Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Zwartfontein, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2050
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2050

mindat Locality ID: 56760
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56760.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zwartfontein, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Auricupride	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Ullmannite

Altaite ()*	Braggite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Maslovite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Moncheite ()*
Platarsite ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sperrylite ()*

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 Bi Fe Ir Pb Pd Pt Rh S Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Fe Ir Pb Pd Pt Rh S Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Melonite Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Rocksalt Ullmannite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2050	2050	489
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2050	2050	101
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2050	2050	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	2050	2050	154
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	2050	2050	128
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2050	2050	116
Maslovite ()*	Pyrite	PtBiTe	2050	2050	23
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2050	2050	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	2050	2050	114
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	2050	2050	133
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	2050	2050	44
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	2050	2050	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2050	2050	337

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG105_1057_025	2050	2050	2050							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	3087	Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Platreef (Mokopane)	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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