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:
Witbank Coalfield, Witbank, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 56939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Witbank Coalfield, Witbank, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kleinkopje Colliery

Latitude: 26°'5"S
Longitude: 29°13'60"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.001388888889,29.233333333333

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.

Arcanite	Baryte	Clay	Copiapite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Sulphur

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 Ca Cl Fe H K Mg N O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cl Fe H K Mg N O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arcanite Baryte Clay Copiapite Gypsum Hexahydrite Marcasite Mica None Sulphur

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Copiapite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Letovicite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mascagnite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Salammoniac ()*
Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	251
Letovicite ()*	None	(NH₄)₃H(SO₄)₂	18
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	61
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	105
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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