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Locality Name:
Ruth Well, Karratha, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2914
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2838

mindat Locality ID: 273231
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273231.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruth Well, Karratha, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°52'1"S
Longitude: 116°52'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.866944444444,116.87527777778

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Serpentine	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: As Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Nickeline None Pyrite Serpentine Spinel Talc

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Antigorite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2914	2838	708
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2914	2838	27198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2914	2838	14899
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2914	2838	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2914	2838	767
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2914	2838	9056
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2914	2838	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2914	2838	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2914	2838	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_645	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_645	2914	2838	2876±38		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	273231	Ruth Well, Karratha, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Ruth Well	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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