Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Groenvlei (Groenvley), Zaaiplaats Tin Field, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2050
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2050

mindat Locality ID: 56202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Groenvlei (Groenvley), Zaaiplaats Tin Field, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Fluorite	Molybdenite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite

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: As C Ca Ce F Fe H Mo O S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Ce F Fe H Mo O S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bastnäsite Calcite Fluorite Molybdenite None Quartz Rutile Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2050	2050	9052
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	2050	2050	304
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2050	2050	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2050	2050	5171
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	2050	2050	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2050	2050	9617
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2050	2050	5800
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2050	2050	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2050	2050	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG105_1057_025	2050	2050	2050							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	3087	Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa	Platreef (Mokopane)	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

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