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Locality Name:
Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay District, Eastern Cape, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 244670
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244670.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay District, Eastern Cape, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Maitland Mines

Latitude: 33°57'43"S
Longitude: 25°17'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.961944444444,25.285

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSulphur

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11060513250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211060515509
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21106051700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110605127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11060514979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11060515707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110605127198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11060513846
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110605124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11060517437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110605114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110605112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110605139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211060513106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110605161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211060515614
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11060512045



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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