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Locality Name:
Tsams Farm 685, Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 2426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsams Farm 685, Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Haib River Cu Deposit

Latitude: 28°41'48"S
Longitude: 17°53'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.696666666667,17.886944444444

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	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

29 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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1800	1800	1	86730	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1800	1800	1	86730	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1800	1800	1	86730	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1800	1800	1	86730	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1800	1800	1	86730	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1800	1800	1	86730	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1800	1800	1	86730	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1800	1800	1	86730	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1800	1800	1	86730	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1800	1800	1	86730	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1800	1800	1	86730	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1800	1800	1	86730	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1800	1800	1	86730	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1800	1800	1	86730	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1800	1800	1	86730	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1800	1800	1	86730	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1800	1800	1	86730	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1800	1800	1	86730	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1800	1800	1	86730	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1800	1800	1	86730	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1800	1800	1	86730	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1800	1800	1	86730	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1800	1800	1	86730	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1800	1800	1	86730	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1800	1800	1	86730	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1800	1800	1	86730	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1800	1800	1	86730	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1800	1800	1	86730	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1800	1800	1	86730	1803

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
	PorphCu-00439	1800	1800	~1800									Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Epidote, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile	Cu	206333	Haib River Cu Deposit, Tsams Farm 685, Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia	Haib	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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