Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lejweleputswa District, Free State, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 244695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lejweleputswa District, Free State, South Africa": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Boshof
Bothaville
Bultfontein
President Brand Mine
Theunissen
Welkom

Latitude: 28°2'"S
Longitude: 26°22'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.033333333333,26.378888888889

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite
Corundum	Diamond	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coesite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Freudenbergite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kyanite ()*	Mannardite ()*
Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Priderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Sudoite ()*
Uraninite ()*	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: Al Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Na O Pd Pt S Sb Si Ti U V Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite
Corundum Diamond Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	106071	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106074	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	106071	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	106071,106073,106074,106081,106085,106087,106095	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	106071	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	106071,106096	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	106074	1756
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	106071	77
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	106071	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	8	106069,106070,106071,106078,106079,106080,106081,106086	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	106071	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	106085	8173
Freudenbergite ()*	None	Na(Ti⁴⁺₃Fe³⁺)O₈	1	106073	8
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	16	106074,106076,106083,106084,106085,106087,106088,106089,106090,106091,106092,106093,106094,106095,106096,106097	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	106071	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	106071	1544
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	3	106074,106087,106090	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	6	106074,106085,106090,106095,106096,106097	128
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	106069,106071	1507
Mannardite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Ti₆V³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	106081	12
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	106071	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	106082,106097	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	106085	1236
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	106071	229
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	106081	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	106071,106077,106081	2273
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆	1	106081	41
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	106071,106074,106081,106082,106088,106095,106096	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5	106074,106082,106085,106088,106097	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	106069,106071,106074,106082,106085,106087,106096,106097	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	106082	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106071	598
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	106071,106081	1934
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	106074	75
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	1	106082	51
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	106095,106096	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	106072,106073,106096	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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