Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 27430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 36
Child Localities:
Amandelbult Platinum Mine
Bafokeng Rasimone Mine (Bafokeng Mine; Wildebeest Mine)
Boschfontein Farm
Brakspruit Farm
Bulhoek (Bulhoekkop)
Frischgewaagd Farm
Impala Platinum Mines
Kafferskraal Farm
Karee Mine
Klipfontein Farm
Klipgat Farm
Kroondal Mine
Marikana
Millsell Chrome Mine
Nooitgedacht
Nooitgedacht Sinkholes
Northern Platinum Mine
Olifantspoort Farm
Paardekraal Farm
Pibnesburg Complex
Rhovan Mine
Rooikoppies Farm
Royal Bafokeng
Rustenburg Town & Townlands Mine
Siphumelele 1 Shaft (Siphumelele 1 Mine)
Siphumelele 2 Shaft (Siphumelele 2 Mine)
Siphumelele 3 Shaft (Siphumelele 3 Mine)
Turffontein Farm
Uitvalgrond Farm
Union Mine
Waaikraal Gold Deposit
Waterkloof Farm
Waterkloof Mine
Watervaal Farm
Waterval West Mine
Western Platinum Mine

Latitude: 25°33'51"S
Longitude: 27°27'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.564166666667,27.465

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Brochantite
Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Cubanite	Cyanotrichite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fornacite	Garnet
Gypsum	Ilvaite	Löllingite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tridymite	Ullmannite
Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ru S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Brochantite
Brookite Calcite Cancrinite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Covellite Cubanite Cyanotrichite Descloizite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fornacite Garnet
Gypsum Ilvaite Löllingite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tridymite Ullmannite
Wurtzite

130 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*
Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Ardealite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atokite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cooperite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cyanotrichite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Fornacite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Greigite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Haycockite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Joséite-B ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Laurite ()*	Linarite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Malanite ()*	Maldonite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Maslovite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*
Moncheite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mooihoekite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Nickel ()*	Nickeline ()*	Niggliite ()*	Palladium ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Platarsite ()*	Platinum ()*	Polydymite ()*
Potarite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodium ()*	Rosasite ()*	Ruarsite ()*	Rustenburgite ()*
Rutile ()*	Safflorite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Taenite ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Trevorite ()*	Troilite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*
Uvarovite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zvyagintsevite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	106845	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	106822	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106857	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	106850	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	106821	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	106839	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	106821	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	3	106826,106832,106847	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	106826	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106821	3250
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	106836	30
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	106857	9052
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	1	106824	29
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	106832,106835,106857	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	106839	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	106839	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	106821	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	106839	413
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	106850,106857	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	106857	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	106826,106850	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	9	106817,106819,106824,106826,106831,106832,106847,106848,106864	101
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	1	106843	115
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	106839	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	106821	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	106821,106839,106848,106850,106857	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	106822	232
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	106839	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	106839,106850	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	106824,106826,106832,106839,106847,106848,106850,106857	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	15	106815,106824,106825,106826,106832,106833,106847,106848,106849,106854,106855,106856,106860,106863,106864	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	106839	3531
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	106850	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	106821	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	106857	966
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	8	106815,106824,106826,106832,106847,106848,106856,106864	124
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	14	106818,106824,106829,106830,106833,106841,106842,106849,106850,106851,106852,106853,106859,106862	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	106839,106857	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2	106832,106850	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	106850	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	106839	179
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	106826	157
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	106839	378
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	106850	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4	106825,106847,106854,106855	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	106820,106821	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	3	106832,106847,106856	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	106832	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	106856	110
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	106857	371
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	106839	85
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	106856	1188
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1	106850	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	106839,106850	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	106821,106839	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	20	106818,106823,106824,106829,106830,106832,106833,106841,106842,106847,106848,106849,106851,106852,106853,106856,106857,106859,106862,106864	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	106850	2812
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	106826	62
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	106854	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	106821	6890
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	106857	209
Haycockite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₄Fe₅S₈	1	106850	12
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	106857	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	106821	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	106839	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	106815,106826,106832,106857	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	2	106850,106857	197
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	4	106817,106819,106826,106848	154
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	2	106847,106856	128
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	1	106857	86
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	4	106824,106832,106848,106864	116
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	1	106857	111
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	8	106815,106824,106826,106832,106847,106848,106856,106864	226
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	106839	987
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	106857	762
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	106850	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	106815,106832,106844,106856,106857	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106839	12537
Malanite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	1	106826	35
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	106857	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	106821	5674
Maslovite ()*	Pyrite	PtBiTe	3	106832,106847,106848	23
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	4	106815,106848,106856,106864	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	4	106824,106832,106847,106848	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	106832	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	5	106824,106832,106847,106848,106864	133
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	106821	1508
Mooihoekite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆	1	106850	20
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	106839	362
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	106822	884
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	2	106824,106833	57
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	106850	633
Niggliite ()*	Nickeline	PtSn	2	106824,106848	22
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	4	106823,106824,106832,106833	59
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	1	106847	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	7	106826,106832,106847,106850,106856,106857,106864	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	106832	2273
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	2	106824,106826	44
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	15	106818,106823,106824,106829,106830,106833,106841,106842,106847,106849,106851,106852,106853,106859,106862	485
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1	106826	131
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	1	106826	25
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106857	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	106821,106824,106826,106832,106839,106848,106857	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	106839	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9	106824,106826,106832,106835,106847,106850,106856,106857,106864	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	106821,106832,106839,106857	61156
Rhodium ()*	Copper	Rh	4	106823,106824,106832,106833	17
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106839	454
Ruarsite ()*	None	RuAsS	0		25
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	3	106815,106824,106848	34
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	106821,106826,106832	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	106857	317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	106821,106839	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	106824,106839	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	106839	2473
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	5	106826,106832,106847,106848,106864	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	106839,106857	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	106815,106857	1934
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	106864	75
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	106826	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	106832,106847	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	106832	2562
Trevorite ()*	Spinel	NiFe³⁺₂O₄	1	106826	17
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	106832	1044
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	106815	120
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	3	106825,106854,106855	212
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	106839	605
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	1	106839	63
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	106826	380
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	1	106826	32

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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