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Locality Name:
Stavoren-Mute Fides (Stavoren - Mutue Tin Field), Marble Hall, Sekhukhune District, Limpopo, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 3090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stavoren-Mute Fides (Stavoren - Mutue Tin Field), Marble Hall, Sekhukhune District, Limpopo, South Africa": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
B7 Pipe
Hillside Quarry
Stavoren Mine

Latitude: 24°46'9"S
Longitude: 29°22'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.769166666667,29.366944444444

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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteBrochantite
CalciteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChenevixiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteIlvaiteKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachite
MixiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilpnomelaneTetradymiteTitaniteTungstite

67 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Goudeyite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Ludlockite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Molybdite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)40246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11064799052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22106478,1064795509
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)61106479132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611064791633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110647827770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21106479178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211064795171
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)4110647919
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11064785707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2090
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11064793531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)32106478,106479127
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)61106479151
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41106478175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11064792970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2067
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22106478,1064799617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110647724243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS0131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11064787437
Goudeyite  (*)MixiteCu6Al(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O110647919
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)0197
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S110647786
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Ludlockite  (*)NonePbFe3+4As3+10O22015
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110647812537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211064795800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31106479140
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2106478,106479492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1106479428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6051
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110647961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3106477,106478,1064794894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2106478,1064791153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O0456
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O0118



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