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Locality Name:
Waterfall Gorge, Insizwa, Alfred Nzo District, Eastern Cape, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 12818
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12818.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waterfall Gorge, Insizwa, Alfred Nzo District, Eastern Cape, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°47'"S
Longitude: 29°18'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.783333333333,29.308333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al As Bi Ca Cu Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Ru S Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Ca Cu Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Ru S Si Sn Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteCubaniteMilleriteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlandite
PyritePyroxeneRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteValleriiteWollastoniteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Insizwaite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Laurite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Niggliite  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S40101
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2062
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Insizwaite  (*)PyritePtBi2015
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Niggliite  (*)NickelinePtSn022
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S2055
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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