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Talc from
West Jordan deposit, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Jordan deposit, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:827390
Long-form Identifier:1:3:827390:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘKingston Ni prospect, Mount Keith, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘHarrier deposit, Honeymoon Well complex, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘCorella prospect, Honeymoon Well complex, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘHoneymoon Well complex, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘMount Keith Open Pit, Mount Keith, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘSix Mile Well Pit, Yakabindie Station, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
66.7km (41.4 miles) ⓘMount McClure Gold Mine, Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
79.2km (49.2 miles) ⓘSir Samuel Ni deposits, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
87.5km (54.3 miles) ⓘDragon Gold Mine (Dragon-Venus), Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
92.5km (57.5 miles) ⓘPerseverance Mine, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Grguric, Ben A.; Seat, Zoran; Karpuzov, Andrei A.; Simonov, Oleg N. (2013) The West Jordan deposit, a newly-discovered type 2 dunite-hosted nickel sulphide system in the northern Agnew–Wiluna belt, Western Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 51. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.12.003
 
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