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Locality Name:
Navachab Gold Mine, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 490
Youngest recorded age at locality: 490

mindat Locality ID: 126645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Navachab Gold Mine, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°58'56"S
Longitude: 15°45'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.982222222222,15.764166666667
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: Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O S Si Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O S Si Ti U W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTalcTitanite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)249049003419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)349049002353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)349049001534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)49049001036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS49049009052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1849049004286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi49049001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S349049001935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)490490027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2490490027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)49049001025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O649049004135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF249049009617
Gold  (*)CopperAu490490030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC49049002812
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O64904900741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O349049005433
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi490490088
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS249049005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2490490017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2490490039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S849049009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2490490061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO249049005614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)49049004894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)349049001214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS490490021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)249049003337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O49049004899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)249049002562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO249049002718


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Scott-CGSN8_5-0006mine


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Scott-CGSN8_5-0006490490490Rb-SrAge of mineralizationbiotite     126645Navachab Gold Mine, Karibib, Erongo Region, NamibiaNavachab mineSteven et al. (1993) CGSN8_5P. 10 Table 3

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