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Locality Name:
Groot Marico, Ngaka Modiri Molema District, North West, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 258408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Groot Marico, Ngaka Modiri Molema District, North West, South Africa": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bokkraal Farm
Bray's Lead Mine
Kleinfortein Mine
Little Marico River (Klein Marico River)
Marico Eye (Marico Oog)
Vaalkopspruit
Wilgeboomspruit

Latitude: 25°40'42"S
Longitude: 26°22'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.678333333333,26.374166666667

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksalt
Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO54106913,106914,106916,1069171310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11069112734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61106912919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110691227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2106911,1069124979
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110691224243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110691514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11069121689
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110691212537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110691261156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21106912454
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110691221482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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