Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Goodhouse-Wolftoon Area, Orange River, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 988
Youngest recorded age at locality: 977.4

mindat Locality ID: 57312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goodhouse-Wolftoon Area, Orange River, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

None	Quartz

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Quartz

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	988	977.4	0		61156

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0249	988	977.4	982.7±5.3	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn), columbite-(mn)	272	Yes	Ta, Nb	56220	Orange River, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Homestead	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0250	984.7	978.1	981.4±3.3	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn), columbite-(mn)	274	Yes	Ta, Nb	56220	Orange River, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Homestead	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0251	987.7	982.1	984.9±2.8	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn), columbite-(mn)	275	Yes	Ta, Nb	56220	Orange River, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Homestead	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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