Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 28452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Klerksdorp, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Dominion Reefs Mine
Kopanang Mine
Moab Khotsong Mine
Stilfontein Mine
Tau Lekoa Mine
Vaal Reefs Mine
Vaal Reefs North Mine
Vaal Reefs South Mine
Vaal River - Surface Mine

Latitude: 26°59'43"S
Longitude: 26°36'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.995277777778,26.609166666667

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.

Allargentum	Apophyllite	Auricupride	Baryte	Brannerite	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	Nickeline	None
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	hauchecornite

Baryte ()*	Brannerite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Galena ()*	Geversite ()*	Gold ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Michenerite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tučekite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Apophyllite Auricupride Baryte Brannerite Copper Covellite Fluorite Nickeline None
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite hauchecornite

20 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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	106871,106872,106876	11547
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆			1	106873	248
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3086	3074	1	106870	4165
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)			1	106876	180
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O			1	106874	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3086	3074	1	106870	24243
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂			1	106876	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3086	3074	5	106870,106871,106873,106874,106876	30554
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe			2	106877,106878	128
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe			1	106876	114
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	106876	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3086	3074	2	106870,106876	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3086	3074	3	106870,106874,106876	61156
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	3086	3074	1	106870	531
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂			1	106876	75
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	106876	3418
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb			1	106876	46
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	106876	5317
Tučekite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉Sb₂S₈			1	106876	17
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3086	3074	2	106870,106873	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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