Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tsumeb Smelter Slag Locality, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 519

mindat Locality ID: 206963
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206963.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsumeb Smelter Slag Locality, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Andalusite	Baryte	Copper	Digenite	Domeykite	Gypsum	Malachite	Melilite	None	Olivine
Rocksalt	Spinel	Wurtzite

Åkermanite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Bornite ()*	Copper ()*
Digenite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hardystonite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Kirschsteinite ()*	Lammerite ()*
Lavendulan ()*	Lead ()*	Litharge ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mcconnellite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Spinel ()*	Wurtzite ()*
Wüstite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Baryte Copper Digenite Domeykite Gypsum Malachite Melilite None Olivine
Rocksalt Spinel Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	600	519	50
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	600	519	2734
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	600	519	172
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	600	519	5516
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	600	519	3846
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	600	519	1027
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	600	519	73
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	600	519	371
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	600	519	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	600	519	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	600	519	6890
Hardystonite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂ZnSi₂O₇	600	519	14
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	600	519	201
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)	600	519	33
Lammerite ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)₂	600	519	10
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	600	519	149
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	600	519	192
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	600	519	139
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	600	519	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	600	519	12537
Mcconnellite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺CrO₂	600	519	2
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	600	519	153
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	600	519	492
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	600	519	1934
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	600	519	372
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	600	519	74

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
	CGSN10_99-Tsumeb	600	600				high				Yes				43981	Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia	Tsumeb Mine	Deane (1995)		CGSN10_99	best estimate for mineralization age
	sedznpb-00343	541	519	530±11							Yes				2428	Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia	Tsumeb	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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