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Locality Name:
North West, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3086
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 26631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North West, South Africa": 167
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 128

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bojanala Platinum District
Dr Kenneth Kaunda District
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District
Ngaka Modiri Molema District

Latitude: 26°17'57"S
Longitude: 26°3'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.299166666667,26.058055555556
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K La Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb Nd Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt REE Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteAndalusiteApatite
ApophylliteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAstrophylliteAuricuprideAutuniteBaddeleyiteBarringerite
BaryteBastnäsiteBerylBixbyiteBrackebuschiteBranneriteBrauniteBrochantiteBrookiteBrucite
BurbankiteCalcioferriteCalciteCaledoniteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCarminiteCatapleiiteCeriteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChevkiniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDescloiziteDiamondDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteEudialyte
FairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteFornaciteGarnetGypsumIlvaiteKaoliniteLöllingiteLeucophosphite
LinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMckelveyiteMeloniteMicaMilleriteMiniumMolybdeniteMonazite
MordeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpimentParalstoniteParisitePectolite
PentlanditePerovskitePharmacosideritePotaritePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RetzianRocksaltRutileSapphirineScheeliteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteStillwateriteStilpnomelaneStruviteSulphurTalcTaranakiteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
TourmalineTridymiteUllmanniteWurtziteWöhleriteZirconhauchecornite

316 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Allanite-(La)  (*)Altaite  (*)Aluminocerite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Annite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Ardealite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arsenopalladinite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Atheneite  (*)Atokite  (*)Augite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bafertisite  (*)Banalsite  (*)
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytolamprophyllite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Y)  (*)Belovite-(Ce)  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Bunsenite  (*)
Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Catapleiite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cheralite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinoferrosilite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Collinsite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cooperite  (*)Copper  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Donnayite-(Y)  (*)Doyleite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Ecandrewsite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)
Eudialyte  (*)Evansite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)
Cerite-(La)  (*)Ferro-katophorite  (*)Fersmite  (*)Florencite-(Nd)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluorstrophite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Geversite  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greigite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Haycockite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hejtmanite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hetaerolite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Hilairite  (*)Huttonite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Irarsite  (*)
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kentbrooksite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Kupletskite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Lamprophyllite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Laurite  (*)Låvenite  (*)Leucite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Liebenbergite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Lorenzenite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Majorite  (*)Malachite  (*)Malanite  (*)
Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maslovite  (*)Massicot  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Michenerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Minnesotaite  (*)Minyulite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Monazite-(La)  (*)Moncheite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mooihoekite  (*)
Morenosite  (*)Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Newberyite  (*)Nickel  (*)Nickeline  (*)Niggliite  (*)
Niobophyllite  (*)Niter  (*)Nitrocalcite  (*)Olekminskite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Palladium  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)
Palladosilicide  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parakeldyshite  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Penfieldite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Platarsite  (*)Platinum  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Potarite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Prosopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrochroite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Retzian-(Ce)  (*)
Rhodium  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Ruarsite  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Saponite  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Serandite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Strengite  (*)Stronalsite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Struvite  (*)
Sudburyite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Synchysite-(Y)  (*)
Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)Taranakite  (*)Taseqite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Trevorite  (*)Troilite  (*)Tučekite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vauquelinite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)Wadeite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Willemseite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zircophyllite  (*)
Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23106793,106845,1069203419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6140513845106799,106803,106804,106822,1069091022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]25005411106799133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)25005417106799,106802,106803,106857,106880,106883,1069098803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25005411106799706
Allanite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaLa(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2500541110679925
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1106850489
Aluminocerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce6Ca3)   Al(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)311067938
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O25005412106799,1068031627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO24106821,106880,106883,1069092162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O25005412106799,10690992
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO56106913,106914,106916,106917,106923,1069431310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32106787,1069091534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)206019005106793,106839,106898,106911,1069192734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11067931588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2141410725106793,106802,106821,106909,1069203092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)225005411106799356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)206320574106797,106826,106832,1068471036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21106826718
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41106793246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)7106789,106821,106887,106888,106904,106906,1069183250
Ardealite  (*)GypsumCa2(PO3OH)(SO4)·4H2O110683630
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)225005412106799,106803295
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)110679324
Arsenopalladinite  (*)StillwateritePd8As320632057110679731
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS25005413106793,106799,1068579052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F25005412106799,106803161
Atheneite  (*)BarringeritePd2(As0.75Hg0.25)20632057110679715
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn2106814,10682429
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O67106832,106835,106857,106880,106882,106902,1069092060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63106790,106839,106912919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24106793,106839,106880,1068835509
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO225005412106799,106902238
Bafertisite  (*)NoneBa2Fe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F22500541110679916
Banalsite  (*)NoneNa2BaAl4Si4O162500541110679922
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O1106793150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1414107210106793,106799,106802,106821,106866,106871,106872,106876,106908,10690911547
Barytolamprophyllite  (*)None(BaK)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)22500541110679921
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F25005413106793,106799,106803304
Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)BastnäsiteLa(CO3)F2500541110679930
Bastnäsite-(Y)  (*)BastnäsiteY(CO3)F110679310
Belovite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteNaCeSr3(PO4)3F2500541110679915
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811069004286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62106793,106839413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3106850,106857,1069201966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311068571935
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O32106908104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43106826,106850,1069025516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S42063205714106781,106784,106786,106797,106817,106819,106824,106826,106831,106832,106847,106848,106864,106867101
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O61106873248
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)2106793,106908483
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)140513844106799,106805,106806,106843115
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62106793,1068391633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21106821700
Bunsenite  (*)RocksaltNiO11069028
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)52106909,10694352
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)250054124106792,106793,106799,106802,106803,106821,106839,106848,106850,106857,106866,106881,106885,106887,106888,106898,106904,106906,106908,106909,106912,106918,106920,10694127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61106943359
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O25005413106799,106822,106909232
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21106793178
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O25005412106799,106803113
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)250054111067991252
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)325005412106793,10680347
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2060190012106790,106793,106839,106898,106907,106911,106912,106919,106924,106930,106941,1069464979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1106793925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3106839,106850,1069025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22063107216106793,106797,106802,106807,106824,106826,106832,106839,106847,106848,106850,106857,106898,106902,106908,10692027198
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)22500541110679950
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)22500541110679989
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42063138425106781,106783,106792,106796,106797,106800,106801,106809,106815,106824,106825,106826,106832,106833,106847,106848,106849,106854,106855,106856,106860,106863,106864,106867,1069023902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11068393531
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1106850281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83106793,106821,1069081756
Clinoferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O620632057110679718
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS25005412106799,106857966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O25005411106799566
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O110688738
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O625005411106799289
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS2063138411106797,106807,106815,106824,106826,106832,106847,106848,106856,106864,106867124
Copper  (*)CopperCu15106793,106818,106824,106829,106830,106833,106841,106842,106849,106850,106851,106852,106853,106859,1068623846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1625005412106799,106908227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS308619005106793,106839,106857,106870,1068984165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O162106793,106908599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3140513843106807,106832,106850802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11068502970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)22106793,106839179
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41106826157
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O21106793144
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)206019002106839,106898378
Diamond  (*)DiamondC4106866,106886,106889,106925697
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1106793481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11068501027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6206320576106783,106797,106825,106847,106854,1068554135
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O1106893164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2206010729106802,106820,106821,106881,106897,106898,106902,106906,1069089895
Donnayite-(Y)  (*)MckelveyiteNaSr3CaY(CO3)6·3H2O110690913
Doyleite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3110679315
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1106792648
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)1106876180
Ecandrewsite  (*)CorundumZnTiO3250054111067998
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6206320575106797,106832,106847,106856,106902944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3106793,106832,1069208173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O1106943138
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O140513841106807484
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS22106814,106856110
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2140513843106799,106803,106804182
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O110688856
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)25005412106803,106857371
Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)ScheeliteCeNbO4·0.3H2O2500541110679916
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO425005411106803196
Cerite-(La)  (*)Cerite(La6Ca3)   Fe3+(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)311067933
Ferro-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)22500541110679938
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O62500541110679983
Florencite-(Nd)  (*)AluniteNdAl3(PO4)2(OH)611067936
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F140513843106793,106799,1068082740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O2106792,106874303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22060107219106793,106799,106802,106803,106804,106806,106808,106898,106909,106930,106931,106932,106933,106934,106935,106936,106937,106939,1069419617
Fluorstrophite  (*)ApatiteSrCaSr3(PO4)3F250054111067999
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)110683985
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11068561188
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2110685062
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS308654118106790,106793,106799,106803,106839,106850,106870,106898,106908,106912,106919,106930,106931,106933,106934,106935,106941,10694224243
Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(AsO4)2500541110679923
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O110679368
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2110687638
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS25005411106799131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)206019006106793,106821,106839,106881,106898,1069417437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3086307436106792,106810,106811,106812,106813,106818,106823,106824,106829,106830,106832,106833,106841,106842,106847,106848,106849,106851,106852,106853,106856,106857,106859,106862,106864,106870,106871,106873,106874,106876,106881,106885,106920,106921,106930,10693830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC206019003106850,106898,1069022812
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4110682662
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)34106783,106795,106814,1068541544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5106793,106821,106881,106888,1069066890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21106857209
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41106908350
Haycockite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu4Fe5S8110685012
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61106857741
Hejtmanite  (*)NoneBa2Mn2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F22500541110679910
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S25005411106803237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31414107210106793,106799,106802,106821,106881,106896,106902,106908,106915,10694114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O4106790,106839,106912,1069411689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4110690873
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6110679357
Hilairite  (*)NoneNa2ZrSi3O9·3H2O2500541110679918
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)2500541110679937
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)110679356
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1106888341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62060190011068981066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O325005418106799,106815,106826,106832,106857,106902,106909,1069205433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)25005414106799,106803,106850,106857197
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS6106784,106786,106817,106819,106826,106848154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe4106847,106856,106877,106878128
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62106793,1068812228
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S110685786
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O110690928
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411067935591
Kentbrooksite  (*)Eudialyte(Na,REE)15(Ca,REE)6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(F,Cl)22500541110679919
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)206320575106797,106824,106832,106848,106864116
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe81106857111
Kupletskite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaMn2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F2500541110679933
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411069101507
Lamprophyllite  (*)None(SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)225005412106799,10680363
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O11067921271
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS22063205711106797,106814,106815,106824,106826,106832,106847,106848,106856,106864,106867226
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)42500541110680358
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)25005412106799,106803233
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1106888110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1106882234
Liebenbergite  (*)OlivineNi2(SiO4)11069024
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24106793,106839,106943,106945987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs225005412106799,106857762
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Perovskite(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)2O62500541110679957
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)25005412106799,10690982
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)140513842106807,106850451
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O41106902229
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)22500541110679979
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11069441487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4250054115106793,106794,106797,106799,106802,106803,106815,106832,106844,106856,106857,106866,106902,106909,10692014899
Majorite  (*)GarnetMg3(MgSi)(SiO4)3110686624
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25106790,106839,106880,106883,10691212537
Malanite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S4110682635
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi110685788
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211068215674
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe3106832,106847,10684823
Massicot  (*)NonePbO2106907,106919202
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2206320575106797,106815,106848,106856,106864155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe5106824,106832,106847,106848,106876114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)25005413106799,106803,1068814924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2106832,1069021066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11067931107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O43106790,106907,106919247
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)2110692061
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O110688831
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O1106888129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211067935800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1106909945
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)2500541110679938
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)25106824,106832,106847,106848,106864133
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O110688844
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2106793,1068211508
Mooihoekite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe9S16110685020
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O14051384110680784
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2140513842106803,10680545
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1106839362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23106793,106881,10692017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O25005412106792,1067991236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)25005414106799,106803,106822,106909884
Newberyite  (*)NoneMg(PO3OH)·3H2O110688824
Nickel  (*)CopperNi2106824,10683357
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1106850633
Niggliite  (*)NickelinePtSn2106824,10684822
Niobophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7(Nb,Ti)2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4(O,F)250054111067998
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)1106904181
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O110690646
Olekminskite  (*)ParalstoniteSr2(CO3)2250054111067998
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1106793492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O25005412106793,1068032994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31106940511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1414107211068022349
Palladium  (*)CopperPd9106792,106810,106811,106812,106813,106823,106824,106832,10683359
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As110684737
Palladosilicide  (*)BarringeritePd2Si11068672
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1106876767
Parakeldyshite  (*)NoneNa2ZrSi2O72500541110679912
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F225005411106799112
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)25005413106799,106803,106892363
Penfieldite  (*)NonePb2Cl3(OH)20632057110679722
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82063138411106797,106807,106826,106832,106847,106850,106856,106857,106864,106867,1069021512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO325005413106799,106866,106909495
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1106793428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6110679351
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2206319004106797,106832,106898,1069092273
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS2106824,10682644
Platinum  (*)CopperPt2063205722106792,106797,106810,106811,106812,106813,106818,106823,106824,106829,106830,106833,106841,106842,106847,106849,106851,106852,106853,106859,106862,106902485
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21106790158
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61106908170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62106793,106919477
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S42106826,106902131
Potarite  (*)PotaritePdHg110682625
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211068571898
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)4110679339
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2308654121106793,106797,106799,106802,106803,106821,106824,106826,106832,106839,106848,106857,106870,106876,106885,106898,106902,106908,106909,106920,10694139462
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)22500541110679956
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22106793,1069083106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4106839,106907,106919,1069411725
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO325005412106799,106803244
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21106929771
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO325005411106799147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82063138416106797,106807,106824,106826,106832,106835,106847,106850,106856,106857,106864,106867,106880,106883,106902,1069209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23086107228106790,106793,106799,106802,106821,106832,106839,106857,106866,106870,106874,106876,106880,106881,106883,106884,106885,106886,106891,106892,106897,106898,106899,106908,106909,106912,106920,10692561156
Retzian-(Ce)  (*)RetzianMn2+2Ce(AsO4)(OH)4250054111067993
Rhodium  (*)CopperRh9106792,106810,106811,106812,106813,106823,106824,106832,10683317
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)250054111067991711
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21106896375
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F225005412106799,10680353
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22106839,106912454
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS110681425
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn206320574106797,106815,106824,10684834
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2250054110106793,106799,106803,106821,106826,106832,106866,106902,106908,1069095614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs21106857317
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1106866598
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O2106793,106902301
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O12110690954
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11067931153
Serandite  (*)PectoliteNaMn2+2Si3O8(OH)2500541110679938
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)141410725106793,106802,106821,106839,1069206417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2106824,1068395186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3308630741106870531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)206019003106839,106898,1069302473
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl25005412106799,106803444
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs25106826,106832,106847,106848,106864337
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311069081214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25005419106793,106799,106803,106839,106857,106898,106908,106912,10694121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4140513844106807,106815,106857,1069251934
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb22106864,10687675
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311068763418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1106920456
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1106888263
Stronalsite  (*)NoneNa2SrAl4Si4O162500541110679910
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)25005413106799,106803,106866589
Struvite  (*)Struvite(NH4)Mg(PO4)·6H2O2106904,10690630
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb110687646
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11067932045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1106904275
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F1106909232
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F110690955
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1106826703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22106832,1068473337
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O2106888,10691857
Taseqite  (*)EudialyteNa12Sr3Ca6Fe3Zr3NbSi25O73(O,OH,H2O)3Cl2250054111067993
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311068765317
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO225005412106799,106909236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)140513843106799,106803,1068051006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O140513842106799,1069094899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O2106881,106888433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2106793,1068851059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22106832,1069412562
Trevorite  (*)SpinelNiFe3+2O42106826,10690217
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11068321044
Tučekite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9Sb2S8110687617
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO41106815120
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2308630743106870,106873,1068852718
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)34106783,106825,106854,106855212
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl5106839,106907,106919,106922,106927605
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1106888301
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)110683963
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S41106826380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS2106781,10686753
Wadeite  (*)NoneK2ZrSi3O9110686627
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)61106888104
Willemseite  (*)Clay TalcNi3Si4O10(OH)2110690215
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42106790,1067931655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)25005411106799939
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O1106793185
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)25005413106799,106803,1068665251
Zircophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Zr2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F250054111067995
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb110682632


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0001128MAGMATIC STYLE: 5 km diameter carbonatitic volcanic complex with extensive carbonatitic tuffs and breccias; some carbonatite dykes ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Volcanic tuffs and breccias, flows of phonolite, trachyte, rhyolite and altered felsic lavas, and orthoclasite.
Michelle_698Stratabound PGEs-Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


7 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
Michelle_698206320572060±3 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu3063Merensky Reef, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South AfricaMerensky ReefHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).
Jen_0001128141410721243 ±171        27326Kruidfontein, Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South AfricaKruidfonteinWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
CG455_148_0001140513841394.5 ± 10.5U-Pbhost rocktitanite   Titanite  27328Pilanesberg Mtn, Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South AfricaPilanesberg alkaline complexElburg (2017) CG455_148 
ree-005722500541Proterozoic        27328Pilanesberg Mtn, Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South AfricaPilansberg Complex (Pilanesberg, Pilaan's berg)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
Kristen002295308630743086-3074 sedimentation     Co, Au, Ni269262Dominion Reefs Mine, Klerksdorp, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South AfricaDominion RandRobb and Meyer (1995)10.1016/0169-1368(95)00011-9OGR10_67association with Co, Au, and Ni from SAJG93_72
sedexmvt-00209206019001980±80 Ma (Rb-Sr)Rb-Sr       54265Pering Mine, Reivilo, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, North West, South AfricaPeringTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00403200019002000 – 1900        54265Pering Mine, Reivilo, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, North West, South AfricaPeringSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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