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


mindat Locality ID: 259575
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259575.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lonmin Marikana Mine, Marikana, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°40'14"S
Longitude: 27°34'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.670555555556,27.571666666667
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 K Mg Ni O Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparMelonite
MicaMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinel
TalcUllmanniteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Braggite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cooperite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maslovite  (*)
Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Palladium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodium  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S40101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe023
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe0114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Palladium  (*)CopperPd059
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodium  (*)CopperRh017
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS01044


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