Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yakabindie Station, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 246391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246391.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yakabindie Station, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Goliath North Ni Prospect
Jones Creek Pegmatites
Kathleen Backhills Pegmatites
Kathleen Copper Mine
Kathleen Townsite Pegmatites
Kathleen Valley Lithium Project (Mount Mann Pegmatite)
Main Road Gold Mine
Main Road Tin Pegmatite (Kathleen Pegmatite; MC34 Pegmatite)
Mate Alac Track Pegmatite
Moriarty's Scheelite Mine
Mossbecker Gold Mine
Nil Desperandum Gold Mine
Sheba Ni Prospect
Six Mile Ni Deposit
Violet Range Pegmatites
Yellow Aster Gold Mine

Latitude: 27°29'44"S
Longitude: 120°33'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.495555555556,120.56472222222

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	Andalusite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Spinel
Talc	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Godlevskite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Talc ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 B C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sn Ta W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Malachite Mica Millerite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Spinel
Talc Tourmaline Vesuvianite

44 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	2710	2700	1	17414	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2710	2700	6	17403,17405,17406,17408,17414,17415	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2710	2700	1	17406	1310
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2710	2700	1	17414	708
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2710	2700	1	17404	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2710	2700	1	17404	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2710	2700	1	17414	462
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2710	2700	2	17408,17411	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2710	2700	1	17404	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2710	2700	3	17404,17413,17414	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2710	2700	1	17414	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2710	2700	2	17402,17404	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2710	2700	2	17404,17410	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2710	2700	1	17414	966
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2710	2700	1	17406	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2710	2700	1	17404	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2710	2700	1	17404	2970
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2710	2700	1	17406	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2710	2700	1	17404	8173
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2700	1	17414	40
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2710	2700	3	17407,17411,17412	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2710	2700	1	17410	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2710	2700	1	17414	205
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2710	2700	1	17414	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2710	2700	1	17414	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2710	2700	1	17414	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2710	2700	2	17402,17404	12537
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	2710	2700	1	17414	161
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2710	2700	1	17408	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2710	2700	1	17414	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2710	2700	6	17402,17403,17405,17408,17411,17415	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2710	2700	1	17414	633
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2700	2	17401,17414	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2710	2700	2	17413,17414	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2710	2700	1	17410	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2710	2700	2	17413,17414	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2710	2700	7	17402,17403,17405,17408,17410,17411,17414	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2710	2700	1	17410	4894
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2710	2700	3	17402,17404,17406	688
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2710	2700	1	17414	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2710	2700	1	17408	211
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2710	2700	1	17414	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2710	2700	2	17404,17410	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2710	2700	1	17413	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG105_1057_030	Also see: DOI 10.1007/s00710-004-0044-6
Michelle_660	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
	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_660	2709	2701	2705±4		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	246391	Yakabindie Station, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Yakabindie	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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