Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Uris Farm 481, Guinas, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 238443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uris Farm 481, Guinas, Oshikoto Region, Namibia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alt Bobos Mine (Bobos)
Karavatu Mine

Latitude: 19°16'9"S
Longitude: 17°32'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.269166666667,17.548333333333

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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Descloizite	Linarite	Medenbachite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Tetrahedrite

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H O P Pb S V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Descloizite Linarite Medenbachite None Pyrite Rocksalt
Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*	Ludjibaite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	86915	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	86915	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	86915	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	86915	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	86915	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	2	86915,86916	378
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	86915	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	86915	987
Ludjibaite ()*	Medenbachite	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	86915	12
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	2	86915,86916	362
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	86915	39462
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	86915	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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