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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

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 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: 
AluniteAmphiboleAncyliteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBixbyiteBraunite
BurbankiteCalciteCaledoniteCancriniteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumDiamondDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumLinariteMalachite
MckelveyiteMicaMiniumMonaziteMordeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPerovskite
PyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneStruvite
TalcTaranakiteTitaniteTridymite

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 nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211069203419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O611069091022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11069098803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211069092162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O110690992
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO56106913,106914,106916,106917,106923,1069431310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311069091534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2106911,1069192734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22106909,1069203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3106904,106906,1069183250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611069092060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61106912919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2106908,10690911547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11069201966
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O32106908104
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1106908483
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)52106909,10694352
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)8106904,106906,106908,106909,106912,106918,106920,10694127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61106943359
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O1106909232
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)8106907,106911,106912,106919,106924,106930,106941,1069464979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22106908,10692027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811069081756
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161106908227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161106908599
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1106925697
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22106906,1069089895
Donnayite-(Y)  (*)MckelveyiteNaSr3CaY(CO3)6·3H2O110690913
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11069208173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O1106943138
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211106909,106930,106931,106932,106933,106934,106935,106936,106937,106939,1069419617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10106908,106912,106919,106930,106931,106933,106934,106935,106941,10694224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11069417437
Gold  (*)CopperAu4106920,106921,106930,10693830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11069066890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41106908350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33106908,106915,10694114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2106912,1069411689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4110690873
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32106909,1069205433
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O110690928
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411069101507
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22106943,106945987
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)110690982
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11069441487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42106909,10692014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110691212537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO2106907,106919202
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O42106907,106919247
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)2110692061
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1106909945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110692017380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1106909884
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)1106904181
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O110690646
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31106940511
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31106909495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211069092273
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61106908170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61106919477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24106908,106909,106920,10694139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211069083106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3106907,106919,1069411725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21106929771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811069209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25106908,106909,106912,106920,10692561156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21106912454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22106908,1069095614
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O12110690954
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11069206417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11069302473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311069081214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3106908,106912,10694121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411069251934
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1106920456
Struvite  (*)Struvite(NH4)Mg(PO4)·6H2O2106904,10690630
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1106904275
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F1106909232
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F110690955
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O110691857
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO21106909236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11069094899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211069412562
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl4106907,106919,106922,106927605



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