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 Calcite at Salpeterkop Mountain (Saltpetre Kop), Sutherland, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 78.1Ma - 71.3Ma at this locality

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Jen_0000672	74.6	74.6	27329	Salpeterkop Mountain (Saltpetre Kop), Sutherland, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000673	78.1	75.5	27329	Salpeterkop Mountain (Saltpetre Kop), Sutherland, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000674	73.7	71.3	27329	Salpeterkop Mountain (Saltpetre Kop), Sutherland, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796