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Locality Name:
Onverwacht Mine, Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 17288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Onverwacht Mine, Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°40'"S
Longitude: 30°7'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.666666666667,30.116666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteMicaModderiteNickelineNone
OlivinePentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyritePyroxeneSpinelStillwateriteUllmanniteValleriite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Cabriite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cherepanovite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Genkinite  (*)Geversite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Iridium  (*)
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Platarsite  (*)Platinum  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)
Ruthenarsenite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stibiopalladinite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Troilite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S40101
Cabriite  (*)NonePd2CuSn012
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cherepanovite  (*)ModderiteRhAs015
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Genkinite  (*)NonePt4Sb3012
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2038
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Iridium  (*)CopperIr0162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe0128
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)2034
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5044
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS044
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn034
Ruthenarsenite  (*)Modderite(Ru,Ni)As09
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu046
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi044
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2075
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe066
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS01044
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO40120
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237


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