Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Rooiberg Tin Field, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 56200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rooiberg Tin Field, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Blaauwbank Farm (Blaaubank Farm)
Hartebeesfontein Farm
Hartebeesvley Farm
Leeuwpoort Farm (Leeuwpoort C Mine)
Nieuwpoort Farm (Nieuwpoort B Mine)
Olievenbosch Farm
Onverwacht Farm
Rooiberg Mine (A Mine)
Vellefontein Mine (Rooiberg D Mine)
Weynek Farm

Latitude: 24°54'47"S
Longitude: 27°43'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.913055555556,27.725833333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Kieserite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Römerite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Vivianite

Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Ni O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ca Fe H K O Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite
Kaolinite Kieserite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Römerite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Vivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	106592	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	106585	445
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	106592	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106594	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	106588,106592,106593,106594	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	106592	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	106592,106594	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	106592	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	106592	136
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	106592,106594	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	106592	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	106594	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	106592	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106592	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	106585	633
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	106585	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	106588,106592,106593,106594	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	106592	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	106594	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1	106592	115
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	106593,106594	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	106592	21482
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	106592	139

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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