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Locality Name:
Hhohho District, Swaziland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3400

mindat Locality ID: 126611
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126611.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hhohho District, Swaziland": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bulembu (Havelock)
Iron Hill
Londozi Mine
Makwana Kop (Makwanakop)
Malolotja Nature Reserve
Mbabane (Embabaan District)
Mentenga Pegmatites (Mentanga Pegmatites)
Nkambeni
Pigg's Peak
Red Reefs
Tokwane Pegmatites

Latitude: 26°4'30"S
Longitude: 31°12'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.075,31.208055555556

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.

Aeschynite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Malachite
Mica	Milarite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Armenite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celsian ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*
Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stichtite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 As Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na Nb O Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Columbite Copper Corundum Diamond Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Hydrotalcite Malachite
Mica Milarite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			1	111146	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	111149,111155	8803
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O			1	111119	23
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3400	3400	3	111126,111151,111153	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	111150	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3400	3400	3	111119,111146,111151	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	111146	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	111120,111126	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			8	111120,111121,111126,111146,111147,111148,111149,111155	5171
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	111119	100
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3400	3400	6	111119,111120,111126,111146,111150,111151	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	111117	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	3400	3400	1	111151	966
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	111146	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	111146	697
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	111119,111120,111150	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			1	111146	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	111146	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	111119	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3400	3400	4	111121,111137,111138,111152	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3400	3400	24	111121,111122,111123,111124,111125,111127,111128,111129,111130,111131,111133,111134,111135,111136,111139,111140,111141,111142,111143,111145,111151,111152,111153,111154	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3400	3400	5	111118,111121,111137,111138,111152	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	111146	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	111137	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			5	111121,111137,111138,111146,111155	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	111120	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	111117	397
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	111146,111149,111155	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	111119,111146	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3400	3400	1	111151	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3400	3400	3	111149,111152,111155	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	111146	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	111121,111137,111138	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	111150	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	111119,111150	21482
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	111126	43
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)			1	111119	251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	DeepDive-Co-0028	3400	3400	3400	U-Pb										206574	Pigg's Peak, Hhohho District, Swaziland	Pigg's peak	Foster and Piper (1993)	10.1016/0169-1368(93)90021-P	OGR8_303

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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