Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pilanesberg Mtn, Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 27328
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27328.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pilanesberg Mtn, Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Moepe Mine
Saulspoort
Thabayadiotsa
Vlakfontein Nickel Deposit
Wydhoek Farm

Latitude: 24°'59"S
Longitude: 28°37'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.016388888889,28.633055555556

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Astrophyllite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite
Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Cubanite	Epsomite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Ilvaite	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Pectolite	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tridymite	Wurtzite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Eudialyte ()*
Fayalite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Helvine ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Lamprophyllite ()*	Låvenite ()*	Leucite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Morenosite ()*	Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*
Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	Rutile ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Strontianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pt REE S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb REE S Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Astrophyllite Bastnäsite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite
Cerite Chalcopyrite Corundum Cubanite Epsomite Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Ilvaite Nickeline
None Olivine Pectolite Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Tridymite Wurtzite Wöhlerite Zircon

45 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1405	1384	1	106804	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2500	541	0		8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2500	541	0		1627
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	0		295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	2500	541	0		161
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	2500	541	0		304
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	1405	1384	2	106805,106806	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	541	0		27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	2500	541	0		113
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	2500	541	0		47
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1405	1384	1	106807	27198
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1405	1384	1	106807	124
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1405	1384	1	106807	802
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1405	1384	1	106807	484
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1405	1384	1	106804	182
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2500	541	0		371
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	2500	541	0		196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1405	1384	1	106808	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1405	1384	3	106804,106806,106808	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	0		24243
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	2500	541	0		237
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	2500	541	0		197
Lamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	2500	541	0		63
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	2500	541	0		58
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	2500	541	0		233
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1405	1384	1	106807	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	541	0		14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2500	541	0		4924
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1405	1384	1	106807	84
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)[(H₂O)₂Ca_0.5 _0.5]Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₂	1405	1384	1	106805	45
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2500	541	0		884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2500	541	0		2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	2500	541	0		363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1405	1384	1	106807	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	0		39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	2500	541	0		244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1405	1384	1	106807	9056
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	2500	541	0		53
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2500	541	0		5614
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	2500	541	0		444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	0		21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1405	1384	1	106807	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2500	541	0		589
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1405	1384	1	106805	1006
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2500	541	0		5251

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
	CG455_148_0001	1405	1384	1394.5 ± 10.5	U-Pb	host rock		titanite				Titanite			27328	Pilanesberg Mtn, Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa	Pilanesberg alkaline complex	Elburg (2017)		CG455_148
	ree-00572	2500	541	Proterozoic											27328	Pilanesberg Mtn, Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa	Pilansberg Complex (Pilanesberg, Pilaan's berg)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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