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Locality Name:
Argent Mines, Argent, Delmas, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 53779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argent Mines, Argent, Delmas, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, 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

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: As C Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteLinariteMiniumMonaziteNoneOrpiment
QuartzScheelite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Embreyite  (*)
Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Siderite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Vauquelinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)031
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)081
Embreyite  (*)NonePb5(CrO4)2(PO4)2·H2O05
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)063
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



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