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Locality Name:
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 221547
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221547.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Devils Peak
Durbanville
Hout Bay
Kuils River
Lion's Head
Muizenberg Meteorite
Sommerset West

Latitude: 33°59'15"S
Longitude: 18°35'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.9875,18.588055555556
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 Au Ba Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P S Si Sn Sr Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerylCopperCorundumDufréniteIronMolybdeniteNoneQuartzRutile
SpinelTurquoiseZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Planerite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Troilite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5107282,107285,107286,107287,1072889052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO26107281,107282,107285,107286,107287,1072885171
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411072903902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811072831008
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1107284139
Gold  (*)CopperAu2107283,10728930554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311072905433
Iron  (*)IronFe11072901089
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24107285,107286,107287,1072885800
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O110728443
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211072843106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22107282,10728961156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101107284312
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O4107285,107286,107287,1072881153
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1107290703
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1107284433
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11072901044
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11072905251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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