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:
Malolotja Nature Reserve, Hhohho District, Swaziland

mindat Locality ID: 233779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malolotja Nature Reserve, Hhohho District, Swaziland": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Art Union Extension Mine
Art Union Mine
Avalanche Mine
Buckingham Mine
Forbes Reef Area
Gumtree Mine
Hazelmere Mine
Iron Mine
Ivanhoe Mine
Jasper Mine
Jim's Luck Mine
Komati Gold Mine (Komati Mine)
Lomati Extension Mine
Ngwenya Mtn (Bomvu Ridge; Bomvu Deposit)
No 32 Mine
Oban Mine
Primrose Mine
Rajah Mine
She East Mine
Thompsons Mine (Windermere; Rosehill)
Waverley Mine

Latitude: 26°8'42"S
Longitude: 31°4'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.145,31.066666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Hydrotalcite	None	Rutile	Spinel

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: As Au C Cr Cu Fe H Mg O S Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Hydrotalcite None Rutile Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Siderite ()*
Stichtite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	111126	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	111126	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	111126	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	111126	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	111137,111138	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	19	111122,111123,111124,111125,111127,111128,111129,111130,111131,111133,111134,111135,111136,111139,111140,111141,111142,111143,111145	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	111137,111138	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	111137	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	111137,111138	14899
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	111137,111138	6417
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	111126	43

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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