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Locality Name:
Consolidated Murchison Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 57057
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57057.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Consolidated Murchison Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Weigel Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cr H Mg Mn O Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBerthieriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteHydrotalciteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyrochloreStibniteTalcTetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Azurite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stichtite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1106433363
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211064335509
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41106433343
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11064338173
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110643312537
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0260
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)0446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311064333418
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O043
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211064333337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311064335317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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