Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Hardap Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 478

mindat Locality ID: 108755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hardap Region, Namibia": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Daweb
Gibeon
Mariental Rural
Mariental Urban
Rehoboth Rural
Rehoboth Urban West

Latitude: 24°16'49"S
Longitude: 17°17'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.280277777778,17.288888888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Compreignacite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diamond	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Fritzscheite	Gypsum	Iron	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Schoepite	Spinel
Sulphur	Tridymite	Wilkmanite

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 Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Compreignacite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diamond Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Fritzscheite Gypsum Iron Linarite Malachite Mica Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Plancheite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Schoepite Spinel
Sulphur Tridymite Wilkmanite

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Brezinaite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*
Compreignacite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Diamond ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Eskolaite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Leonite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metaschoepite ()*	Metastudtite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*
Microcline ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rossite ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Schoepite ()*	Silver ()*	Sulphur ()*
Taenite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wittichenite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	86650,86651	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	86650	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	86649,86650	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	86649	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	86649	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	86649	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	86650	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	86650	11547
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O			1	86649	92
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	86650	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	900	900	2	86650,86665	5516
Brezinaite ()*	Wilkmanite	Cr₃S₄			1	86653	7
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	900	478	6	86649,86650,86656,86657,86660,86661	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	86649	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	86650	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	2	86650,86665	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	3	86650,86665,86667	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	86653	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			3	86647,86650,86662	3531
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	86654	94
Compreignacite ()*	Compreignacite	K₂(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·7H₂O			1	86649	27
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	900	900	1	86665	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	86666	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	900	900	2	86650,86665	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	900	900	2	86646,86665	2970
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄			1	86653	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	86645	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	900	900	1	86665	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	900	900	1	86665	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	86649	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	86663,86668	8173
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃			1	86653	30
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	86650	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	900	478	2	86650,86665	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	86649,86650	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	86662,86667,86671	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	86649	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			2	86645,86649	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	900	478	1	86665	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			2	86653,86654	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	86650	2228
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			2	86666,86670	1507
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	86649	24
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	86650	987
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	86666	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	900	478	2	86663,86665	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	3	86650,86665,86671	12537
Metaschoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₈O₂(OH)₁₂·10H₂O			1	86649	17
Metastudtite ()*	None	UO₄·2H₂O			1	86649	3
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	86649	129
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	86650	4924
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O			1	86649	223
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	86650	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	86649,86650	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	86659	1236
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	86650	2273
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O			1	86650	74
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	727	478	3	86650,86665,86667	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	86650	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	86649,86650,86651,86653,86667,86668,86671	61156
Rossite ()*	None	Ca(VO₃)₂·4H₂O			1	86649	29
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)			1	86649	58
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆			1	86649	94
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	900	478	1	86665	5186
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	86650	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	86653	703
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	86653	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			2	86653,86654	1044
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			2	86650,86651	605
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	900	900	1	86665	297
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			2	86650,86651	1655

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
	MD27_115_0001	727	478	602.5 ± 124.5	Pb-Pb	alteration		pyrite				Pyrite			126508	Klein Aub Mine, Klein Aub Farm 350, Rehoboth Rural, Hardap Region, Namibia	Klein Aub Mine	Walraven (1992)		MD27_115
	sedcu-00533	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	126508	Klein Aub Mine, Klein Aub Farm 350, Rehoboth Rural, Hardap Region, Namibia	Klein Aub	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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