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Locality Name:
Bon Accord Ni Deposit, Bon Accord, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3640
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3040

mindat Locality ID: 4378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bon Accord Ni Deposit, Bon Accord, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°40'59"S
Longitude: 31°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.683055555556,31.166666666667
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 Au B Bi C Co Cr Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt Ru S Sb Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Bi C Co Cr Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt Ru S Sb Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChloriteClayCopperDiasporeHydrotalciteLudwigiteMilleriteNickeline
NoneOlivinePentlanditePyriteRocksaltSerpentineSpinelStibniteTalcTapiolite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Bonaccordite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Bunsenite  (*)Cochromite  (*)Gaspéite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Liebenbergite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Népouite  (*)Nimite  (*)Opal  (*)Orcelite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Reevesite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)
Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tredouxite  (*)Trevorite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Willemseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bonaccordite  (*)LudwigiteNi2Fe3+O2(BO3)3640304001
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb364030400175
Bunsenite  (*)RocksaltNiO3640304008
Cochromite  (*)SpinelCoCr2O43640304004
Gaspéite  (*)CalciteNi(CO3)36403040022
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3640304007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu36403040030554
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)364030400116
Liebenbergite  (*)OlivineNi2(SiO4)3640304004
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3640304001066
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)436403040066
Nimite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Ni,Mg,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)836403040015
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3640304002994
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)36403040036
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS364030400767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S83640304001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS236403040039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83640304009056
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O36403040048
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu36403040046
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi36403040044
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2364030400337
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33640304003418
Tredouxite  (*)TapioliteNiSb2O63640304001
Trevorite  (*)SpinelNiFe3+2O436403040017
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4364030400380
Willemseite  (*)Clay TalcNi3Si4O10(OH)236403040015


8 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
Hg-0002730433043      YesCinnabarHg3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa Pearton (1986); Cairncross (2004); Toulkeridis et al. (2010)   
Kristen002027357035103540±30Sm/Ndcrustal age   Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681 
Kristen002028353033903460±70Pb/Pb    Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681 
Kristen002029363032303430±200Rb/Sr    Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681age obtained from mineral density separates of basaltic komatite
Kristen002030364030403340±300K-Ar whole rock  Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681 
Kristen00203134193230 40Ar/39Ar    Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681 
Kristen00203234903450  age of pervasive metamorphismhigh   Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681 
Mo-0004935003100 U-Pb    YesMolybdeniteMo3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa Kakegawa and Ohmoto (1999); de Ronde et al. (1991; 1992); Armstrong et al. (1990)   

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