Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 23101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Aapiesboomen Farm
Aapiesdoorndraai Farm
Annex Grootboom Chrome Mine
Booysendal Platinum Mine
Clapham Farm
Derde Gelid Farm
Doornbosch Chrome Mine
Eastern Limb Resource (Locatie Van M'phatlele Farm; Grootboom 336KT Farm)
Grootboom Chrome Mine
Hendriksplaats Farm
Kafferskraal
Klipfontein Farm
Lydenberg Gold Field
Mooihoek Farm 255 KT
Mount Anderson
Onverwacht Mine
Potloodspruit Farm
Vygenhoek Farm
Winterveld Farm

Latitude: 24°52'39"S
Longitude: 30°10'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.8775,30.182777777778

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.

Apatite	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Iron
Malachite	Melilite	Mica	Modderite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Scapolite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Valleriite

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 Au Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl Na O P Pb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Garnet Iron
Malachite Melilite Mica Modderite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite
Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Scapolite Spinel Stillwaterite Titanite Ullmannite Valleriite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Åkermanite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Auricupride ()*	Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*
Cabriite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cherepanovite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chromium ()*
Cooperite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*	Genkinite ()*
Geversite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Haycockite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*
Laurite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*
Mertieite-II ()*	Monticellite ()*	Mooihoekite ()*	Orcelite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Platarsite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Rustenburgite ()*	Ruthenarsenite ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Sobolevskite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannopalladinite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Tetra-auricupride ()*
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*	Uvarovite ()*
Valleriite ()*	Zaccariniite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	1	106718	50
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	106725	272
Auricupride ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Cu₃Au	1	106722	24
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	106724	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2	106722,106724	101
Cabriite ()*	None	Pd₂CuSn	2	106722,106724	12
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	106711,106712,106717,106722,106724	27198
Cherepanovite ()*	Modderite	RhAs	1	106724	15
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	12	106711,106713,106714,106715,106717,106718,106719,106720,106722,106724,106726,106727	3902
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	1	106712	26
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	106724	124
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	7	106714,106715,106718,106719,106720,106726,106727	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	106722,106724	1188
Genkinite ()*	None	Pt₄Sb₃	1	106724	12
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	2	106722,106724	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	106723	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	106721	30554
Haycockite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₄Fe₅S₈	1	106722	12
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	106724	741
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2	106722,106724	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	106722,106724	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	2	106722,106724	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	106724	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	2	106722,106724	128
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2	106722,106724	226
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	106709,106710	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	106722,106724	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	0		139
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106724	34
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	1	106724	44
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	106718	153
Mooihoekite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆	1	106722	20
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	1	106722	36
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	4	106711,106717,106722,106724	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	106722,106724	2273
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	2	106722,106724	44
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	3	106712,106722,106724	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	106725	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	106711,106717	9056
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	2	106722,106724	34
Ruthenarsenite ()*	Modderite	(Ru,Ni)As	1	106724	9
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	1	106724	46
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	2	106722,106724	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2	106722,106724	337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	106722,106724	1934
Stannopalladinite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₃Sn	1	106722	12
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	2	106722,106724	75
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu	1	106722	30
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	2	106722,106724	66
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	106723	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	106722,106724	1044
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	2	106722,106724	120
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	7	106714,106715,106718,106719,106720,106726,106727	212
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	2	106722,106724	237
Zaccariniite ()*	None	RhNiAs	1	106722	2

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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