Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buffalo Mine (Buffalo Fluorspar), Naboomspruit (Mookgophong), Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 54045
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54045.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buffalo Mine (Buffalo Fluorspar), Naboomspruit (Mookgophong), Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°28'51"S
Longitude: 28°39'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.480833333333,28.661666666667

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluocerite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tapiolite

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amorphous Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluocerite Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tapiolite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1600	541	706
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1600	541	2734
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1600	541	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1600	541	27770
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1600	541	518
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	1600	541	45
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1600	541	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1600	541	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1600	541	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1600	541	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1600	541	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1600	541	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1600	541	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1600	541	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1600	541	4924
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1600	541	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1600	541	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	541	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1600	541	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1600	541	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	541	21482
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1600	541	88

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	ree-00577	1600	541	Middle Proterozoic											54045	Buffalo Mine (Buffalo Fluorspar), Naboomspruit (Mookgophong), Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Buffalo Fluorspar	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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