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Locality Name:
Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 59395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gatkop
Glenover Carbonatite
Thabazimbi Mine
Tumela Mine

Latitude: 24°43'9"S
Longitude: 27°20'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.719166666667,27.340277777778
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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb Pt S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAuricuprideBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopper
CorundumDiasporeFluoriteHumiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePhosphosideritePyrite
PyroxeneRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Anatase  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Metavariscite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Rustenburgite  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6250054111066021022
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212008002106602,1066032162
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6120080011066032060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12008003106600,106602,10660311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4250054111066025516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO212008001106603700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12008003106602,106603,10660427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)120080011066031252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212008004106600,106601,106602,10660327198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F212008001106603285
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)225005412106602,1066049895
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O61200800110660383
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F120080011066032740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212008002106601,1066039617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12008004106600,106601,106602,10660324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11066047437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312008003106602,106603,10660414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3250054111066025433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6120080011066032228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412008003106602,106603,10660414899
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O1200800110660327
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO312008002106602,106603495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2250054111066022273
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1106605485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212008002106602,10660339462
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn110660434
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2120080011066035614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O812008001106603353
Silver  (*)CopperAg11066005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25005412106601,10660221482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O12008001106603263
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F12008001106603232
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211066002718
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O12008001106603301
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O25005411106602652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12008003106601,106602,1066035251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0001005MAGMATIC STYLE: Oval 4.5x3.5 km pyroxenite plug with arcuate sheets of carbonatite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite and fenite.


2 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
ree-005662500541Proterozoic        56342Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South AfricaGlenoverOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
Jen_000100512008001000±200Pb-Pb monazite     56493Glenover Phosphate Mine, Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South AfricaGlenoverWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

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