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Locality Name:
Boekenhoutshoek Area (Boekenhouthoek), Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 204011
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204011.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boekenhoutshoek Area (Boekenhouthoek), Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°18'"S
Longitude: 29°1'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.3,29.033055555556

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nd O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nd O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChloriteClayCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
GypsumKaoliniteMelanteriteMonaziteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Monazite-(Nd)  (*)
Natroalunite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O070
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Monazite-(Nd)  (*)MonaziteNd(PO4)026
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)60128
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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