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Locality Name:
Nepean Ni Mine, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2709
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2550

mindat Locality ID: 17610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nepean Ni Mine, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°9'54"S
Longitude: 121°5'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.165,121.085

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Auricupride	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cubanite
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite
Talc	Tourmaline	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	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 B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Auricupride Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cubanite
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Marcasite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite
Talc Tourmaline Valleriite Wurtzite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2709	2701	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2709	2701	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2709	2701	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2709	2701	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2709	2701	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2709	2701	718
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	2709	2701	166
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2709	2701	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2709	2701	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2709	2701	3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2709	2701	1025
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2709	2701	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2709	2701	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2709	2701	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2709	2701	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2709	2701	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2709	2701	2812
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2709	2701	205
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2709	2701	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2709	2701	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2709	2701	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2709	2701	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2709	2701	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2709	2701	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2709	2701	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2709	2701	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2709	2701	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2709	2701	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2709	2701	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2709	2701	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2709	2701	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2709	2701	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2709	2701	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2709	2701	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2709	2701	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2709	2701	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2709	2701	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2709	2701	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2709	2701	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2709	2701	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2709	2701	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	2709	2701	237

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_635	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
	Be-00037	2550	2550	2550			high				Yes		Bavenite, Moraesite	Be	17479	Londonderry Li Deposit (Londonderry Feldspar Quarry; Fraser's Find; Frazer's Find; Scahill's Quarry), Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Jacobson et al. (2007)		BOOK_GPWA
	Michelle_635	2709	2701	2705±4		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	17610	Nepean Ni Mine, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Nepean	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.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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