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:
Gatkop, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 203596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gatkop, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Buffelshoek Farm
Waterval Farm

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Zircon

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 Ba Ca Cu F Fe O Pb S Si U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite None Rocksalt Sphalerite Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	106600	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	106600,106601	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	106601	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	106600,106601	24243
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	106600	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	106601	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	106600	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	106601	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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