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Locality Name:
Burgersfort, Limpopo, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 56402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burgersfort, Limpopo, South Africa": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hackney Channel
Havercroft Andalusite Mine
Sekhukhuneland
Twyfelaar Mine

Latitude: 24°36'19"S
Longitude: 30°13'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.605277777778,30.231666666667
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 Bi Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir Mg Ni O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteAuricuprideChalcopyriteCopperMeloniteMilleriteModderiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneSpinelUllmannite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Antarcticite  (*)Atokite  (*)Augite  (*)Braggite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cherepanovite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Genkinite  (*)Geversite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Insizwaite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)
Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malanite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Moncheite  (*)Osmium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platarsite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Ruarsite  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)
Stumpflite  (*)Taimyrite-I  (*)Tatyanaite  (*)Temagamite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511063671310
Antarcticite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaCl2·6H2O110636911
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn110636929
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611063702060
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S42106369,106370101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110637027198
Cherepanovite  (*)ModderiteRhAs110636915
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43106369,106370,1063733902
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS1106369124
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)2106369,1063731188
Genkinite  (*)NonePt4Sb3110636912
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2110636938
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS1106369119
Insizwaite  (*)PyritePtBi2110636915
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)1106370116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS21106369226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110637314899
Malanite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S4110637035
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe22106366,106369155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11063701066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)22106369,106370133
Osmium  (*)NoneOs1106369169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82106369,1063701512
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS110636944
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1106369485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110637039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811063709056
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS110636925
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn110636934
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu110636946
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi110636944
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21106369337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42106369,1063731934
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2110636975
Stumpflite  (*)NickelinePtSb11063697
Taimyrite-I  (*)None(Pd,Pt)9Cu3Sn4110636911
Tatyanaite  (*)None(Pt,Pd)9Cu3Sn411063693
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe3110637024


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