Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Pietersburg Greenstone Belt, Capricorn District, Limpopo, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 54172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pietersburg Greenstone Belt, Capricorn District, Limpopo, South Africa": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
De Loskop Fe Deposit
Eersteling Goldfield
Eersteling Mine
Kalkfontein
Kalkfontein Farm
Mooiwater
Verbrandhoek Farm
Wonderkop Farm
Zandrivierspoort Fe Deposit

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Feldspar	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H Li Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Feldspar Nickeline None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	106392,106395	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106391	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	106394	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	106384,106385,106387,106388	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	106390,106391,106393	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106395	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	106388	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	106392	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	106382,106383,106384,106386,106387,106388,106389	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	106395	223
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	106380,106395	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	106388	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	106380,106388,106395	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	106384,106385,106387,106388,106391,106395	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	106391	688

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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