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Locality Name:
Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2962
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2620

mindat Locality ID: 146997
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146997.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Cocanarup Pegmatite Field
Elverdton-Mt Desmond Copper Mines
Fitzgerald River District
Kundip
McCulloch (Hamersley River; Hamersley Gorge)
Munglinup Graphite Deposits
Ravensthorpe
Trilogy
West Kundip Mn Prospect

Latitude: 33°43'48"S
Longitude: 120°6'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.73,120.11416666667

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Beryl	Betpakdalite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Staurolite	Symplesite	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 Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Cookeite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melkovite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Symplesite ()*	Talc ()*
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	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)			3	18444,18459,18462	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	18466	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	18445	1310
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	18463,18466,18473	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	18448	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2962	2954	2	18457,18459	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			6	18445,18450,18457,18465,18467,18469	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			4	18444,18451,18459,18462	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	18450,18465	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	18459,18462	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			7	18445,18450,18451,18452,18453,18456,18465	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2962	2954	16	18445,18450,18451,18452,18453,18456,18463,18464,18465,18466,18467,18468,18469,18472,18474,18477	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			3	18465,18469,18470	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			2	18448,18461	966
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			3	18444,18459,18462	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			2	18445,18465	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	18471	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			9	18445,18450,18451,18452,18453,18457,18464,18465,18469	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	18465,18478,18479	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)			3	18444,18459,18462	520
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			3	18445,18448,18461	814
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	2640	2620	1	18446	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	18462	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2962	2954	1	18476	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	18445	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2962	2954	1	18476	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			11	18450,18451,18452,18455,18456,18461,18464,18465,18467,18469,18478	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	18458	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	18471	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	18445	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	18452,18455	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	18452,18458,18462,18469	5591
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O			1	18448	149
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2962	2954	1	18476	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	18445,18468,18469,18472	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			9	18445,18448,18450,18451,18457,18465,18467,18469,18470	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	18465	5674
Melkovite ()*	Betpakdalite	CaFe³⁺₂Mo₅O₁₀(PO₄)₂(OH)₁₂·8H₂O	2640	2620	1	18446	4
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	18444	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2962	2954	1	18474	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2640	2620	1	18446	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)			2	18459,18462	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			7	18444,18445,18459,18462,18464,18469,18478	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	18447	254
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	18448	492
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2962	2954	2	18472,18474	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2962	2954	17	18445,18450,18451,18452,18453,18456,18463,18464,18465,18466,18468,18469,18470,18471,18474,18475,18477	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	18471	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2962	2954	8	18445,18451,18452,18460,18465,18472,18474,18475	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2640	2620	20	18444,18445,18446,18449,18451,18452,18453,18456,18457,18459,18461,18462,18463,18464,18465,18466,18467,18469,18470,18478	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	18445,18456	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	18449	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			4	18444,18445,18459,18462	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	18470	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	18459,18462	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	18459,18462,18463,18466	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			2	18459,18462	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	18469	978
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2962	2954	1	18459	53
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	18448	92
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			2	18459,18462	211
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	18448	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	18450	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	18464	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	18448,18468	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)			2	18459,18462	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.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	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
Mo-00401	2640	2620		U-Pb, Pb-Pb		Ferrimolybdite, Mendozavilite-NaFe, Molybdenite	Mo	191996	Fitzgerald River District, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent et al. (1996)	10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0879:AGMSWT>2.3.CO;2	EG90_845
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).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R141212	Alice Mary Mine, Kundip, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R141212

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