Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Vaal Reefs Mine, Klerksdorp, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 19894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vaal Reefs Mine, Klerksdorp, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allargentum	Baryte	Copper	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite
hauchecornite

Baryte ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Geversite ()*	Gold ()*	Michenerite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sudburyite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tučekite ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Baryte Copper Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Stibnite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite
hauchecornite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	180
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	114
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	75
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	46
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tučekite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉Sb₂S₈	17

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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