Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 248190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mount Martin Deposit (Mount Martin Ni Prospect)
Mount Shea Gold Prospect
South Kal Mines (South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine; HBJ)

Latitude: 30°59'32"S
Longitude: 121°37'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.992222222222,121.62166666667

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Löllingite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Safflorite ()*
Talc ()*	Xonotlite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 B C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Löllingite Melonite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Tourmaline

33 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	17001	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2680	2600	2	17001,17009	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2680	2600	1	17025	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	2	17001,17025	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2680	2600	1	17031	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	2500	1	17000	9052
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2680	2600	1	17025	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2680	2600	3	17001,17009,17031	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2680	2500	3	17000,17001,17003	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	3	17001,17003,17031	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2680	2600	1	17009	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2680	2600	2	17001,17003	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2680	2500	20	17000,17001,17002,17003,17006,17009,17010,17011,17013,17014,17015,17017,17021,17022,17024,17025,17027,17029,17030,17031	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2680	2600	1	17001	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2680	2600	1	17025	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2680	2600	1	17031	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2500	2500	1	17000	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2680	2600	1	17009	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2680	2600	3	17001,17003,17025	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2680	2600	1	17025	207
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	4	17001,17003,17009,17025	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2500	2500	1	17000	633
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2680	2600	1	17009	471
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2500	2500	1	17000	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2500	2500	1	17000	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2680	2600	1	17025	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2500	5	17000,17001,17003,17025,17031	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	2500	1	17000	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2500	10	17000,17001,17003,17009,17013,17021,17024,17025,17030,17031	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	2500	2500	1	17000	317
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2500	3	17000,17021,17022	3337
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	17022	109
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2680	2600	1	17031	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_630	Hydrothermal-remobilized nickel deposit

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_630	2500	2500	?>2500		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province						Ni, Cu	122918	Mount Martin Deposit (Mount Martin Ni Prospect), Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Martin	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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