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 Gold at Gauteng, South Africa

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 2970Ma - 2714Ma 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
Kristen002293	2970	2914			Co,Au,Ni	29065	West Rand District (West Rand), Gauteng, South Africa	Robb and Meyer (1995)	OGR10_67
Kristen002294	2894	2714			Co,Au,Ni	24624	Johannesburg District (Central Rand), Gauteng, South Africa	Robb and Meyer (1995)	OGR10_67

Mineralization 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
Kristen002293	2970	2914			Co,Au,Ni	29065	West Rand District (West Rand), Gauteng, South Africa	Robb and Meyer (1995)	OGR10_67
Kristen002294	2894	2714			Co,Au,Ni	24624	Johannesburg District (Central Rand), Gauteng, South Africa	Robb and Meyer (1995)	OGR10_67
Kristen002296	3074	2714			Co,Au,Ni	29348	Witwatersrand Goldfield, Gauteng, South Africa	Robb and Meyer (1995)	OGR10_67

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
Jen_0001027	1200	1200				16970	Cullinan Mine (Premier Mine), Cullinan, Pretoria District (Tshwane District), Gauteng, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001028	1269	1229	Perovskite			16970	Cullinan Mine (Premier Mine), Cullinan, Pretoria District (Tshwane District), Gauteng, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001029	1274	1130				16970	Cullinan Mine (Premier Mine), Cullinan, Pretoria District (Tshwane District), Gauteng, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001030	1213	1149				16970	Cullinan Mine (Premier Mine), Cullinan, Pretoria District (Tshwane District), Gauteng, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001031	1199	1159				16970	Cullinan Mine (Premier Mine), Cullinan, Pretoria District (Tshwane District), Gauteng, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001129	1400	1200				56875	Salt Pan Crater (Tswaing Crater), Pretoria District (Tshwane District), Gauteng, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001172	2.58	0				56875	Salt Pan Crater (Tswaing Crater), Pretoria District (Tshwane District), Gauteng, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Mo-00272	1590	1210		Koechlinite, Molybdenite	Mo	56211	Vergenoeg Mine, Pretoria District (Tshwane District), Gauteng, South Africa	Coertze et al. (1978); Crocker (1985); Walraven (1988)