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Locality Name:
Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3086
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3074

mindat Locality ID: 259034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Klerksdorp
Potchefstroom
Stilfontein
Ventersdorp

Latitude: 26°55'47"S
Longitude: 26°40'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.929722222222,26.675833333333

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.

Allargentum	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Auricupride	Baryte	Brannerite
Calcioferrite	Calcite	Cerite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Fairfieldite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Leucophosphite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Stibnite	Taranakite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	hauchecornite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Apophyllite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Auricupride Baryte Brannerite
Calcioferrite Calcite Cerite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Fairfieldite
Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Leucophosphite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Stibnite Taranakite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite hauchecornite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Collinsite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Evansite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Galena ()*	Geversite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Microcline ()*	Minyulite ()*
Mitridatite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Newberyite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Strengite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Taranakite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Todorokite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tučekite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Variscite ()*
Whitlockite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	106880,106883	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			2	106880,106883	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	106887,106888	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	106880,106882	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	106880,106883	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	106871,106872,106876	11547
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆			1	106873	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	106881,106885,106887,106888	27770
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	106887	38
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3086	3074	1	106870	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			2	106886,106889	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	106881	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)			1	106876	180
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O			1	106888	56
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O			1	106874	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3086	3074	1	106870	24243
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂			1	106876	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	106881	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3086	3074	7	106870,106871,106873,106874,106876,106881,106885	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	106881,106888	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	106881	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	106888	341
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe			2	106877,106878	128
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	106881	2228
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			1	106888	110
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	106882	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	106880,106883	12537
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe			1	106876	114
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	106881	4924
Minyulite ()*	None	KAl₂(PO₄)₂F·4H₂O			1	106888	31
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	106888	129
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O			1	106888	44
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	106881	17380
Newberyite ()*	None	Mg(PO₃OH)·3H₂O			1	106888	24
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	106876	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3086	3074	3	106870,106876,106885	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	106880,106883	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3086	3074	9	106870,106874,106876,106880,106881,106883,106884,106885,106886	61156
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	3086	3074	1	106870	531
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂			1	106876	75
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	106876	3418
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	106888	263
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb			1	106876	46
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O			1	106888	57
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	106876	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			2	106881,106888	433
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	106885	1059
Tučekite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉Sb₂S₈			1	106876	17
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3086	3074	3	106870,106873,106885	2718
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	106888	301
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			1	106888	104

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002295	3086	3074	3086-3074		sedimentation								Co, Au, Ni	269262	Dominion Reefs Mine, Klerksdorp, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa	Dominion Rand	Robb and Meyer (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00011-9	OGR10_67	association with Co, Au, and Ni from SAJG93_72

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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