Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury Mine), Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 360

mindat Locality ID: 30421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury Mine), Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bismark
East Avebury
North Avebury
North Viking Deposit
Saxon
South Viking Deposit
Viking Mine (South Avebury)
West Viking

Latitude: 41°55'14"S
Longitude: 145°15'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.920555555556,145.25222222222

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	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Axinite	Brucite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Mica
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline
Valleriite	Vesuvianite

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 B Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Auricupride Axinite Brucite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Mica
Millerite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Titanite Tourmaline
Valleriite Vesuvianite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Awaruite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite-(Mg) ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Iridium ()*
Lizardite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Millerite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Orcelite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Valleriite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Violarite ()*

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	360	360	1	13326	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	360	360	0		1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	360	360	0		708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	360	360	0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	360	360	0		9052
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	360	360	0		166
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	360	360	1	13326	260
Axinite-(Mg) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mg₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	360	360	0		12
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	360	360	0		1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	360	360	0		1935
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	360	360	1	13326	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	360	360	2	13320,13326	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	360	1	13326	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	360	360	1	13326	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	360	360	1	13326	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	360	360	0		1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	360	360	0		3846
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	360	360	0		498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	360	360	1	13326	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	360	360	0		9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	360	360	1	13326	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	360	360	0		8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	360	360	0		2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	360	360	1	13326	303
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	360	360	0		1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	360	360	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	360	360	0		30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	360	360	0		205
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	360	360	0		741
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	360	360	0		162
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	360	360	1	13326	359
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	360	360	0		451
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	360	360	0		311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	360	360	2	13320,13326	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	360	360	0		161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	360	360	1	13326	1066
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	360	360	0		633
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	360	360	1	13326	36
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	360	360	0		2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	360	360	0		767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	360	360	8	13320,13321,13322,13323,13324,13325,13326,13327	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	360	360	0		495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	360	360	1	13326	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	360	360	1	13326	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	360	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	360	360	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	360	360	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	360	360	0		5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	360	360	0		4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	360	360	0		21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	360	360	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	360	360	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	360	360	2	13320,13326	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	360	360	0		212
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	360	360	1	13326	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	360	360	0		1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	360	360	0		380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_599	Hydrothermal-remobilized nickel deposit

1 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
	Michelle_599	360	360	?360		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	30421	Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury Mine), Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Avebury	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).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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