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Locality Name:
Bonya, Jervois Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2709
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2701

mindat Locality ID: 295488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295488.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonya, Jervois Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Ashmara
Bonya Mine
City Of Medina Mine
Domascus Mine (Damascus)
Fat Cow
Goat Prospect
Green Goanna Prospect
Green Hoard (Green Hoarde)
Jericho Mine
Johannsens Pillar
Kings Legend Mine
Marrakesh
Negev
Petra Mine
Samarkand Prospect
Tashkent Prospect
Ultra Violet
Unnamed 086
Unnamed 087
Unnamed 088
Unnamed 090
Unnamed 098
Unnamed 099
Unnamed 101
Unnamed 106
Unnamed 108
Wells (Wells Scheelite; Walls)
White Violet
Xanten Mine
Yarraman Deposit

Latitude: 22°41'56"S
Longitude: 136°3'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.698888888889,136.06083333333

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: Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FluoriteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTitaniteVesuvianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
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)227092701710718,10721,10726,10730,10732,10738,107423419
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5810719,10727,10728,10733,10734,10739,10745,107471310
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2270927011710718,10719,10720,10721,10726,10727,10728,10731,10732,10733,10738,10739,10740,10741,10742,10745,107465509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4270927011310718,10719,10721,10726,10727,10728,10732,10737,10739,10742,10743,10745,107465516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)410731,10732,10733,1073427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S710719,10727,10728,10737,10739,10743,107465707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2270927011410718,10719,10721,10726,10727,10728,10732,10739,10740,10741,10742,10744,10745,1074627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O270927011010718,10719,10721,10722,10725,10726,10727,10728,10742,107453531
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61107204135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21107449895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)270927011610718,10720,10721,10726,10728,10729,10730,10731,10732,10733,10734,10738,10742,10744,10745,107478173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2270927011310718,10720,10721,10726,10728,10730,10731,10732,10733,10734,10738,10742,107459617
Gold  (*)CopperAu11071930554
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2110745209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3310739,10746,1074714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4810719,10727,10728,10734,10739,10744,10746,1074714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2270927012410718,10719,10720,10721,10722,10723,10725,10726,10727,10728,10731,10732,10733,10736,10737,10738,10739,10740,10741,10742,10743,10744,10745,1074612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2510735,10736,10739,10744,1074617380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)270927011010718,10721,10726,10728,10731,10732,10733,10734,10742,10745494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227092701810719,10726,10727,10728,10739,10740,10741,1074639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270927012610718,10719,10720,10721,10726,10727,10728,10729,10730,10731,10732,10733,10734,10735,10736,10737,10738,10739,10740,10741,10742,10743,10744,10745,10746,1074761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)270927011510718,10720,10721,10726,10728,10729,10730,10731,10732,10733,10734,10735,10742,10744,107454894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11074521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31107283418
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1107324899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2210732,107452562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10270927011310718,10720,10721,10726,10728,10730,10731,10732,10733,10734,10738,10742,107451395



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_615Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


1 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
Michelle_615270927012705±4 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu87916Jericho Mine, Bonya, Jervois Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, AustraliaJerichoHoatson 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). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.


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