Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 87916
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-87916.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jericho Mine, Bonya, Jervois Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°41'57"S
Longitude: 136°6'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.699166666667,136.115

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Scheelite	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Scheelite Vesuvianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2709	2701	3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2709	2701	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2709	2701	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2709	2701	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2709	2701	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2709	2701	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2709	2701	9617
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2709	2701	12537
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2709	2701	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2709	2701	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2709	2701	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2709	2701	4894
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2709	2701	1395

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_615	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

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_615	2709	2701	2705±4		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	87916	Jericho Mine, Bonya, Jervois Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Jericho	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.

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