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Locality Name:
Gibb Shoot, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2742
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2670

mindat Locality ID: 203730
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203730.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gibb Shoot, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°10'14"S
Longitude: 121°40'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.170555555556,121.66861111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Millerite	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel
Talc

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: Au C Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Millerite None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Spinel
Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2709	2701	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2709	2701	30554
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2709	2701	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2709	2701	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2709	2701	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2709	2701	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2709	2701	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2709	2701	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2709	2701	3337
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2709	2701	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_613	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	Sample Num	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_029	2710	2700	2710-2700				Yes	Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	225	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Kambalda	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Mo-N382_703-0001	2742	2670	2706±36	Re-Os isochron		Z58542, Z55765, Z55710, Z55725, Z58502, Z58507, Z5	Yes	Mo	225	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Kambalada, Perseverance, and Mt. Keith	Foster et al. (1996)	10.1038/382703a0	N382_703
Michelle_613	2709	2701	2705±4		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province			Ni, Cu	203730	Gibb Shoot, Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Gibb	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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