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Locality Name:
Pering Mine, Reivilo, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, North West, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2060
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1900

mindat Locality ID: 54265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pering Mine, Reivilo, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, North West, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°31'"S
Longitude: 24°13'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.516666666667,24.216666666667
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeFluoriteMica
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2060190002734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20601900027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2060190004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220601900027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2060190004165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)206019000378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22060190009895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22060190009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20601900024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2060190007437
Graphite  (*)NoneC2060190002812
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62060190001066
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22060190002273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220601900039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220601900061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2060190002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20601900021482


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00209206019001980±80 Ma (Rb-Sr)Rb-Sr       54265Pering Mine, Reivilo, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, North West, South AfricaPeringTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00403200019002000 – 1900        54265Pering Mine, Reivilo, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, North West, South AfricaPeringSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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