Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
West Coast District, Western Cape, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1378
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 236266
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236266.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Coast District, Western Cape, South Africa": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Citrusdal
Elands Bay Cave
Lutzville
Papendorp
Piketberg
Saldanha Bay
Spitskop Deposit
Vanrhynsdorp
Vredendal

Latitude: 32°23'56"S
Longitude: 18°24'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.398888888889,18.403888888889

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Boracite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Struvite	Taranakite	Tivanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Aragonite ()*	Ardealite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Boracite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Guanine ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pseudorutile ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Strengite ()*	Struvite ()*	Taranakite ()*	Teschemacherite ()*	Tungsten ()*
Variscite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au B C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Boracite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Iron Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Struvite Taranakite Tivanite Vesuvianite Zircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	107336	2353
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	107348	3250
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	107332	30
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1378	1304	1	107342	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	107336	2060
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl			1	107339	57
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)			1	107339	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	107339	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1378	1304	2	107339,107342	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	107337	3902
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	107337	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1378	1304	1	107342	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	107348	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1378	1304	1	107342	30554
Guanine ()*	None	C₅H₃(NH₂)N₄O	0	0	1	107340	7
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	107332,107343	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	107339	741
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	107332	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	107334,107336,107337	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			2	107337,107344	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	107334,107336,107337	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	107339	5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	107332	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	107348	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1378	1304	1	107342	1512
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	107339	494
Pseudorutile ()*	Tivanite	Fe³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉			1	107337	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1378	1304	2	107339,107342	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	107339	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1378	1304	4	107337,107339,107342,107348	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	107334,107337,107348	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	107339	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1378	1304	1	107342	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1378	1304	2	107339,107342	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	107337	1934
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	0	0	1	107340	263
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O	0	0	1	107341	30
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O			1	107332	57
Teschemacherite ()*	None	(NH₄)H(CO₃)	0	0	1	107340	6
Tungsten ()*	Iron	W			1	107339	23
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	107332	301
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	107339	1395
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			1	107332	104
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			6	107334,107336,107337,107339,107345,107346	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001037	MAGMATIC STYLE: Heart-shaped 1.5 km diameter intrusion of at least four carbonatite types. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, biotite pyroxenite, melteigite, jacupirangite, foyaite and fenite.
Michelle_0025	Guano deposit

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0025	0	0	0											31410	Saldanha Bay, West Coast District, Western Cape, South Africa	Saldanha Bay
	Jen_0001037	1378	1304	1341±37	Rb-Sr										230318	Spitskop Deposit, West Coast District, Western Cape, South Africa	Spitskop	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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