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Locality Name:
Khusib Springs Mine (Khuiseb Springs Mine), Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia


mindat Locality ID: 4489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khusib Springs Mine (Khuiseb Springs Mine), Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°25'31"S
Longitude: 18°1'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.425277777778,18.0225
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteEnargiteGermaniteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStannoidite
TetrahedriteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Colusite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Germanite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tungstenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S160110
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S16033
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12080
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tungstenite  (*)MolybdeniteWS2028
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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