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Locality Name:
Nimbus-Discovery Zone (Nimbus Deposit), Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 109671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nimbus-Discovery Zone (Nimbus Deposit), Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°47'21"S
Longitude: 121°38'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.789166666667,121.64916666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Jalpaite	Mica	None	Owyheeite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Marrite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Jalpaite Mica None Owyheeite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2680	2600	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2680	2600	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2680	2600	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2680	2600	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2680	2600	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2680	2600	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2680	2600	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2680	2600	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2680	2600	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2680	2600	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2680	2600	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2680	2600	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2638	2620	30554
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	2680	2600	116
Marrite ()*	None	AgPbAsS₃	2680	2600	8
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2638	2620	17380
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	2680	2600	89
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2680	2600	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2680	2600	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2680	2600	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2680	2600	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2678	2670	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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
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
EG90_845-00002	2638	2620	2629±9	Ar-Ar		muscovite	Yes	Muscovite		Au, Te	11401	Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Golden Mile deposit	Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845

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