Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 235630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235630.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cape Fria
Okahwa
Sarusas Mine

Latitude: 18°38'38"S
Longitude: 12°47'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.643888888889,12.792777777778

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.

Baryte	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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: Ba C Ca Cu F H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*
Fluorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	86884	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	100	100	0		11547
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	86884	5707
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	86884	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O			1	86884	164
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	100	100	1	86883	9617
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	86884	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	86885	61156

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
	ree-00476	100	100	Post-early Cretaceous											158048	Agate Mountain, Cape Fria, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia	Agate Mountain	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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