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Locality Name:
Ekurhuleni District (East Rand), Gauteng, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 54122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ekurhuleni District (East Rand), Gauteng, South Africa": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Benoni
Boksburg
Brakpan
Germiston
Nigel
Springs

Latitude: 26°14'43"S
Longitude: 28°20'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.245277777778,28.349444444444
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: Al As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Ni O Pt S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiamondEpidoteIron
MicaModderiteNickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinel
Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Diamond  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Modderite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21106127376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411061223902
Copper  (*)CopperCu11061223846
Diamond  (*)DiamondC2106124,106151697
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11061278173
Gold  (*)CopperAu24106120,106121,106123,106125,106127,106128,106132,106134,106135,106137,106139,106140,106141,106142,106143,106144,106145,106147,106148,106149,106150,106151,106152,10615330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11061222812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311061225433
Iron  (*)IronFe11061221089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S31106122191
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe1106132128
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1106122451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110612214899
Modderite  (*)ModderiteCoAs2106124,1061515
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110612717380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1106124633
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110612739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811061489056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22106127,10612861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211061225614
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1106122703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11061221044
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11061275251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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