Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Molybdenite at Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 3500Ma - 3100Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Mo-00049	3500	3100		Molybdenite	Mo	3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Kakegawa and Ohmoto (1999); de Ronde et al. (1991; 1992); Armstrong et al. (1990)

Specified age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Mo-00049	3500	3100		Molybdenite	Mo	3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Kakegawa and Ohmoto (1999); de Ronde et al. (1991; 1992); Armstrong et al. (1990)

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Grew_Li_2019_0102	3050	3050		Spodumene		49536	New Consort Mine, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Grew et al. (2018)	EJM30_205
Hg-00027	3043	3043		Cinnabar	Hg	3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Pearton (1986); Cairncross (2004); Toulkeridis et al. (2010)
Kristen002027	3570	3510				3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	de Wit et al. (1987)	JAES6_681
Kristen002028	3530	3390				3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	de Wit et al. (1987)	JAES6_681
Kristen002029	3630	3230				3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	de Wit et al. (1987)	JAES6_681
Kristen002030	3640	3040				3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	de Wit et al. (1987)	JAES6_681
Kristen002031	3419	3230				3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	de Wit et al. (1987)	JAES6_681
Kristen002032	3490	3450				3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	de Wit et al. (1987)	JAES6_681
Kristen002479	3110	3103				49536	New Consort Mine, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Tkachev (2011)	GSLSP350_7