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Locality Name:
Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 749
Youngest recorded age at locality: 749

mindat Locality ID: 205218
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205218.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Carbonatite Outcrops
Orotumba
Ruiter's House

Latitude: 17°20'19"S
Longitude: 13°48'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.338611111111,13.806666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H K Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCarbocernaiteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLepidocrociteMicaMillerite
NickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSodaliteSpinel
TitaniteTridymiteZircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Carbocernaite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferro-pargasite  (*)Fletcherite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)749749286832,868348803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O7497491868341627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2749749286832,868343092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)74974918683211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS47497491868345516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)74974918683227770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O749749286832,86834232
Carbocernaite  (*)Carbocernaite(Sr,Ce,La)(Ca,Na)(CO3)274974918683224
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S7497491868345707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2749749386832,86834,8683527198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)74974901025
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)749749186834481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S7497491868341027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)27497491868349895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6749749186832944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)749749286834,868358173
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)274974918683554
Fletcherite  (*)SpinelCuNi2S4749749013
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF274974909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS74974918683424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)7497491868347437
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)27497490209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O374974918683414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3749749386832,86834,868355433
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)749749186834581
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)274974918683279
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4749749286832,8683414899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS7497491868341066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2749749386832,86834,8683517380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)749749186834884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)74974902349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S87497491868341512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4749749186834131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2749749386832,86834,8683539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87497491868349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO274974918683261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO27497491868345614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)7497491868346417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4749749186834249
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl749749286832,86834444
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)749749186832589
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O74974904899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)74974905251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000978MAGMATIC STYLE: Network of dykes, up to 50 m thick, and veins in an area of 10x10 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Foid syenite and lamprophyre.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000978749749749K-Ar biotite     205220Sodalite Mine, Orotumba, Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, NamibiaSwartbooisdrifWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

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