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Magnetite from
Waterberg deposit, Mookgophong, Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Waterberg deposit, Mookgophong, Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1248713
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1248713:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘBuffalo Fluorspar Mine, Mookgophong, Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘTownlands, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
49.2km (30.6 miles) ⓘMokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
56.4km (35.0 miles) ⓘTweefontein Farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
58.4km (36.3 miles) ⓘSandsloot Mine, Mogalakwena Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
60.0km (37.3 miles) ⓘAkanani prospects, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
60.5km (37.6 miles) ⓘZwartfontein Pit, Mogalakwena Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
62.0km (38.5 miles) ⓘAnglo American, Zwartfontein Pit, Mogalakwena Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
63.0km (39.1 miles) ⓘOverysel deposit, Mogalakwena Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
64.6km (40.2 miles) ⓘZwartkloof defunct Fluorite Mine, Bela-Bela, Bela-Bela Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
Oberthür, Thomas, Melcher, Frank, Fusswinkel, Tobias, van den Kerkhof, Alfons M., Sosa, Graciela M. (2018) The hydrothermal Waterberg platinum deposit, Mookgophong (Naboomspruit), South Africa. Part 1: Geochemistry and ore mineralogy. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (3) 725-749 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.073
 
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