Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rustenburg Town & Townlands Mine, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 19887
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19887.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rustenburg Town & Townlands Mine, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Khuseleka 1 Mine (Thembelani Mine)
Townlands Pipe

Latitude: 25°40'"S
Longitude: 27°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.666666666667,27.25

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.

Arsenic	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Cubanite	Digenite	Ilvaite	Melonite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Spinel	Ullmannite	Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cooperite ()*
Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Froodite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Haycockite ()*	Ilvaite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Maslovite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Mooihoekite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Niggliite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rustenburgite ()*	Sperrylite ()*

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: As Au Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir Ni O Pb Pd Pt Ru S Se Si Sn Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Fe Ir Pd Pt Ru S Sn Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Cubanite Digenite Ilvaite Melonite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Rocksalt Spinel Ullmannite Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	106850	489
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	106850	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	106850	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	0		101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106850	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	106850	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	106850	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	106849	3902
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	106850	281
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	0		124
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	106849,106850	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	106850	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	106850	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	106850	1027
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1	106850	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	106850	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	106849	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	106850	2812
Haycockite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₄Fe₅S₈	1	106850	12
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	106850	197
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	0		154
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	0		116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	0		226
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	106850	451
Maslovite ()*	Pyrite	PtBiTe	0		23
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	0		155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	0		114
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	0		133
Mooihoekite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆	1	106850	20
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	106850	633
Niggliite ()*	Nickeline	PtSn	0		22
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	106850	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	106849	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	106850	9056
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	0		34
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	0		337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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