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Locality Name:
Haib River Cu Deposit, Tsams Farm 685, Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 206333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haib River Cu Deposit, Tsams Farm 685, Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°41'49"S
Longitude: 17°53'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.696944444444,17.887222222222

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteArsenopyriteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteEpidoteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1800180001588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1800180009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21800180005509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41800180005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61800180001633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1800180005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218001800027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1800180003531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1800180003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1800180004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1800180002970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2180018000144
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1800180001027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1800180008173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18001800024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1800180007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18001800030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318001800014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61800180002228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418001800014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218001800012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21800180005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218001800017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218001800039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81800180009056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21800180005614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1800180005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18001800021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131800180001803



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
PorphCu-0043918001800~1800      Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Epidote, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, RutileCu206333Haib River Cu Deposit, Tsams Farm 685, Karasburg West, Karas Region, NamibiaHaibSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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