Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 5862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°57'20"S
Longitude: 16°45'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.955555555556,16.765833333333

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alstonite	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Alstonite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Benstonite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celsian ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Norsethite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alstonite Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Copper Coronadite Cubanite Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Marcasite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1000	541	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1000	541	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1000	541	8803
Alstonite ()*	Alstonite	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1000	541	24
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1000	541	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1000	541	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1000	541	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1000	541	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1000	541	83
Benstonite ()*	None	Ba₆Ca₆Mg(CO₃)₁₃	1000	541	17
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1000	541	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1000	541	27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1000	541	100
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1000	541	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	541	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1000	541	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1000	541	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1000	541	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1000	541	227
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1000	541	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1000	541	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1000	541	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1000	541	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1000	541	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1000	541	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1000	541	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1000	541	2228
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1000	541	234
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1000	541	5674
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂	1000	541	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	541	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1000	541	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	541	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1000	541	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	541	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1000	541	332
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1000	541	251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
JG104_459_0001	747	735	741 ± 6	Pb-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon	5862	Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Rosh pinah formation of the Gariep Belt	Frimmel (1996)	JG104_459
JG104_459_0002	751	745	748 ± 3	Pb-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon	5862	Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Rosh pinah formation of the Gariep Belt	Frimmel (1996)	JG104_459
sedexmvt-00187	1000	541	Neoproterozoic		host rock age			5862	Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Rosh Pinah	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00340	747	735	741±6					5862	Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Rosh Pinah	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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