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

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

mindat Locality ID: 65810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65810.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woodline Well Nickel Prospect, Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery Gossan; Poseidon Deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°34'58"S
Longitude: 122°7'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.582777777778,122.1275

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	Clay	Nickeline	None	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

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 Ca Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Nickeline None Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Berthierine ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	2810	2810	59
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2810	2810	14899
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2810	2810	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2810	2810	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2810	2810	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2810	2810	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2810	2810	652

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
	EG105_1057_035	2810	2810	2810?							Yes			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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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