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Locality Name:
Gordonia District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 56479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56479.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gordonia District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bok Se Puts Farm (Bokseputs Farm)
Klipkalk
Lime Acres
Vaal Koppies Farm
Vrede Farm

Latitude: 29°15'8"S
Longitude: 20°57'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.252222222222,20.952777777778
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 B Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Nb O P S Si Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Fe H K Nb O Si Ti Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylClayColumbiteCorundumDiamondEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteGarnetKaoliniteKornerupineMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxene
QuartzRutileScheeliteSerpentineSpinelZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(La)  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Grandidierite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kornerupine  (*)Microcline  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Werdingite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaLa(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)110707025
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41107066708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11070659052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11070651272
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O110706592
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411070683902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811070651008
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1107068697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611070684135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61107068944
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO41107065196
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11070681188
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)20163
Grandidierite  (*)NoneMgAl3O2(BO3)(SiO4)110706540
Graphite  (*)NoneC11070682812
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41107065407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311070655433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411070655591
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)2110706568
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211070682273
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)60121
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31107068341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110706961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211070655614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81107065353
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11070651153
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511070651516
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2110706827
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)11070651006
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11070651059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211070652718
Werdingite  (*)NoneMg2Al14Si4B4O3711070658
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11070655251


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