Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Orotumba, Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 749
Youngest recorded age at locality: 749

mindat Locality ID: 215213
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215213.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orotumba, Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sodalite Mine

Latitude: 17°20'23"S
Longitude: 13°47'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.339722222222,13.783888888889

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sodalite ()*

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 Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Lepidocrocite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Rocksalt
Rutile Sodalite Spinel Tridymite

28 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	749	749	1	86834	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	749	749	1	86834	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	749	749	1	86834	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	749	749	1	86834	5516
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	749	749	1	86834	232
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	749	749	1	86834	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	749	749	1	86834	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	749	749	1	86834	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	749	749	1	86834	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	749	749	1	86834	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	749	749	1	86834	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	749	749	1	86834	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	749	749	1	86834	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	749	749	1	86834	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	749	749	1	86834	5433
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	749	749	1	86834	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	749	749	1	86834	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	749	749	1	86834	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	749	749	1	86834	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	749	749	1	86834	884
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	749	749	1	86834	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	749	749	1	86834	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	749	749	1	86834	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	749	749	1	86834	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	749	749	1	86834	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	749	749	1	86834	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	749	749	1	86834	249
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	749	749	1	86834	444

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000978	MAGMATIC STYLE: Network of dykes, up to 50 m thick, and veins in an area of 10x10 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Foid syenite and lamprophyre.

1 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
	Jen_0000978	749	749	749	K-Ar			biotite							205220	Sodalite Mine, Orotumba, Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia	Swartbooisdrif	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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