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Locality Name:
Windsorton, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 57063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windsorton, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape, South Africa": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Doornkloof-Sover Dykes (Ardo Dykes)
Frank Smith Mine
Gannavlakte
Leicester Mine
Mount Rupert

Latitude: 28°18'31"S
Longitude: 24°34'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.308611111111,24.578888888889
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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCorundumCubaniteDiamondDjerfisheriteGypsumMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)
Djerfisherite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rasvumite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110701127770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411070113902
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32107004,1070081797
Diamond  (*)DiamondC5107002,107003,107004,107008,107009697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611070044135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl110700460
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211070089895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61107004944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11070111188
Graphite  (*)NoneC11070082812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11070056890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21107011205
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311070045433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO42107004,1070081507
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1107004451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42107004,10701114899
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811070041512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31107011495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22107004,1070112273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110701139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811070049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rasvumite  (*)CubaniteKFe2S3110700419
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O43107004,107008,1070091934


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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