Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Olifantspoort Farm, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 207427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Olifantspoort Farm, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Olifantspoort Mine

Latitude: 25°49'35"S
Longitude: 27°15'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.826388888889,27.262777777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite
Cyanotrichite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Fornacite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*

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 Al As C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite
Cyanotrichite Descloizite Diaspore Fornacite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	106839	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	106839	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	106839	5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	106839	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	106839	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106839	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	106839	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	106839	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	106839	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	106839	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	106839	4165
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	106839	179
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	106839	378
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	106839	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	106839	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	106839	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	106839	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	106839	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106839	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	106839	362
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	106839	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	106839	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	106839	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106839	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	106839	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	106839	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	106839	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	106839	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	106839	605
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	1	106839	63

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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