Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rehoboth Rural, Hardap Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 478

mindat Locality ID: 187137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rehoboth Rural, Hardap Region, Namibia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Auchas Farm 347
Doornboom Farm 316
Klein Aub Farm 350
Kransnek Farm 269
Neuras Farm 330
Witkrans Farm 342

Latitude: 23°29'3"S
Longitude: 16°44'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.484166666667,16.741111111111

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

23 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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	900	900	1	86665	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	900	478	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	1	86665	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	2	86665,86667	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	86662	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	900	900	1	86665	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	86666	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	900	900	1	86665	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	900	900	1	86665	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	900	900	1	86665	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	900	900	1	86665	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	86663,86668	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	900	478	1	86665	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	86662,86667	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	900	478	1	86665	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	86666	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	86666	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	900	478	2	86663,86665	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	1	86665	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	727	478	2	86665,86667	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	86667,86668	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	900	478	1	86665	5186
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	900	900	1	86665	297

2 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
	MD27_115_0001	727	478	602.5 ± 124.5	Pb-Pb	alteration		pyrite				Pyrite			126508	Klein Aub Mine, Klein Aub Farm 350, Rehoboth Rural, Hardap Region, Namibia	Klein Aub Mine	Walraven (1992)		MD27_115
	sedcu-00533	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	126508	Klein Aub Mine, Klein Aub Farm 350, Rehoboth Rural, Hardap Region, Namibia	Klein Aub	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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