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Locality Name:
Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2700

mindat Locality ID: 147017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Alec Mairs Mine
Bellevue Gold Mine
Cams Open Cut
Cosmos Area
Eleven Mile Well Ni Mine
Goanna Patch Gold Mine
Harmony Ni Mine
Lake Miranda
Leinster Downs Ni Prospect
Perseverance Ni Mine (Agnew; Leinster)
Rocky's Reward Ni Mine
Scorpion
Sir Samuel Ni Deposits
Thunderbox Gold Mine
Vanguard Gold Mine
Waterloo Ni Mine
Weebo Bore Ni Prospect (Weebo)

Latitude: 27°49'16"S
Longitude: 120°42'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.821111111111,120.70555555556

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	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite
Matlockite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Valleriite

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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Cl O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Hydrotalcite Kaolinite
Matlockite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Valleriite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gaspéite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Okenite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Takovite ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Violarite ()*	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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2710	2700	2	17294,17300	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2710	2700	1	17300	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2709	2701	1	17296	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2709	2701	2	17296,17304	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2710	2700	1	17294	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2710	2700	2	17296,17300	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2710	2700	1	17281	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2710	2700	1	17280	5509
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	2709	2701	0		71
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2709	2701	0		1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2710	2700	2	17294,17300	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2710	2700	6	17280,17293,17296,17297,17300,17304	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2710	2700	1	17300	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2710	2700	2	17296,17297	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2710	2700	1	17280	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2710	2700	1	17300	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2710	2700	1	17297	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2710	2700	1	17280	3846
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2709	2701	1	17296	327
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2709	2701	1	17296	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2710	2700	2	17280,17300	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2710	2700	1	17300	24243
Gaspéite ()*	Calcite	Ni(CO₃)	2709	2701	1	17296	22
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2710	2700	1	17300	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2710	2700	5	17280,17292,17298,17300,17301	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2710	2700	1	17294	6890
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2709	2701	1	17296	205
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	2709	2701	1	17296	85
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2710	2700	1	17300	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2709	2701	1	17296	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2709	2701	1	17296	1271
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2709	2701	1	17304	249
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2709	2701	1	17296	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2709	2701	1	17296	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2710	2700	6	17293,17295,17296,17299,17300,17304	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2710	2700	4	17295,17296,17297,17304	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2710	2700	1	17294	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2710	2700	1	17297	633
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	2709	2701	1	17296	71
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2710	2700	2	17296,17297	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2700	7	17293,17295,17296,17297,17299,17302,17304	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2710	2700	2	17280,17296	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2710	2700	6	17280,17293,17295,17296,17300,17304	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2710	2700	9	17280,17293,17295,17296,17297,17299,17300,17302,17304	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2710	2700	4	17280,17281,17300,17301	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2710	2700	1	17300	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2710	2700	1	17300	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2710	2700	1	17300	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2709	2701	1	17296	688
Takovite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2709	2701	1	17296	18
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2710	2700	3	17296,17299,17304	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2710	2700	4	17296,17299,17300,17304	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	2710	2700	2	17295,17296	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2710	2700	3	17293,17296,17302	380
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2710	2700	2	17280,17294	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG105_1057_030	Also see: DOI 10.1007/s00710-004-0044-6
Michelle_609	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_637	Includes Rocky's Rewards, Leinster. Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiites.
Michelle_639	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_652	Formerly Anomaly 4 nera Prospero. Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_657	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	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_030	2710	2700	2710-2700		Yes	Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	205671	Agnew Gold Mine (Waroonga Underground Complex; Waroonga; Waroonga South; 450 South; EMU; Woronga), Agnew Goldfield (Lawlers), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Agnew-Wiluna Belt	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Michelle_609	2709	2701	2705±4	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province		Ni, Cu	268674	Cosmos Area, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Cosmos	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). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.
Michelle_639	2709	2701	2705±4	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province		Ni, Cu	268981	Prospero Nickel Prospect, Cosmos Area, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Prospero	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). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.
Michelle_652	2709	2701	2705±4	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province		Ni, Cu	268977	Tapinos Ni Prospect, Cosmos Area, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Tapinos	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). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.
Michelle_637	2709	2701	2705±4	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province		Ni, Cu	122759	Perseverance Ni Mine (Agnew; Leinster), Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Perseverance	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). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.
Michelle_657	2709	2701	2705±4	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province		Ni, Cu	122768	Weebo Bore Ni Prospect (Weebo), Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Weebo Bore	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). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.

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