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Locality Name:
Nelspruit, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3110
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3103

mindat Locality ID: 56744
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56744.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nelspruit, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mbobo Mkulu Cave
Sudwala Cave

Latitude: 25°32'25"S
Longitude: 30°41'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.540277777778,30.69
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlumAluminiteAluniteAmorphousAragoniteAtacamiteCeriteChalcoalumiteCoronadite
CorundumDiasporeGypsumLepidocrociteLeucophosphiteNoneTaranakite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Aluminite  (*)Alunite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Brushite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrombobomkulite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Mbobomkulite  (*)Newberyite  (*)
Opal  (*)Sampleite  (*)Sasaite  (*)Strengite  (*)Taranakite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Variscite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O311031031106656470
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O31103103110665692
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O31103103110665678
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6311031031106656966
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)311031032106656,1066573250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3311031031106656544
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O311031031106656104
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O31103103110665691
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16311031031106656599
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3311031031106656504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3110310311066567437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3110310311066566890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O331103103110665614640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O311031031106656341
Hydrombobomkulite  (*)Chalcoalumite(Ni,Cu)Al4(NO3,SO4)2(OH)12·14H2O3110310311066562
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63110310311066562228
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)311031031106656581
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O311031031106656110
Mbobomkulite  (*)Chalcoalumite(Ni,Cu)Al4(NO3,SO4)2(OH)12·3H2O3110310311066562
Newberyite  (*)NoneMg(PO3OH)·3H2O31103103110665624
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3110310311066562994
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O31103103110665640
Sasaite  (*)NoneAl6(PO4)5(OH)3·36H2O31103103110665611
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O311031031106656263
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O31103103110665657
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O311031031106656433
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O311031031106656301
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6311031031106656104


1 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
Kristen00247931103103   zircon, titanite  Yes  49536New Consort Mine, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South AfricaNew Consort (Nelspruit)Tkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 

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