Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ngaka Modiri Molema District, North West, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 257533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ngaka Modiri Molema District, North West, South Africa": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Abjaters Cave
Bakerville Mine
David's Cave
Doornhoek Mine
Genadendal
Goudini Carbonatite Complex (Ystervarkkop)
Groot Marico
Hugo's Cave
Kafferskraal Farm
Kalahari Goldridge Mine
Kalgold Mine
Kindergoed Deposit
Kleinfonteinspruit
Leeuwbosch Lead Mine
Lichtenburg
Marico (Marico District)
Otteskoop
Ottosdal
Ottoshoop
Zeerust

Latitude: 25°49'30"S
Longitude: 26°4'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.825,26.078333333333

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Ancylite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Bixbyite	Braunite
Burbankite	Calcite	Caledonite	Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite
Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite
Mckelveyite	Mica	Minium	Monazite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Struvite
Talc	Taranakite	Titanite	Tridymite

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Ancylite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Bixbyite Braunite
Burbankite Calcite Caledonite Cancrinite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite
Corundum Diamond Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Linarite Malachite
Mckelveyite Mica Minium Monazite Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Perovskite
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Struvite
Talc Taranakite Titanite Tridymite

84 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*
Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bixbyite ()*
Braunite ()*	Burbankite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Donnayite-(Y) ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kamphaugite-(Y) ()*	Kyanite ()*	Linarite ()*	Lorenzenite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Minium ()*	Minnesotaite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Niter ()*	Nitrocalcite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorlomite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Struvite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Taranakite ()*
Thorianite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	106920	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	106909	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106909	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	106909	2162
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	1	106909	92
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	6	106913,106914,106916,106917,106923,106943	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	106909	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	106911,106919	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	106909,106920	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	106904,106906,106918	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	106909	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	106912	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	106908,106909	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	106920	1966
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	2	106908	104
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	106908	483
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	2	106909,106943	52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	106904,106906,106908,106909,106912,106918,106920,106941	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	106943	359
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	106909	232
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	8	106907,106911,106912,106919,106924,106930,106941,106946	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	106908,106920	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	106908	1756
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	106908	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	106908	599
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	106925	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	106906,106908	9895
Donnayite-(Y) ()*	Mckelveyite	NaSr₃CaY(CO₃)₆·3H₂O	1	106909	13
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	106920	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	106943	138
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	11	106909,106930,106931,106932,106933,106934,106935,106936,106937,106939,106941	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	106908,106912,106919,106930,106931,106933,106934,106935,106941,106942	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	106941	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	106920,106921,106930,106938	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	106906	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	106908	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	106908,106915,106941	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	106912,106941	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	1	106908	73
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	106909,106920	5433
Kamphaugite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	1	106909	28
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	106910	1507
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	106943,106945	987
Lorenzenite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂O₃(Si₂O₆)	1	106909	82
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	106944	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	106909,106920	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106912	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	2	106907,106919	202
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	2	106907,106919	247
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106920	61
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	106909	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106920	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	106909	884
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	106904	181
Nitrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(NO₃)₂·4H₂O	1	106906	46
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	106940	511
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	106909	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	106909	2273
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	106908	170
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	106919	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	106908,106909,106920,106941	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	106908	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	106907,106919,106941	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106929	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	106920	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	106908,106909,106912,106920,106925	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106912	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	106908,106909	5614
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	1	106909	54
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	106920	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	106930	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	106908	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	106908,106912,106941	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	106925	1934
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	106920	456
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O	2	106904,106906	30
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	106904	275
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	106909	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	1	106909	55
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	106918	57
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	106909	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	106909	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	106941	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	4	106907,106919,106922,106927	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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