Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2711
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 12564
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12564.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Ballarat Gold Mine
Black Swan Ni Mine (Silver Swan; Cygnet)
Cemetery Lead
Fitzroy Lead
Golden Valley Gold Mine (Golden Valley Lead; Wood's Find)
Gordon Sirdar Gold Mine (General Gordon; Sirdar)
Kanowna Belle Gold Mine
Kanowna Main Reef Gold Mine
Last Chance Gold Mine
Moonlight Lead
North Lead
Perseverance Gold Mine (Kanowna Perseverance; Wedge Perseverance)
Q.E.D. Gold Mine (Q.E.D. Lead)
Red Hill Gold Mine (Gentle Polly)
Robinson Gold Mine
Six Mile Gold Mine (Six Mile Lead)
South Lead
Sunbeam Gold Mine (Sunrise)
White Feather Main Reef Gold Mine
Wilson's Gully Lead

Latitude: 30°33'54"S
Longitude: 121°35'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.565,121.59277777778

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	hauchecornite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tučekite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Na Ni O S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Copper Feldspar Kaolinite Mica
Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Talc hauchecornite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2680	2600	4	16815,16822,16823,16827	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	1	16816	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2711	2701	1	16810	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2711	2600	3	16810,16815,16827	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2711	2600	3	16810,16816,16823	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2711	2600	3	16810,16822,16827	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2711	2701	1	16810	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2711	2701	1	16810	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2711	2701	1	16810	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2680	2600	1	16820	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2711	2600	3	16810,16819,16823	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2680	2600	2	16822,16827	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2711	2600	20	16809,16810,16811,16812,16813,16814,16815,16816,16817,16818,16819,16820,16821,16822,16823,16824,16825,16826,16827,16828	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2680	2600	2	16818,16819	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2711	2600	2	16810,16823	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2711	2701	1	16810	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2711	2701	1	16810	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2711	2600	7	16810,16814,16815,16816,16822,16823,16827	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2711	2701	0		128
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2680	2600	1	16827	633
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2680	2600	3	16822,16823,16827	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2711	2701	1	16810	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2711	2701	1	16810	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	2711	2701	1	16810	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2711	2600	7	16810,16814,16815,16816,16822,16823,16827	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2711	2701	1	16810	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2711	2600	10	16810,16814,16815,16816,16817,16819,16821,16822,16823,16827	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2680	2600	1	16815	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2680	2600	1	16815	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2711	2701	1	16810	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2711	2600	3	16810,16816,16823	3337
Tučekite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉Sb₂S₈	2711	2701	0		17
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	2711	2701	1	16810	106
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2711	2701	1	16810	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_602	Includes Silver Swan, Cygnet. Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiites.

3 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	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
EG90_845-00003	2678	2670	2674±4	Pb-Pb			zircon	Yes	Zircon			223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
Hg-00117	2680	2600		Ar-Ar, U-Pb		high		Yes		Coloradoite	Hg	223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
Michelle_602	2711	2701	2706±5		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province						Ni, Cu	122816	Black Swan Ni Mine (Silver Swan; Cygnet), Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Black Swan	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).

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