Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Maid Of The Mountains Mine, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

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

mindat Locality ID: 54095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maid Of The Mountains Mine, Barberton, Ehlanzeni 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

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

8 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	Age from other Locality	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
Hg-00027	3043	3043						Yes	Cinnabar	Hg	3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa		Pearton (1986); Cairncross (2004); Toulkeridis et al. (2010)
Kristen002027	3570	3510	3540±30	Sm/Nd	crustal age			Yes			3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Bon Accord Ni Deposit, Barberton	de Wit et al. (1987)	10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8	JAES6_681
Kristen002028	3530	3390	3460±70	Pb/Pb				Yes			3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Bon Accord Ni Deposit, Barberton	de Wit et al. (1987)	10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8	JAES6_681
Kristen002029	3630	3230	3430±200	Rb/Sr				Yes			3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Bon Accord Ni Deposit, Barberton	de Wit et al. (1987)	10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8	JAES6_681	age obtained from mineral density separates of basaltic komatite
Kristen002030	3640	3040	3340±300	K-Ar			whole rock	Yes			3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Bon Accord Ni Deposit, Barberton	de Wit et al. (1987)	10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8	JAES6_681
Kristen002031	3419	3230		40Ar/39Ar				Yes			3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Bon Accord Ni Deposit, Barberton	de Wit et al. (1987)	10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8	JAES6_681
Kristen002032	3490	3450			age of pervasive metamorphism	high		Yes			3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	Bon Accord Ni Deposit, Barberton	de Wit et al. (1987)	10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8	JAES6_681
Mo-00049	3500	3100		U-Pb				Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	3086	Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa		Kakegawa and Ohmoto (1999); de Ronde et al. (1991; 1992); Armstrong et al. (1990)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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