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:
Pafuri Nickel Deposit, Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1710

mindat Locality ID: 54251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pafuri Nickel Deposit, Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mabilikwe Hill

Latitude: 22°20'"S
Longitude: 31°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.333333333333,31

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clay	Malachite	Millerite	None	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite
Vivianite

Annabergite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gaspéite ()*	Glaukosphaerite ()*	Hellyerite ()*
Millerite ()*	Népouite ()*	Otwayite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zaratite ()*

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: As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Malachite Millerite None Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite
Vivianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1710	1710	1	106510	445
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1710	1710	1	106510	27770
Gaspéite ()*	Calcite	Ni(CO₃)	1710	1710	1	106510	22
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	1710	1710	1	106510	25
Hellyerite ()*	None	Ni(CO₃)·6H₂O	1710	1710	1	106510	3
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1710	1710	1	106510	1066
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1710	1710	0		66
Otwayite ()*	None	Ni₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·H₂O	1710	1710	1	106510	5
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1710	1710	0		131
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1710	1710	1	106510	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1710	1710	1	106510	510
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1710	1710	1	106510	380
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1710	1710	1	106510	56

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_493	Within the Sibasa District, Galena from vein in gneisses 2 miles E. of Khononga hill, south bank Limpopo River.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_493	1710	1710	1710	Pb-Pb	Age of galena mineralization		galena				Galena			54251	Pafuri Nickel Deposit, Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa	Pafuri Nickel Prospect	Breeman et al. (1966)	10.1016/0012-821X(66)90036-7	EPSL1_401	Age is interpreted to be of the galena mineralization within the vein. Age is calculated using the Holmes-Houtermans model with Parameters of Moorbath (1710 ma), and Parameters of Russell and Farquhar (1660 ma).

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