Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 56342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Glenover Phosphate Mine

Latitude: 23°52'8"S
Longitude: 27°9'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.868888888889,27.162777777778

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Fluorite
Humite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fersmite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Metavariscite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strengite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Variscite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ta Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Fluorite
Humite Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2500	541	0		1022
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1200	800	1	106603	2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1200	800	1	106603	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1200	800	1	106603	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2500	541	0		5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1200	800	1	106603	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1200	800	1	106603	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1200	800	1	106603	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1200	800	1	106603	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1200	800	1	106603	285
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	541	0		9895
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	1200	800	1	106603	83
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1200	800	1	106603	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1200	800	1	106603	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1200	800	1	106603	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1200	800	1	106603	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2500	541	0		5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1200	800	1	106603	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1200	800	1	106603	14899
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1200	800	1	106603	27
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1200	800	1	106603	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2500	541	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1200	800	1	106603	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1200	800	1	106603	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1200	800	1	106603	353
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	0		21482
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1200	800	1	106603	263
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1200	800	1	106603	232
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1200	800	1	106603	301
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2500	541	0		652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1200	800	1	106603	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001005	MAGMATIC STYLE: Oval 4.5x3.5 km pyroxenite plug with arcuate sheets of carbonatite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite and fenite.

2 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
	ree-00566	2500	541	Proterozoic											56342	Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Glenover	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
	Jen_0001005	1200	800	1000±200	Pb-Pb			monazite							56493	Glenover Phosphate Mine, Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Glenover	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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