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Locality Name:
Carr Boyd Rocks Ni Mine (Carr Boyd Ni Mine), Menangina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1847
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1841

mindat Locality ID: 219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carr Boyd Rocks Ni Mine (Carr Boyd Ni Mine), Menangina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°4'"S
Longitude: 121°37'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.066666666667,121.62916666667

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Atacamite	Blödite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spangolite	Spinel	Talc	Wavellite	Woodwardite

Actinolite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Carrboydite ()*	Chalconatronite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Digenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gaspéite ()*	Georgeite ()*
Gillardite ()*	Glaukosphaerite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrohonessite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Morenosite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Nickelblödite ()*	Paratacamite-(Ni) ()*	Pecoraite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Reevesite ()*
Spangolite ()*	Takovite ()*	Talc ()*	Thénardite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Trona ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Atacamite Blödite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epsomite Gypsum Hydrotalcite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Serpentine Spangolite Spinel Talc Wavellite Woodwardite

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	1847	1841	3419
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1847	1841	718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1847	1841	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1847	1841	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1847	1841	1633
Carrboydite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	1847	1841	3
Chalconatronite ()*	None	Na₂Cu(CO₃)₂·3H₂O	1847	1841	23
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1847	1841	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1847	1841	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1847	1841	327
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1847	1841	1027
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1847	1841	944
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1847	1841	484
Gaspéite ()*	Calcite	Ni(CO₃)	1847	1841	22
Georgeite ()*	Amorphous	[Cu(OH)_2-x(H₂O)_x][CO₃]_x/2	1847	1841	3
Gillardite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃NiCl₂(OH)₆	1847	1841	3
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	1847	1841	25
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1847	1841	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1847	1841	6890
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	1847	1841	12
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1847	1841	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1847	1841	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1847	1841	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1847	1841	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1847	1841	5674
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1847	1841	84
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1847	1841	254
Nickelblödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Ni(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1847	1841	3
Paratacamite-(Ni) ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Ni,Cu)Cl₂(OH)₆	1847	1841	1
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1847	1841	40
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1847	1841	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1847	1841	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1847	1841	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1847	1841	9056
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1847	1841	48
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	1847	1841	105
Takovite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1847	1841	18
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1847	1841	3337
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1847	1841	299
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1847	1841	2562
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1847	1841	129
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1847	1841	374

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_605	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

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_605	1847	1841	1844±3		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	219	Carr Boyd Rocks Ni Mine (Carr Boyd Ni Mine), Menangina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Carr Boyd Rocks	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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