Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Bronkhorstspruit, Pretoria District (Tshwane District), Gauteng, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 56208
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56208.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bronkhorstspruit, Pretoria District (Tshwane District), Gauteng, South Africa": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Boschkop Mine
Brakfontein Mine
Geweerfontein Farm
Spitzkop Mine
White Swan Mine
Witpoort Mine

Latitude: 25°55'38"S
Longitude: 28°45'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.927222222222,28.760833333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

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: As Au Bi C Cu Fe O S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper None Stibnite Tetrahedrite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Siderite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	106175	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	106175	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	106173	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	106173	30554
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	106173	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	106173	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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