Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
West Driefontein Cave, Carletonville, Western Sector, Far West Rand (West Wits Line), West Rand District (West Rand), Gauteng, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2970
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2914

mindat Locality ID: 25595
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25595.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Driefontein Cave, Carletonville, Western Sector, Far West Rand (West Wits Line), West Rand District (West Rand), Gauteng, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Fe H K Mg N O P S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg N O P S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAragoniteCalcioferriteCalciteCeriteGypsumLeucophosphiteNonePhosphosiderite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Evansite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)Nitromagnesite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Sasaite  (*)Strengite  (*)Variscite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2970291403250
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O297029140104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)29702914027770
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6297029140310
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O29702914056
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2970291406890
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O297029140341
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O297029140110
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O29702914044
Nitromagnesite  (*)NoneMg(NO3)2·6H2O29702914012
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O297029140182
Sasaite  (*)NoneAl6(PO4)5(OH)3·36H2O29702914011
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O297029140263
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O297029140301
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6297029140104


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002293297029142970-2914 sedimentation   Yes Co, Au, Ni29065West Rand District (West Rand), Gauteng, South AfricaWest RandRobb and Meyer (1995)10.1016/0169-1368(95)00011-9OGR10_67association with Co, Au, and Ni from SAJG93_70

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