Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Uis (Groot Uis), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 526
Youngest recorded age at locality: 466

mindat Locality ID: 28837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uis (Groot Uis), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fluorite Occurrence
Uis Mine (Uis Myn)
Uis Pegmatites

Latitude: 21°10'44"S
Longitude: 14°55'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.178888888889,14.922777777778

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite
Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Ferronigerite-2N1S ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Kësterite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Petalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stannite ()*	Topaz ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Zinconigerite-2N1S ()*
Zircon ()*

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: Al B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica
Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite
Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	86460,86461,86462	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	86460	244
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	86460	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	86460	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	86460	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	526	466	4	86459,86460,86461,86462	5171
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	86460	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	86460	520
Ferronigerite-2N1S ()*	None	(Al,Fe,Zn)₂(Al,Sn)₆O₁₁(OH)			1	86462	14
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	86460	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	86458	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	86460	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	86461	14640
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂			1	86460	148
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄			1	86460	82
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	86460	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	86460,86462	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	86460	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	86460,86461,86462	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	526	466	1	86459	247
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀			1	86460	124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	86460	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	86460,86461,86462	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	86460	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			2	86460,86461	688
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	86460	668
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	86460	1476
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂			1	86460	56
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈			1	86460	78
Zinconigerite-2N1S ()*	None	ZnSn₂Al₁₂O₂₂(OH)₂			1	86460	4
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	86460,86461	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Scott-CGSN8_5-0003	mine

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Scott-CGSN8_5-0003	526	466	496±30	Rb-Sr	Age of intrusion		whole rock							25561	Uis Mine (Uis Myn), Uis (Groot Uis), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Uis mine	Steven et al. (1993)		CGSN8_5	P. 10 Table 3

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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