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Locality Name:
Pilgrim's Rest, Pilgrim's Rest, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 54037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54037.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pilgrim's Rest, Pilgrim's Rest, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Beta Mine
Browns Hill Mine
Chi Mine
Clewer Mine
Columbia Hill Mine
Desire Mine
Duke's Hill Mine
Frankfort Mine
Iota Mine
Jubilee Mine
Ledouphine Mine
Peach Tree Mine
Ponieskrans Mine
Theta Mine
Vaalhoek Mine (Valhoek Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperDiaspore
GypsumKobelliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteStibnite
TalcTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2106675,1066833250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2106676,1066799052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22106678,1066825509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311066691935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2106675,10667927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3106674,106682,1066833531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2106678,1066832970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O21106683144
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S40192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11066707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3106676,106679,10668230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2106673,1066756890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23106675,106678,10668212537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41106674369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211106669,106670,106671,106672,106673,106675,106676,106677,106678,106680,10668239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211106669,106670,106671,106672,106673,106675,106676,106677,106678,106680,10668261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311066785317


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