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 Fluorapatite at Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 2050Ma - 541Ma 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
EG105_1057_025	2050	2050			Ni,Cu,Pt,Pd,Rh,Ir,Os,Ru	3087	Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Begg et al. (2010)	EG105_1057
ree-00577	1600	541				54045	Buffalo Mine (Buffalo Fluorspar), Naboomspruit (Mookgophong), Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189

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
Cr-00003	2058	2058		Chromatite, Lopezite	Cr	31394	Waterberg Deposit, Naboomspruit (Mookgophong), Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Charlene	Charlene
EG105_1057_025	2050	2050			Ni,Cu,Pt,Pd,Rh,Ir,Os,Ru	3087	Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Begg et al. (2010)	EG105_1057
Jen_0001005	1200	800				56493	Glenover Phosphate Mine, Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Mo-00277	2055.7	2053.1		Koechlinite, Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	57101	Meinhardskraal Farm, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Scoates and Friedman (2008); Barnes and Maier (2002);
ree-00566	2500	541				56342	Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00577	1600	541				54045	Buffalo Mine (Buffalo Fluorspar), Naboomspruit (Mookgophong), Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
sedcu-00620	2000	2000			Cu	228272	Duitschland Cu Deposit (Nederland), Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107