Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture Mine; Kimberley Underground Mine), Kimberley, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 190
Youngest recorded age at locality: 81

mindat Locality ID: 8982
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8982.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture Mine; Kimberley Underground Mine), Kimberley, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°46'5"S
Longitude: 24°47'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.768055555556,24.791944444444

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.

Amphibole	Aphthitalite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arcanite	Baryte	Bradleyite	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite
Corundum	Crichtonite	Diamond	Fairchildite	Fluorite	Magnetoplumbite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Rhodesite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite
Titanite

Aphthitalite ()*	Arcanite ()*	Armalcolite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bradleyite ()*
Bultfonteinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eitelite ()*	Fairchildite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freudenbergite ()*	Gregoryite ()*	Halite ()*	Hawthorneite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kalsilite ()*	Kogarkoite ()*	Lindsleyite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mathiasite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Mountainite ()*
Nahcolite ()*	Natrite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nyerereite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Potassic-richterite ()*	Priderite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rhodesite ()*	Rutile ()*	Shortite ()*	Spinel ()*	Sylvite ()*
Titanite ()*	Witherite ()*	Zemkorite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aphthitalite Apophyllite Aragonite Arcanite Baryte Bradleyite Calcite Clay Coronadite
Corundum Crichtonite Diamond Fairchildite Fluorite Magnetoplumbite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None
Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Rhodesite Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite
Titanite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	190	89.49	77
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	190	89.49	30
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	190	89.49	39
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	190	89.49	11547
Bradleyite ()*	Bradleyite	Na₃Mg(PO₄)(CO₃)	190	89.49	14
Bultfonteinite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₂SiO₃(OH)F·H₂O	190	89.49	20
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	190	89.49	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	190	89.49	1252
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	190	89.49	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	190	89.49	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	190	89.49	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	190	89.49	9895
Eitelite ()*	None	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂	190	89.49	20
Fairchildite ()*	Fairchildite	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂	190	89.49	10
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	190	89.49	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	190	89.49	9617
Freudenbergite ()*	None	Na(Ti⁴⁺₃Fe³⁺)O₈	190	89.49	8
Gregoryite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)	190	89.49	3
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	190	89.49	1398
Hawthorneite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	BaMgTi₃Cr₄Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂O₁₉	190	89.49	2
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	190	89.49	5433
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	190	89.49	49
Kogarkoite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)F	190	89.49	14
Lindsleyite ()*	Crichtonite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈	190	177	12
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	190	89.49	98
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	190	89.49	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	190	89.49	14899
Mathiasite ()*	Crichtonite	(K,Ba,Sr)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈	190	177	7
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	190	89.49	153
Mountainite ()*	None	KNa₂Ca₂[Si₈O₁₉(OH)]·6H₂O	190	89.49	5
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	190	89.49	78
Natrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)	190	89.49	19
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	190	89.49	1236
Nyerereite ()*	Fairchildite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	190	89.49	18
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	190	89.49	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	190	89.49	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	190	89.49	2273
Potassic-richterite ()*	Amphibole	K(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	190	89.49	21
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆	190	89.49	41
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	190	89.49	9056
Rhodesite ()*	Rhodesite	KHCa₂Si₈O₁₉·5H₂O	190	89.49	11
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	190	89.49	5614
Shortite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃	190	89.49	37
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	190	89.49	1934
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	190	89.49	275
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	190	177	4899
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	190	89.49	251
Zemkorite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	90.65	89.49	5

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_382	Sample is a MARID xenolith collected from Bultfontein diamond mine dumps. Bultfontein kimberlite is part of the Kimberley Cluster in the Kaapval Craton.
Michelle_383	Sample is a LIMA xenolith collected from Bultfontein diamond mine dumps. Bultfontein kimberlite is part of the Kimberley Cluster in the Kaapval Craton.
Michelle_384	See Section 2. Age refers to the kimberlite emplacement in the Kimberley Kimberlite cluster.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_384	90	81	81-90		Age of kimberlite emplacement for the Kimberley cluster			Yes			56310	Kimberley, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape, South Africa	Kimberley kimberlites cluster	Giuliani et al (2014)	10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.044	EPSL400_132	Age of kimberlite emplacement for the Kimberley cluster. Author believes age to reflect previous geochronological work of various methods.
Michelle_382	90.65	89.49	90.07±0.58	U-Pb	Age of metasomatic mantle events prior to kimberlite emplacement	zircon	XM1/331		Zircon	Zemkorite	8982	Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture Mine; Kimberley Underground Mine), Kimberley, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape, South Africa	Bultfontein Kimberlite	Giuliani et al. (2015)		NC6_7837	Supplementary Figure 8, Figure 2. Age of MARID xenolith from kimberlite. Age suggests that metasomatic mantle events occurred prior to orangeite magmatism beneath the Kimberley area.
Michelle_383	190	177	177-190	U-Pb	Age of metasomatic mantle events	titanite	XM1/341, XM1/345, XM1/362		Titanite	Lindsleyite, Mathiasite	8982	Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture Mine; Kimberley Underground Mine), Kimberley, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape, South Africa	Bultfontein Kimberlite	Giuliani et al. (2015)		NC6_7837	Figure 2. Age of LIMA xenolith from kimberlite.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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