Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 259573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marikana, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lonmin Marikana Mine
Marikana Mine

Latitude: 25°41'50"S
Longitude: 27°30'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.697222222222,27.500277777778

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Melonite
Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Talc	Ullmannite	Wurtzite

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Braggite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cooperite ()*	Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Maslovite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Nickel ()*
Palladium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodium ()*	Rutile ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 K Mg Ni O Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Melonite
Mica Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel
Talc Ullmannite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	106832	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	106832	2060
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	1	106832	101
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	106832	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	106832,106833	3902
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	106832	124
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	106833	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	106832	802
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	106832	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	106832	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	106832,106833	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	106832	5433
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	106832	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	106832	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	106832	14899
Maslovite ()*	Pyrite	PtBiTe	1	106832	23
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	106832	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	106832	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	106832	133
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	1	106833	57
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	2	106832,106833	59
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	106832	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	106832	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	106833	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	106832	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	106832	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	106832	61156
Rhodium ()*	Copper	Rh	2	106832,106833	17
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	106832	5614
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	106832	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106832	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	106832	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	106832	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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