Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 258408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Groot Marico, Ngaka Modiri Molema District, North West, South Africa": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bokkraal Farm
Bray's Lead Mine
Kleinfortein Mine
Little Marico River (Klein Marico River)
Marico Eye (Marico Oog)
Vaalkopspruit
Wilgeboomspruit

Latitude: 25°40'42"S
Longitude: 26°22'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.678333333333,26.374166666667

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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	4	106913,106914,106916,106917	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	106911	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	106912	919
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106912	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	106911,106912	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	106912	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	106915	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	106912	1689
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106912	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	106912	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106912	454
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	106912	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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