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:
Ysterputs Farm 254, Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 159631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ysterputs Farm 254, Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ysterputz Mine (Ysterputs Mine)

Latitude: 28°11'43"S
Longitude: 17°56'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.195277777778,17.943055555556

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.

Calcite	Clay	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 F Fe H Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Fluorite Gypsum None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Nontronite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	86732	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	86732	6890
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	86732	471
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	86732	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	86732	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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