The Amajuba District is not well known for producing collectable mineral specimens. The area consists of Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks and the only economic mineral currently of interest is coal.

The Aleta mine is a defunct operation and gained fame for allegedly producing an ammonite fossil. However:

The Aletta mine paleo page https://www.mindat.org/paleo_loc.php?id=35682 refers to a cephalopod described by Teichert, C. and Rilett, M. (1974). Revision of Permian Ecca Series cephalopods, Natal South Africa. Univ. Kansas, Palaeont. Contribution paper 68, 1-7, figs. 1-2, 1 plate.

This ammonite was shortly thereafter proven to be "allochtonous" not from the alleged geological formation, nor the Aletta mine: McLachlan, I.R. (1974). An investigation of the Lower Permian Middle Ecca ammonite locality at Alleta, Natal. Palaeontologica Africana 20, 53-63. He showed the fossil to be Early Triassic / Early Jurassic, from an unknown locality outside of South Africa.

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.

ⓘ Coal

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

ⓘ 'Glauconite'

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Glauconite'

Formula: K_0.60-0.85(Fe³⁺,Mg,Al)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](OH)₂

Locality: Coalfields, Amajuba District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

References:

Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa. p.1-290.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Unclassified
ⓘ	'Glauconite'	-	K_0.60-0.85(Fe³⁺,Mg,Al)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](OH)₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Glauconite	K_0.60-0.85(Fe³⁺,Mg,Al)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](OH)₂
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Glauconite	K_0.60-0.85(Fe³⁺,Mg,Al)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](OH)₂
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Glauconite	K_0.60-0.85(Fe³⁺,Mg,Al)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](OH)₂
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Glauconite	K_0.60-0.85(Fe³⁺,Mg,Al)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](OH)₂
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Glauconite	K_0.60-0.85(Fe³⁺,Mg,Al)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](OH)₂
K	Potassium
K	ⓘ Glauconite	K_0.60-0.85(Fe³⁺,Mg,Al)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](OH)₂
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Glauconite	K_0.60-0.85(Fe³⁺,Mg,Al)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](OH)₂

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences

Youngest Fossil Listed

269 Ma (Permian)

Oldest Fossil Listed

272 Ma (Permian)

Stratigraphic Units

Unit	No. Occurrences	Age
Ecca	1	272.3 - 268.8 Ma (Permian)

Fossils from Region

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Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Paraceltites bowdeni species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Paraceltitidae : Paraceltites : *Paraceltites bowdeni*	272.3 - 268.8 Ma Permian

Fossil Localities

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South Africa

KwaZulu-Natal
- Amajuba District Municipality
  - Permian🐚 Aletta 4350 Mine

Other Databases

Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amajuba_District_Municipality
Wikidata ID:	Q452565
GeoNames ID:	8347345

Localities in this Region

South Africa

KwaZulu-Natal
- Amajuba District Municipality
  - Coalfields
  - Dannhauser Ward 1
    - Durban Navigation Collieries
  - Klip River Coalfield
    - Springlake colliery

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

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African Plate

Karoo basinBasin

Somali PlateTectonic Plate

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