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:
Merensky Reef, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2063
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2057

mindat Locality ID: 3063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Merensky Reef, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Boulder Bed

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.

Auricupride	Barringerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Stillwaterite

Anorthite ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*	Atheneite ()*	Braggite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinoferrosilite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Penfieldite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rustenburgite ()*

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 As Bi Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Ru S Si Sn Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Ru S Si Sn Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Barringerite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Melonite Mica Nickeline None
Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Stillwaterite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2063	2057	1036
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	2063	2057	31
Atheneite ()*	Barringerite	Pd₂(As_0.75Hg_0.25)	2063	2057	15
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2063	2057	101
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2063	2057	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2063	2057	3902
Clinoferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	2063	2057	18
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	2063	2057	124
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2063	2057	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2063	2057	944
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2063	2057	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2063	2057	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2063	2057	14899
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2063	2057	155
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)	2063	2057	22
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2063	2057	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2063	2057	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2063	2057	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2063	2057	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2063	2057	9056
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	2063	2057	34

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_698	Stratabound PGEs-Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

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
	Michelle_698	2063	2057	2060±3		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	3063	Merensky Reef, Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa	Merensky Reef	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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