Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blair Ni Mine, Mount Monger, Mount Monger Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2709
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 271773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blair Ni Mine, Mount Monger, Mount Monger Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°54'39"S
Longitude: 121°43'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.910833333333,121.71805555556

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_514	Komatiite deposit in the Eastern Goldfields Province, discovered in 1970. Putnisite occurs in the oxidation zone of komatiite and dioritic lodes.
Michelle_603	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

4 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	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
Michelle_514	2709	2701	2705±4	U-Pb	Age of deposit		zircon	Yes	Zircon			248267	Armstrong Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Armstrong Ni Mine	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	Table. 1. Age of deposit
EG90_845-00003	2678	2670	2674±4	Pb-Pb			zircon	Yes	Zircon			223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
Hg-00117	2680	2600		Ar-Ar, U-Pb		high		Yes		Coloradoite	Hg	223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
Michelle_603	2709	2701	2705±4		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province						Ni, Cu	271773	Blair Ni Mine, Mount Monger, Mount Monger Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Blair	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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