Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monarch Cinnabar Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2900

mindat Locality ID: 16468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monarch Cinnabar Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Harrington Kop Lode
Monarch Kop Lode

Latitude: 23°54'10"S
Longitude: 30°45'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.902777777778,30.763611111111

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.

None	Sphalerite

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: Cl H Hg O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Sphalerite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Cinnabar ()*	Eglestonite ()*	Hypercinnabar ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*

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
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2900	2900	2	106453,106454	2600
Eglestonite ()*	None	([Hg¹⁺]₂)₃OCl₃(OH)	2900	2900	1	106454	36
Hypercinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2900	2900	1	106453	4
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	2900	2900	1	106454	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	2900	2900	1	106453	255

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
	Hg-00063	2900	2900										Cinnabar, Hypercinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Eglestonite	Hg	16468	Monarch Cinnabar Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa		Muff (1978); Davis et al. (1986); Boocock et al. (1988); Poujol et al. (1996); Schwarz-Schampera et al. (2010)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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