Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ravensthorpe, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2962
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2954

mindat Locality ID: 146996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ravensthorpe, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
B1 Prospect
Bulldog Mine (Hunt's Gold Mine)
Cattlin Creek South Mine (Mount Cattlin Lithium Mine; Cattlin Creek Pegmatite)
Copper King
Floater Mine (Gilbert Gold Mine)
Last Chance Mine
Last Venture Mine
Maori Queen Mine
Marion Martin Mine
Mount Benson Mine
Mount Chester Mine (Mount Decker Mine)
Mount Chester Prospect
Number 1 Deposit
Number 4 Deposit
Number 8 Deposit (RAV 8 Mine)
Numbers 3 And 5 Prospects
Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine (Halley's; Hale-Bopp; Shoemaker-Levy; Bandalup Hill Mine)
Surprise Mine

Latitude: 33°36'5"S
Longitude: 120°6'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.601388888889,120.11583333333

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Atacamite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Vivianite

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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Cu H O Sb Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Atacamite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Columbite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Vivianite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Copper ()*
Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Triphylite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	18462	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	18466	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	18463,18466,18473	718
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2962	2954	0		544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			3	18465,18467,18469	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	18462	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	18465	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	18462	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	18465	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2962	2954	10	18463,18464,18465,18466,18467,18468,18469,18472,18474,18477	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			3	18465,18469,18470	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	18461	966
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	18462	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈			1	18462	181
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	18464,18470	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			2	18463,18466	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	18465	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	18471	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			3	18464,18465,18469	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	18465	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	18462	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	18462	520
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	18461	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	18462	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2962	2954	1	18476	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2962	2954	1	18476	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	18461,18464,18465,18467,18469	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	18471	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	18462,18469	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2962	2954	1	18476	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	18468,18469,18472	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	18465,18467,18469,18470	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	18465	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2962	2954	1	18474	1066
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)			1	18462	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	18462,18464,18469	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2962	2954	2	18472,18474	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2962	2954	11	18463,18464,18465,18466,18468,18469,18470,18471,18474,18475,18477	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	18471	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2962	2954	5	18460,18465,18472,18474,18475	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	18461,18462,18463,18464,18465,18466,18467,18469,18470	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	18462	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	18470	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	18462	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	18462,18463,18466	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	18462	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	18469	978
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2962	2954	0		53
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2962	2954	5	18460,18473,18474,18475,18476	3337
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	18462	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	18462	211
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	18464	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	18468	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2962	2954	5	18460,18473,18474,18475,18476	2562
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)			1	18462	313

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_642	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_643	Includes Rav 1, 4, 5, 4w. Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite.

2 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	Sample Num	Run Num	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
	Michelle_642	2962	2954	<2958±4		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	122897	Number 8 Deposit (RAV 8 Mine), Ravensthorpe, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Rav 8	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_643	2962	2954	<2958±4		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	246490	Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine (Halley's; Hale-Bopp; Shoemaker-Levy; Bandalup Hill Mine), Ravensthorpe, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Ravensthorpe Nickel	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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