Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Umkhanyakude District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 261
Youngest recorded age at locality: 259

mindat Locality ID: 260152
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260152.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Umkhanyakude District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hlabisa
Jozini (Jozini Region)
Pongolapoort Dam

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Ca F H O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
FluoriteNatroliteNoneQuartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Fluorite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22612593106318,106319,1063209617
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22612593106319,106321,10632261156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O2612591106321390



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000802The Eshowe Formation is part of the sediments of the KwaZulu-Natal area of South Africa


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000802261259260±1 Age given in support of earlier works by Gentle el al. (1978) due to its consistency in its findings   Yes  57245Eshowe, Uthungulu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaEshoweBordy et al. (2005)10.2113/108.3.454SAJG107_397Age of the clays of the Eshowe group


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