Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ruiter's House, Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia

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

mindat Locality ID: 205219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruiter's House, Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°20'17"S
Longitude: 13°49'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.338055555556,13.83

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Mica	None	Pyrite

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Mica None Pyrite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	749	749	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	749	749	8173
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	749	749	54
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	749	749	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	749	749	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	749	749	39462

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000978	MAGMATIC 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 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
	Jen_0000978	749	749	749	K-Ar			biotite			Yes				205220	Sodalite Mine, Orotumba, Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia	Swartbooisdrif	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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