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:
Kanabeam Farm 331, Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 236596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kanabeam Farm 331, Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ai-Ais Lead Mine

Latitude: 27°59'17"S
Longitude: 17°35'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.988055555556,17.583333333333

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sulphur ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	86720	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	86720	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	86720	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	86720	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	86720	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	86720	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	86720	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	86720	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	86720	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	86720	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	86720	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	86720	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	86720	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	86720	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	86720	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	86720	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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