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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 800

mindat Locality ID: 56493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glenover Phosphate Mine, Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ta Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteColumbiteCorundumFluoriteHumite
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePhosphosideritePyritePyroxeneRocksaltRutileSpinelZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Metavariscite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)
Strengite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Variscite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2120080002162
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6120080002060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1200800011547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO212008000700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1200800027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)120080001252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21200800027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F212008000285
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O61200800083
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F120080002740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2120080009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1200800024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31200800014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6120080002228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41200800014899
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O1200800027
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO312008000495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21200800039462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2120080005614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O812008000353
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O12008000263
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F12008000232
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O12008000301
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)120080005251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0001005MAGMATIC STYLE: Oval 4.5x3.5 km pyroxenite plug with arcuate sheets of carbonatite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite and fenite.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_000100512008001000±200Pb-Pb monazite     56493Glenover Phosphate Mine, Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South AfricaGlenoverWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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