Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Murchison Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2906
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2782

mindat Locality ID: 26418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murchison Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Latitude: 23°57'"S
Longitude: 30°37'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.95,30.616666666667

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.

Arsenic	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Hydrotalcite	None	Stibnite

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Mn O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Mn O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Clinozoisite Epidote Hydrotalcite None Stibnite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Antimony ()*	Epidote ()*	Kermesite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Stichtite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	2906	2782	363
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2906	2782	8173
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	2906	2782	230
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2906	2782	260
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2906	2782	3418
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2906	2782	43

2 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
	Kristen002489	2906	2790	2848±58				zircon				Zircon			26418	Murchison Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa	Murchison	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
	Kristen002490	2858	2782	2820±38				zircon				Zircon			26418	Murchison Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa	Murchison	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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