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Locality Name:
Nebo-Babel, Jamieson Community (Mantamaru), West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1080
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1080

mindat Locality ID: 302668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nebo-Babel, Jamieson Community (Mantamaru), West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°6'2"S
Longitude: 127°41'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.100555555556,127.69722222222
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 Bi Ca Cu Fe K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi Ca Cu Fe K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCorundumFeldsparMeloniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelUllmanniteZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Moncheite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe108010800489
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61080108002060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41080108005516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210801080027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10801080024243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31080108005433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410801080014899
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2108010800207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2108010800155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe108010800114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1080108004924
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2108010800133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81080108001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210801080039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81080108009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210801080061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10801080021482
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1080108005251


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
EG105_1057_011108010801080     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru248201West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaWest MusgraveBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 

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