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Locality Name:
Atok Mine, Merensky Reef, Limpopo, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 3064
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3064.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atok Mine, Merensky Reef, Limpopo, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°17'49"S
Longitude: 29°52'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.296944444444,29.879166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Ru S Si Sn Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Ru S Si Sn Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteClayCopperMeloniteMicaNickelineNonePentlanditePerovskite
PyriteRocksaltSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Atokite  (*)Braggite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Galena  (*)
Laurite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Paolovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn029
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S40101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn038
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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