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:
Kliphoog Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1031
Youngest recorded age at locality: 950

mindat Locality ID: 206060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kliphoog Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°33'45"S
Longitude: 17°52'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.5625,17.880833333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Zircon

Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*

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 Bi Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si Th Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si Th Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite
Stibnite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1022	1011	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1022	1011	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1022	1011	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1022	1011	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1022	1011	4165
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1022	1011	5433
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1022	1011	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1022	1011	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1022	1011	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1022	1011	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1022	1011	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1022	1011	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1022	1011	1006

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
Mo-00268	1031	950		Re-Os	molybdenite		Yes	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	53587	Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Okiep Copper District	Raith and Stein (2000)	10.1007/s001260050276	MD35_741
Mo-00439	1022	1014	1018±4	Re-Os	molybdenite	NA335-3		Molybdenite		Mo	206060	Kliphoog Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Kliphoog	Raith and Stein (2000)	10.1007/s001260050276	MD35_741
Mo-00440	1019	1011	1015±4	Re-Os	molybdenite	NA44		Molybdenite		Mo	206060	Kliphoog Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Kliphoog	Raith and Stein (2000)	10.1007/s001260050276	MD35_741
Mo-00438	1015	1007	1011±4	Re-Os	molybdenite	NA51	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	206059	Nababeep Far West Mine, Nababeep Tungsten Mines, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Nababeep Far West	Raith and Stein (2000)	10.1007/s001260050276	MD35_741
Mo-00269	958	950	954±4	Re-Os	molybdenite	NA167-1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	53600	Narrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Narrap	Raith and Stein (2000)	10.1007/s001260050276	MD35_741
Mo-00270	1031	1021	1026±5	Re-Os	molybdenite	NA167-1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	53600	Narrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Narrap	Raith and Stein (2000)	10.1007/s001260050276	MD35_741
Mo-00436	1010	1002	1006±4	Re-Os	molybdenite	NA336-5	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	206057	Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Tweedam	Raith and Stein (2000)	10.1007/s001260050276	MD35_741
Mo-00437	1004	996	1000±4	Re-Os	molybdenite	NA336-6	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	206057	Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Tweedam	Raith and Stein (2000)	10.1007/s001260050276	MD35_741

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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