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Locality Name:
Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 248219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Centipede U Deposit
Dawson-Hinkler Well Group
Honeymoon Well Complex
Lake Way U Deposit
Matilda Gold Mine (Matilda Mine; Mount Wilkinson)
Millipede U Deposit
West Jordan Deposit
Williamson Gold Mine

Latitude: 26°49'41"S
Longitude: 120°18'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.828055555556,120.30583333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Feldspar
Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tochilinite	Valleriite	Woodwardite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Awaruite ()*
Brucite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Godlevskite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Iowaite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Mountkeithite ()*
Nickel ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polydymite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stichtite ()*	Talc ()*	Tochilinite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Valleriite ()*	Violarite ()*	Woodallite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Auricupride Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Feldspar
Gypsum Hydrotalcite Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tochilinite Valleriite Woodwardite

43 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	2709	2701	1	18842	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2709	2701	1	18842	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2710	2700	4	18842,18843,18845,18850	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2709	2701	1	18842	9052
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	2709	2701	1	18842	166
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2710	2700	5	18842,18843,18844,18845,18850	462
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2710	2700	1	18850	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2710	2700	4	18842,18844,18845,18846	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2710	2700	3	18842,18843,18850	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2710	2700	1	18850	951
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	2710	2700	1	18850	82
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2700	1	18850	40
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2709	2701	1	18842	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	18848,18851	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2709	2701	1	18842	6890
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2710	2700	3	18842,18846,18850	205
Iowaite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(OH)₁₆Cl₂·4H₂O	2710	2700	2	18842,18850	14
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	2710	2700	1	18843	179
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2710	2700	4	18842,18843,18845,18850	359
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2710	2700	1	18850	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2710	2700	1	18850	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2710	2700	4	18842,18844,18845,18850	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	2710	2700	3	18842,18845,18850	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2710	2700	2	18842,18845	1066
Mountkeithite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Mg_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	2710	2700	1	18850	4
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	2710	2700	1	18850	57
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2710	2700	2	18842,18845	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2710	2700	3	18842,18845,18846	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2700	4	18842,18845,18846,18850	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	2709	2701	1	18842	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2710	2700	5	18842,18844,18845,18846,18850	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2710	2700	3	18842,18845,18850	89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2710	2700	5	18842,18844,18845,18846,18850	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2709	2701	1	18842	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2710	2700	1	18850	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2709	2701	1	18842	1934
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2710	2700	3	18842,18843,18850	43
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2710	2700	4	18842,18843,18845,18850	3337
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	2710	2700	1	18850	56
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2710	2700	2	18842,18843	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	2710	2700	1	18850	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2710	2700	3	18842,18845,18850	380
Woodallite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(OH)₁₆Cl₂·4H₂O	2710	2700	1	18850	2

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG105_1057_030	Also see: DOI 10.1007/s00710-004-0044-6
Michelle_614	Includes Harrier, Wedgetail. 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_614	2709	2701	2705±4		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	122767	Honeymoon Well Complex, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Honeymoon Well	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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