Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mabel Downs Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1830

mindat Locality ID: 248186
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248186.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mabel Downs Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Copernicus Ni Mine
Corkwood Prospect
John Galt Prospect
Keller Creek Prospect
Sally Malay Ni Mine (Savannah)
Tickalara Bore Prospect

Latitude: 17°23'11"S
Longitude: 128°3'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.386388888889,128.06416666667

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.

Andalusite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	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 C Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Chalcopyrite Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Spinel

15 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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1847	1830	1	16470	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1847	1830	1	16470	1310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1847	1830	4	16466,16467,16469,16470	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1847	1830	1	16470	1008
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1847	1841	1	16467	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1850	1830	1	16469	2812
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1847	1830	1	16470	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1847	1841	1	16467	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1847	1830	1	16470	4924
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1847	1830	4	16466,16467,16469,16470	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1847	1841	2	16466,16467	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1850	1830	4	16466,16467,16469,16470	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1850	1830	4	16467,16468,16469,16470	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1847	1830	1	16470	1516
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1847	1841	1	16467	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_607	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion
Michelle_608	Hydrothermal-remobilized nickel deposit
Michelle_646	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	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
Cr-00006	1850	1850			whole rock	Yes	Chromite	Cr	146977	Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia	EST PILBARA BLOCKS AND HALLS CREEK MOBILE ZONE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA	Sun et al. (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90045-C	PR50_1
Michelle_607	1847	1841	1844±3	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province				Ni, Cu	289719	Copernicus Ni Mine, Mabel Downs Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Copernicus	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).
Michelle_608	1847	1841	1844±3	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province				Ni, Cu	122907	Corkwood Prospect, Mabel Downs Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Corkwood	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).
EG105_1057_038	1830	1830	1830					Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	122909	Sally Malay Ni Mine (Savannah), Mabel Downs Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sally Malay deposit	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Michelle_646	1847	1841	1844±3	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province				Ni, Cu	122909	Sally Malay Ni Mine (Savannah), Mabel Downs Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sally Malay	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).

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