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Locality Name:
Waaikraal Gold Deposit, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 57104
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57104.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waaikraal Gold Deposit, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°29'9"S
Longitude: 27°31'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.485833333333,27.525555555556
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteFeldspar
IlvaiteLöllingiteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Joséite-B  (*)Krennerite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maldonite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)0197
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S086
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe80111
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi088
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934


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