Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pilgrim's Rest, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 107707
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107707.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pilgrim's Rest, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bourke's Luck
Graskop
Pilgrim's Rest
Sabie

Latitude: 24°54'16"S
Longitude: 30°46'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.904444444444,30.767777777778

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.

Allophane	Alum	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sabieite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bismutoferrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clairite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lonecreekite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sabieite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tschermigite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Ca Cl Cu Fe H O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alum Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sabieite Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Stibnite Talc
Tetrahedrite Titanite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	106675,106683	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	106676,106679,106691	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0		544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	106668,106678,106682	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	0		1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	106668,106669	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2	106660,106668	716
Bismutoferrite ()*	Kaolinite	Fe³⁺₂Bi(SiO₄)₂(OH)	1	106661	51
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	106675,106679	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	106661,106668	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	106668,106691	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	106674,106682,106683	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	106665,106690	951
Clairite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₄(OH)₃·3H₂O	1	106689	8
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	106678,106683	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	106683	144
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	106668	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	106670	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	106662,106667,106676,106679,106682,106685,106686,106691	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	106673,106675	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Lonecreekite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	106689	6
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	106668,106675,106678,106682	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106662	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	106668	492
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	106674	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	106660,106669,106670,106671,106672,106673,106675,106676,106677,106678,106680,106682,106687,106689,106691	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	106668	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	106668,106669,106670,106671,106672,106673,106675,106676,106677,106678,106680,106682,106685,106686	61156
Sabieite ()*	Sabieite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂	1	106689	9
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	106668	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	106691	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106668	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	106660	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	106668,106678	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	106689	81

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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