Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 204010
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204010.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Boekenhoutshoek Area (Boekenhouthoek)

Latitude: 25°18'"S
Longitude: 29°1'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.3,29.033055555556

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Melanterite	Monazite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Monazite-(Nd) ()*
Natroalunite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nd O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Gypsum Kaolinite Melanterite Monazite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	106762	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	106762	413
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	106762	4979
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	106762	70
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	106762	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	106762	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	106762	599
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	106762	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	106762	7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	106762	173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	106762	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	106762	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	106762	5591
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	106762	915
Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Monazite	Nd(PO₄)	1	106762	26
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	106762	128
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	106762	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	106762	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	106762	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	106762	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	106762	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	106762	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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