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Pyrrhotite from
Sandsloot Mine, Mogalakwena Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sandsloot Mine, Mogalakwena Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:899482
Long-form Identifier:1:3:899482:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘZwartfontein Pit, Mogalakwena Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘAnglo American, Zwartfontein Pit, Mogalakwena Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘOverysel deposit, Mogalakwena Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘAkanani prospects, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘTweefontein Farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘTurfspruit farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘTownlands, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘMoorddrift farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘOorlogsfontein Farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘPienaar's Mine, Eersteling goldfield, Pietersburg greenstone belt, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
Armitage, P. E. B., McDonald, I., Edwards, S. J., & Manby, G. M. (2002). Platinum-group element mineralization in the Platreef and calc-silicate footwall at Sandsloot, Potgietersrus District, South Africa. Applied Earth Science: Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy: Section B, 111(1), 36-45.
Holwell, D. A., McDonald, I., Armitage, P. E. B. (2006) Platinum-group mineral assemblages in the Platreef at the Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 70 (1) 83-101 doi:10.1180/0026461067010315
 
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