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Locality Name:
Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2810

mindat Locality ID: 26545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26545.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cerberus Ni Prospect
South Windarra Deposit
Woodline Well Nickel Prospect

Latitude: 28°35'53"S
Longitude: 122°12'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.598055555556,122.21527777778

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Malachite	Millerite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Berthierine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaukosphaerite ()*
Goethite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	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: Ag Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cu Fe H Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Malachite Millerite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Talc

27 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	2900	2900	1	17158	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2900	2900	1	17158	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2900	2900	1	17158	708
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	2900	2810	0		67
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	2810	2810	1	17159	59
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2900	2900	1	17158	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2900	2900	1	17158	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2900	2900	1	17158	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2900	2900	1	17158	24243
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	2900	2810	0		25
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2900	2810	0		7437
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2900	2810	0		61
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2900	2900	1	17158	223
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2900	2900	1	17158	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2900	2900	1	17158	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2900	2810	2	17158,17159	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2900	2900	1	17158	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2900	2900	1	17158	5800
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2900	2900	1	17158	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2900	2900	1	17158	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2900	2810	2	17158,17159	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2900	2810	2	17158,17159	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2900	2900	1	17158	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2900	2810	2	17158,17159	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2900	2810	2	17158,17159	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2810	2810	1	17159	652
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2900	2900	1	17158	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_632	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_650	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	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_035	2810	2810	2810?		Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	26545	Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Windarra	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Michelle_632	2900	2900	2900	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province	Ni, Cu	26545	Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Windarra	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_650	2900	2900	>2900	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province	Ni, Cu	269001	South Windarra Deposit, Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	South Windarra	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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