Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Potchefstroom, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 219422
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219422.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Potchefstroom, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Machavie Gold Mine
Roodekraal Farm

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

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	Andalusite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106883	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	106883	2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	106882	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	106883	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106881	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	106881	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	106881	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	106881	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	106881	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	106881	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	106881	2228
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	106882	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106883	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106881	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106881	17380
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	106883	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	106881,106883	61156
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	106881	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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