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Locality Name:
Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 248190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mount Martin Deposit (Mount Martin Ni Prospect)
Mount Shea Gold Prospect
South Kal Mines (South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine; HBJ)

Latitude: 30°59'32"S
Longitude: 121°37'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.992222222222,121.62166666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
LöllingiteMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Smectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalcTourmaline

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Talc  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2268026001170013419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26802600217001,170098803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe26802600117025489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)226802600217001,170253092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)268026001170311036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS250025001170009052
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe226802600117025361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26802600317001,17009,1703127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226802500317000,17001,1700327198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226802600317001,17003,170319895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)26802600117009648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26802600217001,170038173
Gold  (*)CopperAu268025002017000,17001,17002,17003,17006,17009,17010,17011,17013,17014,17015,17017,17021,17022,17024,17025,17027,17029,17030,1703130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32680260011700114640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te26802600117025804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3268026001170315433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4250025001170001507
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)268026001170091487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426802600317001,17003,1702514899
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe226802600117025207
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226802600417001,17003,17009,1702517380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs25002500117000633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O26802600117009471
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS25002500117000767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8250025001170001512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe226802600117025409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226802500517000,17001,17003,17025,1703139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8250025001170009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2268025001017000,17001,17003,17009,17013,17021,17024,17025,17030,1703161156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs225002500117000317
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)226802500317000,17021,170223337
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)226802600117022109
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)268026001170311025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_630Hydrothermal-remobilized nickel deposit


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG90_845-00003267826702674±4Pb-Pb zircon  YesZircon  223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 
Hg-0011726802600 Ar-Ar, U-Pb high   YesColoradoiteHg223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 
Michelle_63025002500?>2500 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu122918Mount Martin Deposit (Mount Martin Ni Prospect), Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMt MartinHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See 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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