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Locality Name:
Unnamed Borehole, Sishen, Kathu, Postmasburg Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 307395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unnamed Borehole, Sishen, Kathu, Postmasburg Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°'52"S
Longitude: 23°3'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.014444444444,23.057777777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrauniteCalciteClayCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMica
NatroliteNonePectolitePyroxeneQuartzSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Barytocalcite  (*)Brackebuschite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Gamagarite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Noelbensonite  (*)
Paragonite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serandite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Tokyoite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)024
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)037
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2083
Brackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)015
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Gamagarite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)010
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Noelbensonite  (*)NoneBaMn3+2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O06
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20247
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)0363
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0260
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Serandite  (*)PectoliteNaMn2+2Si3O8(OH)038
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Tokyoite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Mn3+(VO4)2OH09
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)0251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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