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Locality Name:
Royal Bafokeng, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 259233
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259233.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Royal Bafokeng, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bafokeng-Rasimone Mine

Latitude: 25°27'47"S
Longitude: 27°7'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.463055555556,27.128333333333
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 Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt Ru S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparMeloniteNickelineNonePentlanditePerovskite
PyritePyroxeneSpinelTalcUllmannite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Braggite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cooperite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Gold  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Laurite  (*)
Maslovite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Platinum  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11068471036
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S41106847101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110684727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411068473902
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS1106847124
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611068474135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61106847944
Gold  (*)CopperAu110684730554
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe1106847128
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS21106847226
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe110684723
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe1106847114
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)21106847133
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As110684737
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811068471512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1106847485
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811068479056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21106847337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211068473337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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