Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Umzinyathi District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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

mindat Locality ID: 260153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Umzinyathi District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dundee
Kranskop
Ndondo
Nondweni
Nondweni Enterprise Gold Mine
Seven Oaks

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

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	Aubertite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Cuprite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Wilcoxite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aubertite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	261	259	1	106328	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	261	259	1	106327	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	261	259	1	106327	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	261	259	1	106327	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	261	259	1	106328	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	261	259	1	106327	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	261	259	1	106325	1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	261	259	1	106327	2970
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	261	259	1	106329	30554
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	261	259	1	106326	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	261	259	1	106327	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	261	259	1	106328	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	261	259	2	106328,106329	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	261	259	4	106327,106328,106329,106330	61156
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	261	259	1	106324	2562
Wilcoxite ()*	Aubertite	MgAl(SO₄)₂F·17H₂O	261	259	1	106328	11

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000802	The Eshowe Formation is part of the sediments of the KwaZulu-Natal area of South Africa

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
	Giersdorf_00000802	261	259	260±1		Age given in support of earlier works by Gentle el al. (1978) due to its consistency in its findings					Yes				57245	Eshowe, Uthungulu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	Eshowe	Bordy et al. (2005)	10.2113/108.3.454	SAJG107_397	Age of the clays of the Eshowe group

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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