Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Friesenberg Prospect, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 519

mindat Locality ID: 4475
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4475.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Friesenberg Prospect, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°17'49"S
Longitude: 17°40'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.296944444444,17.681666666667

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.

Calcite	Descloizite	None

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: C Ca Cu H Mg O Pb V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu H Mg O Pb V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Descloizite None

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Mottramite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	600	519	27770
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	600	519	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	600	519	9895
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	600	519	362

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
	CGSN10_99-Tsumeb	600	600				high				Yes				43981	Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia	Tsumeb Mine	Deane (1995)		CGSN10_99	best estimate for mineralization age
	sedznpb-00343	541	519	530±11							Yes				2428	Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia	Tsumeb	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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