Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Swartruggens, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 259036
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259036.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swartruggens, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Helam Mine

Latitude: 25°35'34"S
Longitude: 26°39'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.592777777778,26.658888888889

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Diamond	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Perovskite	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Fe K Mg O S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diamond Feldspar Garnet None Perovskite Quartz Rutile
Spinel Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Diamond ()*	Magnetite ()*	Majorite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Strontianite ()*
Wadeite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	106866	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106866	27770
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	106866	697
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	106866	14899
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃	1	106866	24
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	106866	495
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	106866	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	106866	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106866	598
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	106866	589
Wadeite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₃O₉	1	106866	27
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	106866	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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