Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Kupferberg Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 4481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kupferberg Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°39'13"S
Longitude: 17°34'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.653611111111,17.572777777778

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.

Adelite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Descloizite	Digenite	Enargite	Geocronite	Malachite
None	Plancheite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dioptase ()*
Duftite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Jordanite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Descloizite Digenite Enargite Geocronite Malachite
None Plancheite Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	378
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	164
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	220
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	105
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	362
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	74
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...