Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Brandberg Complex, Brandberg Area, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 158053
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158053.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brandberg Complex, Brandberg Area, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Amis Complex
Amis Gorge
Amis Schlucht
Naib Gorge
Orabes Gorge

Latitude: 21°12'14"S
Longitude: 14°28'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.203888888889,14.471111111111

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Astrophyllite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Monazite	None	Prehnite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Topaz
Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Dalyite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Thorite ()*
Topaz ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb Si Sn Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce F Fe H K Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Astrophyllite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Monazite None Prehnite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Spinel Topaz
Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	145	100	2	86405,86406	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	100	0		8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	100	0		706
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	100	2	86405,86406	295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	145	100	2	86405,86406	161
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	145	100	1	86405	5171
Dalyite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₆O₁₅	145	100	1	86405	15
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	86409	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	100	1	86405	9617
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	86409	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145	100	0		4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	145	100	1	86405	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	100	0		17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	86409	1898
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	86407	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	86409	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	100	0		375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	145	100	1	86405	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	86406	6417
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	145	100	1	86405	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	145	100	0		1476
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	145	100	1	86405	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	145	100	1	86405	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	145	100	2	86405,86406	5251

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
	ree-00484	145	100	Early Cretaceous											158053	Brandberg Complex, Brandberg Area, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Brandberg Complex	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
	ree-00483	145	100	Early Cretaceous											28841	Amis Complex, Brandberg Complex, Brandberg Area, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Amis Complex	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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