Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Slipfontein (Big Ben Mine; Old Fluorspar Mine), Brits (Brits District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 189969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slipfontein (Big Ben Mine; Old Fluorspar Mine), Brits (Brits District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°59'11"S
Longitude: 27°38'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.986388888889,27.635555555556

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Bastnäsite
Brackebuschite	Braunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Carminite	Cerite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Linarite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Nd O P Pb S Si Ti U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Nd O P Pb S Si Ti U Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Bastnäsite
Brackebuschite Braunite Brochantite Calcite Carminite Cerite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Gypsum
Kaolinite Linarite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aluminocerite-(Ce) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Antlerite ()*	Arsenbrackebuschite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite-(Y) ()*	Beudantite ()*	Braunite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Doyleite ()*
Epidote ()*	Cerite-(La) ()*	Florencite-(Nd) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gearksutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hidalgoite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Philipsbornite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Prosopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Saponite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Torbernite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Aluminocerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₆Ca₃) Al(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	8
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	246
Arsenbrackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂(Fe³⁺,Zn)(AsO₄)₂(OH,H₂O)	24
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Bastnäsite-(Y) ()*	Bastnäsite	Y(CO₃)F	10
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	178
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	47
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	179
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	144
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Doyleite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	15
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Cerite-(La) ()*	Cerite	(La₆Ca₃) Fe³⁺(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	3
Florencite-(Nd) ()*	Alunite	NdAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	6
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	68
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	57
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	56
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	428
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	51
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	477
Prosopite ()*	None	CaAl₂F₄(OH)₄	39
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	185

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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