Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Dominion Reefs Mine, Klerksdorp, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3086
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3074

mindat Locality ID: 269262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dominion Reefs Mine, Klerksdorp, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite

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: As Au Co Cu Fe O Pb S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Co Cu Fe O Pb S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Covellite Fluorite None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3086	3074	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3086	3074	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3086	3074	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3086	3074	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3086	3074	61156
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	3086	3074	531
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3086	3074	2718

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
	Kristen002295	3086	3074	3086-3074		sedimentation								Co, Au, Ni	269262	Dominion Reefs Mine, Klerksdorp, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa	Dominion Rand	Robb and Meyer (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00011-9	OGR10_67	association with Co, Au, and Ni from SAJG93_72

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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