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Locality Name:
Witvlei, Okorukambe (Steinhausen), Omaheke Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 900

mindat Locality ID: 228264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Witvlei, Okorukambe (Steinhausen), Omaheke Region, Namibia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Copper Causeway Prospect
Malachite Pan Prospect
Pos Prospect

Latitude: 22°20'1"S
Longitude: 18°27'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.333611111111,18.463333333333

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO290090002162
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS490090005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)900900027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S90090005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2900900027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu90090003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS90090004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O90090002970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S90090001027
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3900900014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2900900012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2900900039462



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
sedcu-00530900900U. Proterozoic       Cu228264Witvlei, Okorukambe (Steinhausen), Omaheke Region, NamibiaWitvleiCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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