780,17804,17809,17810,17812,17823,17856,17861,17919,1792514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218471841617702,17703,17812,17870,17898,1793412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS218471841317799,17812,178615674
Metanatroautunite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)(PO4)·3H2O1178118
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)717718,17728,17734,17785,17912,17934,179414924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1177001107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2217734,179125800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1177081508
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O1847184111781284
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22017724,17734,17752,17760,17774,17775,17813,17826,17832,17834,17854,17857,17861,17862,17892,17912,17919,17927,17949,1795217380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)311781667
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)618471841117812254
Nickelblödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Ni(SO4)2·4H2O184718411178123
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O517700,17705,17708,17823,17975471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O417698,17699,17712,177452994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)217780,179412349
Osmium  (*)NoneOs117863169
Paratacamite-(Ni)  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Ni,Cu)Cl2(OH)6184718411178121
Pecoraite  (*)Clay SerpentineNi3Si2O5(OH)41847184111781240
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8184718411178121512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2117912409
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)117936326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2217827,179362273
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O117743265
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4117925131
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)218471841317700,17705,178121898
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)217705,1785153
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2184718416117703,17705,17708,17719,17724,17728,17738,17742,17743,17745,17752,17760,17763,17774,17775,17778,17780,17785,17787,17791,17797,17799,17804,17809,17810,17812,17815,17816,17823,17825,17826,17827,17832,17834,17835,17838,17843,17845,17846,17847,17853,17854,17856,17861,17862,17863,17876,17886,17898,17900,17905,17912,17919,17922,17925,17934,17935,17949,17951,17952,1797339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8184718411917705,17718,17724,17774,17810,17812,17823,17826,17834,17846,17847,17854,17856,17861,17862,17912,17919,17934,179359056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212217698,17699,17700,17703,17704,17705,17708,17712,17716,17718,17721,17722,17724,17725,17727,17728,17730,17734,17737,17738,17739,17740,17741,17742,17743,17745,17748,17749,17750,17752,17756,17758,17760,17763,17765,17769,17774,17775,17778,17780,17784,17787,17791,17797,17799,17803,17805,17809,17810,17811,17813,17815,17823,17826,17827,17832,17833,17834,17835,17845,17846,17847,17853,17854,17856,17857,17861,17862,17864,17870,17871,17873,17876,17881,17886,17887,17891,17892,17893,17894,17898,17900,17901,17902,17903,17904,17905,17906,17907,17908,17909,17912,17919,17922,17925,17929,17930,17932,17934,17935,17936,17939,17941,17942,17946,17948,17949,17951,17952,17953,17955,17957,17958,17962,17963,17966,17967,17969,17970,17973,17976,1797761156
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O1847184111781248
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2817708,17712,17745,17861,17892,17912,17922,179255614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)417703,17705,17718,179054894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)517719,17724,17745,17827,179342705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1177451153
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe217922,17925143
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)417774,17846,17861,179126417
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O18471841117812105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2117705,17708,17724,17797,17815,17823,17825,17832,17834,17835,17846,17847,17853,17854,17861,17886,17912,17922,17925,17934,1793521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31177083418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS217799,179222045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4117912337
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O11774592
Takovite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Al2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O1847184111781218
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2184718411317698,17700,17728,17739,17746,17812,17813,17823,17827,17847,17857,17861,178923337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S417703,17704,17797,17799510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131178615317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)18471841117812299
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O417708,17823,17912,179524899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)218471841817700,17746,17812,17813,17823,17827,17892,179362562
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O18471841117812129
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2217811,179222718
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl317846,17847,17883605
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O18471841117812374
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41177051655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)317912,17922,179255251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_605Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


2 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
Michelle_605184718411844±3 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu219Carr Boyd Rocks Ni Mine (Carr Boyd Ni Mine), Menangina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaCarr Boyd RocksHoatson 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).
vms-0005940002500Archean        269702Salt Creek Prospect, Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaSalt CreekMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


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