Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Zircon at Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 526Ma - 450Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Scott-CGSN8_5-0003	526	466				25561	Uis Mine (Uis Myn), Uis (Groot Uis), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Steven et al. (1993)	CGSN8_5
Scott-CGSN8_5-0008	466	450				3085	Rössing Uranium Mine, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia	Steven et al. (1993)	CGSN8_5

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Bradley_2012_083	510	506				73184	Khan Mine, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183
Bradley_2012_154	510	508				255827	Roselis Mine, Rössing Mountains Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183
Scott-CGSN8_5-0007	510	510				3085	Rössing Uranium Mine, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia	Steven et al. (1993)	CGSN8_5
Scott-CGSN8_5-0008	466	450				3085	Rössing Uranium Mine, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia	Steven et al. (1993)	CGSN8_5

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Scott-CGSN8_5-0003	526	466				25561	Uis Mine (Uis Myn), Uis (Groot Uis), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Steven et al. (1993)	CGSN8_5