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Bixbyite-(Mn) from
Middelplaats Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bixbyite-(Mn)
Formula:Mn23+O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bixbyite-(Mn) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Middelplaats Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1749083
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1749083:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bixbyite-(Mn)
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘMamatwan Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
17.6km (11.0 miles) ⓘHotazel Mine, Hotazel, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘN'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘN'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘN'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘBlack Rock Mine, Black Rock, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘWessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
71.9km (44.7 miles) ⓘBishop farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
75.6km (47.0 miles) ⓘLohatlha Mine, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
79.7km (49.5 miles) ⓘGamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
Terracin, Matthew Theodore (2014) Petrography, geochemistry and origin of atypical sedimentary-igneous contact relationships at the base of the Hotazel Formation around Middelplaats, Northern Cape Province, RSA. Rhodes University.
Fitton, Dillan (2022) A Detailed Stratigraphic, Mineralogical and Geochemical Assessment of the Hotazel Formation at Middelplaats, Kalahari Mn Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. University of Johannesburg (South Africa).
Smith, Albertus J.B.; Fitton, Dillan; Vorster, Clarisa; Schoenberg, Ronny (2026) The iron and manganese formations of the Paleoproterozoic Hotazel Formation in the southern Kalahari Manganese Field of South Africa: Paleoenvironmental and depositional implications at the onset of the Great Oxidation Event. Ore Geology Reviews, 188. 107060 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.107060
 
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