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:
Torch Cave, Krugersdorp, West Rand District (West Rand), Gauteng, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2970
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2914

mindat Locality ID: 300338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300338.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torch Cave, Krugersdorp, West Rand District (West Rand), Gauteng, 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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Gypsum	None

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: C Ca H Mg N O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca H Mg N O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Gypsum None

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gwihabaite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Nitromagnesite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2970	2914	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2970	2914	27770
Gwihabaite ()*	None	(NH₄)(NO₃)	2970	2914	10
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2970	2914	6890
Nitromagnesite ()*	None	Mg(NO₃)₂·6H₂O	2970	2914	12

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
	Kristen002293	2970	2914	2970-2914		sedimentation					Yes			Co, Au, Ni	29065	West Rand District (West Rand), Gauteng, South Africa	West Rand	Robb and Meyer (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00011-9	OGR10_67	association with Co, Au, and Ni from SAJG93_70

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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