Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sandsloot Mine, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2050
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2050

mindat Locality ID: 259315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sandsloot Mine, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°'43"S
Longitude: 28°54'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.011944444444,28.910555555556

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.

Amphibole	Auricupride	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Isomertieite
Matlockite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Potarite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stillwaterite
Talc	Ullmannite	Wollastonite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Isomertieite
Matlockite Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite
Potarite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stillwaterite
Talc Ullmannite Wollastonite Zircon

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Armalcolite ()*
Atokite ()*	Auricupride ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bornite ()*
Braggite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Froodite ()*
Galena ()*	Geversite ()*	Godlevskite ()*	Gold ()*	Hercynite ()*
Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Insizwaite ()*	Irarsite ()*
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Majakite ()*	Menshikovite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Michenerite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Niggliite ()*
Palarstanide ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Palladobismutharsenide ()*	Paolovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Platarsite ()*	Plumbopalladinite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Rustenburgite ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sobolevskite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannopalladinite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stillwaterite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tulameenite ()*	Vincentite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zvyagintsevite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2050	2050	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	2050	2050	312
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2050	2050	489
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2050	2050	1036
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	2050	2050	39
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	2050	2050	29
Auricupride ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Cu₃Au	2050	2050	24
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2050	2050	11547
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	2050	2050	71
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2050	2050	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2050	2050	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2050	2050	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2050	2050	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2050	2050	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2050	2050	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2050	2050	951
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2050	2050	281
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	2050	2050	124
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2050	2050	1188
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	2050	2050	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2050	2050	24243
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	2050	2050	38
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2050	2050	40
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2050	2050	30554
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2050	2050	407
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2050	2050	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2050	2050	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2050	2050	5433
Insizwaite ()*	Pyrite	PtBi₂	2050	2050	15
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	2050	2050	154
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	2050	2050	128
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	2050	2050	48
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2050	2050	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2050	2050	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2050	2050	14899
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	2050	2050	22
Menshikovite ()*	None	Pd₃Ni₂As₃	2050	2050	15
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2050	2050	155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	2050	2050	44
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	2050	2050	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2050	2050	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2050	2050	5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	2050	2050	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2050	2050	17380
Niggliite ()*	Nickeline	PtSn	2050	2050	22
Palarstanide ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₅(Sn,As)₂	2050	2050	13
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	2050	2050	37
Palladobismutharsenide ()*	None	Pd₂(As,Bi)	2050	2050	6
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	2050	2050	38
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2050	2050	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2050	2050	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2050	2050	2273
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	2050	2050	44
Plumbopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₃Pb₂	2050	2050	10
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2050	2050	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2050	2050	9056
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	2050	2050	34
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2050	2050	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2050	2050	5186
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	2050	2050	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2050	2050	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2050	2050	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2050	2050	1934
Stannopalladinite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₃Sn	2050	2050	12
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	2050	2050	75
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2050	2050	3418
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	2050	2050	24
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	2050	2050	332
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	2050	2050	46
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2050	2050	3337
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	2050	2050	66
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2050	2050	2562
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	2050	2050	48
Vincentite ()*	None	Pd₃As	2050	2050	17
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2050	2050	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2050	2050	5251
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	2050	2050	32

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
	EG105_1057_025	2050	2050	2050							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	3087	Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Platreef (Mokopane)	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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