Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Albert Silver Mine, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 57391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57391.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Albert Silver Mine, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°28'45"S
Longitude: 28°52'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.479166666667,28.881944444444

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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Minium	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marshite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Onoratoite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Trippkeite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Fluorite Linarite Malachite Mica Minium Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	127
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	234
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marshite ()*	Sphalerite	CuI	12
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	443
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	182
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Onoratoite ()*	None	Sb₈O₁₁Cl₂	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Trippkeite ()*	Minium	Cu²⁺As³⁺₂O₄	7
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	185

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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