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Locality Name:
New Consort Mine, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3640
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3040

mindat Locality ID: 49536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Consort Mine, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°39'11"S
Longitude: 31°4'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.653055555556,31.067222222222
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparLöllingiteMica
NickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileTalc

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Maldonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Spodumene  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23110305003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3110305008803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3110305009052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3110305001966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)31103050027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS231103050027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63110305004135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23110305009895
Gold  (*)CopperAu31103050030554
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2311030500762
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi31103050088
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)231103050017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS231103050039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83110305009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO231103050061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23110305005614
Silver  (*)CopperAg3110305005186
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6305030500688
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23110305003337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23110305002562


10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-0002730433043      YesCinnabarHg3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa Pearton (1986); Cairncross (2004); Toulkeridis et al. (2010)   
Kristen002027357035103540±30Sm/Ndcrustal age   Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681 
Kristen002028353033903460±70Pb/Pb    Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681 
Kristen002029363032303430±200Rb/Sr    Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681age obtained from mineral density separates of basaltic komatite
Kristen002030364030403340±300K-Ar whole rock  Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681 
Kristen00203134193230 40Ar/39Ar    Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681 
Kristen00203234903450  age of pervasive metamorphismhigh   Yes  3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaBon Accord Ni Deposit, Barbertonde Wit et al. (1987)10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8JAES6_681 
Mo-0004935003100 U-Pb    YesMolybdeniteMo3086Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa Kakegawa and Ohmoto (1999); de Ronde et al. (1991; 1992); Armstrong et al. (1990)   
Grew_Li_2019_0102305030503050      Spodumene 49536New Consort Mine, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaNew Consort gold mines, Barberton greenstone belt, South AfricaGrew et al. (2018)10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2686EJM30_205 
Kristen00247931103103   zircon, titanite     49536New Consort Mine, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaNew Consort (Nelspruit)Tkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 

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