Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maitland Mines, Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 53791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maitland Mines, Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay District, Eastern Cape, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°57'43"S
Longitude: 25°17'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.961944444444,25.285

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.

Aragonite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sulphur

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sulphur ()*

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sulphur

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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