Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Roebourne, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2932
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2800

mindat Locality ID: 159080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roebourne, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Andover Mine (Brothers United; Woolcock)
Azurite Mine
Brown And Norths Mine (Good Luck Mine)
Carlow Castle Mine
Clarke's Antimony Mine (Clarkes's Antimony And Gold Mine; Sherlock Antimony Mine)
Cleaverville Turquoise Deposit
Ena Workings
Fortune Mine (Glen Roebourne; Aurora Australis)
Herman's Reward
Lilly Blanche Mine
Mount Hall Pegmatite Field
Sherlock Bay Deposit
Tofterminna (Porterminna; Eureka; Golden Pile)
Weerianna 'chrysoprase'
Weerianna Gold Mine (Hillside)
Welcome

Latitude: 20°47'35"S
Longitude: 117°8'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.793055555556,117.13527777778

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	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Turquoise	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Cornetite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tremolite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Be C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Turquoise Vivianite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

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	2932	2800	1	18513	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	18512	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	18502	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	18505,18509	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	18512	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	18505,18509,18511	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2932	2800	4	18505,18506,18513,18516	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	18512	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	18502	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	18506	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			4	18504,18505,18509,18511	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2932	2800	7	18502,18504,18505,18509,18511,18513,18516	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2932	2800	3	18505,18509,18513	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	18512	951
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	18505	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	18505	3846
Cornetite ()*	None	Cu₃(PO₄)(OH)₃			1	18505	26
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			3	18505,18511,18516	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2932	2800	1	18513	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	18516	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	18505	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	18502,18514,18516	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	18505	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			8	18502,18505,18506,18509,18510,18514,18516,18517	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	18516	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	18516	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2932	2800	1	18513	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2932	2800	8	18502,18505,18509,18510,18511,18513,18514,18516	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	18504,18509	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	18512	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2932	2800	1	18513	1512
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	18512	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	18512	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	18505	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2932	2800	6	18504,18505,18509,18511,18513,18516	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2932	2800	1	18513	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2932	2800	10	18504,18505,18506,18509,18511,18512,18513,18514,18516,18517	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	18516	5614
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	18502	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	18502	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	18512	688
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	18506	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	18506	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2932	2800	1	18513	456
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	18512	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	18507	484
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	18516	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_649	Hydrothermal-remobilized nickel deposit

1 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_649	2932	2800	2866±66		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	122912	Sherlock Bay Deposit, Roebourne, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sherlock Bay	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

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