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


mindat Locality ID: 54290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sabie, Pilgrim's Rest, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Elandsdrift Mine
Glynn's Lyndenburg Mine
Klein Sabie Mine
Lone Creek Falls
Olifantsgeraamte Asbestos Mine
Rietfontein Mine

Latitude: 25°5'48"S
Longitude: 30°45'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.096666666667,30.753611111111
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: Ag Al As Au Cu Fe H Mg N O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperNonePyriteQuartzSabieiteSerpentine

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clairite  (*)Gold  (*)
Lonecreekite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sabieite  (*)Silver  (*)
Tschermigite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11066919052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110669127198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41106690951
Clairite  (*)None(NH4)2Fe3+3(SO4)4(OH)3·3H2O11066898
Gold  (*)CopperAu3106685,106686,10669130554
Lonecreekite  (*)Alum(NH4)Fe3+(SO4)2·12H2O11066896
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23106687,106689,10669139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22106685,10668661156
Sabieite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Fe3+(SO4)211066899
Silver  (*)CopperAg11066915186
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O110668981


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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