Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1081
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1075

mindat Locality ID: 248201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jamieson Community (Mantamaru)
Papulankutja Community (Blackstone)
Wingellina Community (Irrunytju)

Latitude: 26°13'17"S
Longitude: 128°19'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.221388888889,128.32944444444

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	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Ullmannite	Zircon

Altaite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Birnessite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinoenstatite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ernienickelite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jianshuiite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Microcline ()*	Moncheite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Ullmannite Zircon

39 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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1081	1075	2	18176,18177	489
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1080	1080	1	18183	1036
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1080	1080	1	18185	143
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1080	1080	2	18176,18183	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1080	1080	1	18180	5509
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1080	1080	1	18185	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1081	1075	3	18176,18177,18180	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1080	1080	1	18180	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1081	1075	5	18175,18176,18177,18180,18182	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1080	1080	2	18184,18185	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1080	1080	1	18183	94
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1080	1080	1	18183	944
Ernienickelite ()*	None	NiMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1080	1080	1	18185	6
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1080	1080	1	18185	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1081	1075	2	18176,18177	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1080	1080	1	18185	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1080	1080	2	18182,18185	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1080	1080	3	18175,18176,18182	5433
Jianshuiite ()*	None	MgMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1080	1080	1	18185	5
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1080	1080	1	18185	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1080	1080	1	18185	210
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1080	1080	1	18184	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1080	1080	3	18175,18176,18182	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1080	1080	2	18180,18182	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1080	1080	1	18185	770
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1081	1075	2	18176,18177	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1081	1075	2	18176,18177	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1081	1075	2	18176,18177	114
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1080	1080	1	18176	4924
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1081	1075	2	18176,18177	133
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1081	1075	3	18175,18176,18177	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1081	1075	4	18175,18176,18177,18180	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1081	1075	4	18175,18176,18177,18182	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1081	1075	3	18176,18177,18184	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1080	1080	1	18185	312
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1080	1080	1	18183	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1081	1075	2	18176,18177	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1080	1080	1	18180	1101
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1080	1080	1	18176	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_600	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

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_011	1080	1080	1080										Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	248201	West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia	West Musgrave	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
	Michelle_600	1081	1075	1078±3		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	157979	West Musgrave Project (Nebo-Babel Deposit), Jamieson Community (Mantamaru), West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Babel	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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