Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Zaaiplaats Mine, Zaaiplaats Tin Field, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2050
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2050

mindat Locality ID: 26749
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26749.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zaaiplaats Mine, Zaaiplaats Tin Field, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°3'"S
Longitude: 28°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.05,28.75

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.

Allanite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kobellite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Hematite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Wittichenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Sn W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kobellite
Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2050	2050	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2050	2050	706
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2050	2050	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2050	2050	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2050	2050	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2050	2050	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2050	2050	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2050	2050	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	2050	2050	192
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2050	2050	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2050	2050	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2050	2050	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2050	2050	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2050	2050	4894
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	2050	2050	232
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	2050	2050	297

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
	EG105_1057_025	2050	2050	2050							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	3087	Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Platreef (Mokopane)	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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