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Locality Name:
Copperton, Pixley Ka Seme District, Northern Cape, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 257166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copperton, Pixley Ka Seme District, Northern Cape, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Prieska Copper Mine (Copperton Deposit)

Latitude: 29°57'10"S
Longitude: 22°17'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.952777777778,22.298333333333
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
GarnetGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTourmaline

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11071801588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11071809052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110718011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110718027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110718027198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811071801008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311071801797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11071804165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611071804135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211071809895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1107180648
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11071801188
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41107180445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110718024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110718030554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS1107180170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11071806890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110718014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110718014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110718012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211071805674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211071805800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211071802273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110718039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811071809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110718061156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511071801516
Silver  (*)CopperAg11071805186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311071801214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110718021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411071801934
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31107180276
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211071802562


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