Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Waterval, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2052
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2036

mindat Locality ID: 158274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waterval, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Uitkomst Complex

Latitude: 25°43'30"S
Longitude: 30°35'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.725,30.5975

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.

Amphibole	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Djerfisherite	Feldspar
Melonite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Periclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Temagamite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Djerfisherite Feldspar
Melonite Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Titanite Ullmannite Zircon

34 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2052	2036	1	106769	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	489
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2050	2050	1	106770	708
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	2050	2050	1	106770	166
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2050	2050	1	106770	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	966
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	169
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	2050	2050	1	106770	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2050	2050	1	106770	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2050	2050	1	106770	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2050	2050	1	106770	205
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2052	2036	1	106769	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2050	2050	1	106770	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	14899
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2050	2050	1	106770	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2050	2050	1	106770	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	1512
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	2050	2050	1	106770	114
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2052	2036	1	106769	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2050	2050	1	106770	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	276
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	2050	2050	2	106769,106770	24
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2052	2036	1	106769	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2050	2050	1	106770	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2052	2036	1	106769	5251

2 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
	Hg-00099	2052	2036		Pb-Pb								Coloradoite, Temagamite	Hg	49415	Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa		de Waal et al. (2001)	10.2113/gscanmin.39.2.557	CM39_557
	EG105_1057_026	2050	2050	2050										Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	225030	Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Nkomati	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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