Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zaaiplaats Tin Field, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2050
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2050

mindat Locality ID: 56205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zaaiplaats Tin Field, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Appingedam
Groenfontein
Groenvlei (Groenvley)
Roodepoort
Salomons Tempel
Zaaiplaats Farm
Zaaiplaats Mine

Latitude: 24°3'"S
Longitude: 28°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.05,28.75

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Parisite	Phenakite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite
Zircon

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bastnäsite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Covellite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Kaolinite Kobellite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite None Parisite Phenakite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite
Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Beidellite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cookeite ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	2050	2050	0		315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2050	2050	1	106576	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2050	2050	1	106576	706
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2050	2050	0		3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2050	2050	0		1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2050	2050	0		718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2050	2050	0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2050	2050	3	106570,106572,106576	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2050	2050	0		2060
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	2050	2050	2	106570,106572	304
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2050	2050	0		85
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2050	2050	1	106575	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2050	2050	0		1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2050	2050	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2050	2050	3	106570,106572,106576	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2050	2050	5	106570,106571,106572,106575,106576	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2050	2050	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2050	2050	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2050	2050	2	106575,106576	27198
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	2050	2050	0		181
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2050	2050	0		1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2050	2050	0		4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2050	2050	0		910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2050	2050	0		8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2050	2050	0		551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	2050	2050	1	106572	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2050	2050	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2050	2050	3	106570,106572,106576	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2050	2050	1	106576	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	2050	2050	1	106576	192
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2050	2050	0		1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2050	2050	1	106576	14640
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	2050	2050	0		99
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2050	2050	0		5591
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2050	2050	2	106570,106572	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2050	2050	2	106570,106576	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2050	2050	0		2349
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	2050	2050	0		112
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	2050	2050	0		326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2050	2050	1	106576	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2050	2050	3	106570,106572,106576	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2050	2050	1	106576	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2050	2050	0		1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2050	2050	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2050	2050	1	106572	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	2050	2050	1	106576	232
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2050	2050	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2050	2050	0		5317
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	2050	2050	1	106576	297
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2050	2050	0		939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2050	2050	0		5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG105_1057_025	2050	2050	2050							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	3087	Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Platreef (Mokopane)	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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