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Locality Name:
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 519

mindat Locality ID: 2428
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2428.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°14'30"S
Longitude: 17°42'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.241666666667,17.712777777778
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe Ga Ge H Hg I In K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe Ga Ge H Hg I In K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllargentumAllophaneAlluauditeAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteAndyrobertsiteApatite
AragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAtacamiteBaryteBetpakdaliteBournoniteBrackebuschite
BrochantiteBruciteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteCeriteChalcanthiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChenevixite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubanite
DescloiziteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteDufréniteDundasiteEllenbergeriteEnargiteEpidoteEttringite
FairfielditeFeldsparFleischeriteFluoriteFornaciteGarnetGermaniteGypsumHopeiteKaolinite
KoritnigiteKtenasiteLawsoniteLepidocrociteLinariteLindackeriteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMillerite
MiniumMixiteMolybdeniteNadoriteNatrochalciteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskiteParahopeitePerovskite
PharmacosideritePhenakitePhilipsburgitePlancheitePolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRoselite
RutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSmolyaninoviteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphur
TalcTarbuttiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazVivianiteWurtziteZircon

294 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Alamosite  (*)Albite  (*)
Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andyrobertsite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Roselite-β  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)
Arsendescloizite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenogoyazite  (*)Arsenohopeite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Arsentsumebite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Ashoverite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baileychlore  (*)Bartelkeite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Betekhtinite  (*)Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Betpakdalite-CaMg  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Biehlite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)
Briartite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brucite  (*)Brunogeierite  (*)Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Calvertite  (*)Carminite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chudobaite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Claudetite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Colusite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cupropearceite  (*)Cupropolybasite  (*)Davidlloydite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Dzhalindite  (*)Ekatite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erikapohlite  (*)Eugenite  (*)
Eyselite  (*)Fahleite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Feinglosite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Ferrilotharmeyerite  (*)Fleischerite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)
Furutobeite  (*)Gaitite  (*)Galena  (*)Gallite  (*)Gallobeudantite  (*)
Galloplumbogummite  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Gebhardite  (*)Geminite  (*)Gerdtremmelite  (*)
Germanite  (*)Germanocolusite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gordaite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gratonite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hedyphane  (*)Helmutwinklerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hermannroseite  (*)
Heterogenite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ianbruceite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Itoite  (*)Jamesite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johillerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Karibibite  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Kegelite  (*)Keyite  (*)Koritnigite  (*)Köttigite  (*)
Krieselite  (*)Lammerite  (*)Langite  (*)Larsenite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Legrandite  (*)Leightonite  (*)Leiteite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Ludlockite  (*)Lukrahnite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Macphersonite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maikainite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mathewrogersite  (*)Mawbyite  (*)
Mawsonite  (*)Melanotekite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Minrecordite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nadorite  (*)Namuwite  (*)O'danielite  (*)Ojuelaite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Otavite  (*)Otjisumeite  (*)Ovamboite  (*)
Palygorskite  (*)Paradamite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Perroudite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Philipsbornite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Plancheite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Plumboselite  (*)Plumbotsumite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prosopite  (*)Prosperite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Queitite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Reinerite  (*)Renierite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Roxbyite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schaurteite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schneiderhöhnite  (*)
Schultenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Scotlandite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Sewardite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sidpietersite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skorpionite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Söhngeite  (*)Spertiniite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibioclaudetite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Stottite  (*)Stranskiite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Sulvanite  (*)Surite  (*)Susannite  (*)Talc  (*)Talmessite  (*)
Tangeite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Thometzekite  (*)
Tilasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)Tsumebite  (*)
Tsumgallite  (*)Tungstenite  (*)Umangite  (*)Vanackerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Warikahnite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Wilhelmkleinite  (*)Willemite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Yvonite  (*)Zharchikhite  (*)Zincgartrellite  (*)
Zincolivenite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)Zincroselite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S54151902793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)5415190254
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O541519043
Alamosite  (*)Not in a structural groupPbSiO3541519017
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)54151908803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)354151902353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO254151902162
Andyrobertsite  (*)AndyrobertsiteKCdCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2H2O54151901
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)54151902734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)54151901588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)254151903092
Roselite-β  (*)FairfielditeCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O541519021
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb5415190363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)54151903250
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)541519024
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)541519020
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O5415190194
Arsenogoyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6541519021
Arsenohopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(AsO4)2·4H2O54151901
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS54151909052
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)541519037
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O541519035
Ashoverite  (*)NoneZn(OH)254151906
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)35415190544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)65415190919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)541519071
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)254151905509
Baileychlore  (*)Chlorite Clay(Zn,Fe2+,Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8541519016
Bartelkeite  (*)LawsonitePbFe2+Ge(Ge2O7)(OH)2·H2O54151901
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)541519011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)25415190172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)65415190132
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15541519045
Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Betpakdalite[Ca2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]541519015
Betpakdalite-CaMg  (*)Betpakdalite[Ca2(H2O)17Mg(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]54151903
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)65415190413
Biehlite  (*)NoneSb3+2MoO654151901
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS454151905516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS354151901089
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4541519079
Briartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeGeS4541519012
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)654151901633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)25415190462
Brunogeierite  (*)SpinelFe2+2Ge4+O4541519012
Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)AndyrobertsiteKCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2H2O54151904
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)541519027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)65415190359
Calvertite  (*)NoneCu5Ge0.5S454151901
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)25415190178
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S45415190154
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)54151901252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)54151904979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O5415190925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S54151905707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O5415190197
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O5415190194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2541519027198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2541519090
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O54151903531
Chudobaite  (*)LindackeriteMg5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·10H2O54151902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS54151902600
Claudetite  (*)NoneAs2O3541519035
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)854151901756
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)35415190127
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S165415190110
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)5415190363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O5415190295
Copper  (*)CopperCu54151903846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)65415190151
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)45415190175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O165415190227
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl2541519054
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS54151904165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S35415190802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O54151902970
Cupropearceite  (*)Polybasite[Cu6As2S7][Ag9CuS4]54151907
Cupropolybasite  (*)Polybasite[Cu6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]54151907
Davidlloydite  (*)ParahopeiteZn3(AsO4)2·4H2O54151901
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)5415190378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O5415190366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S54151901027
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O5415190164
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S165415190300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)254151909895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O5415190139
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)5415190220
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O541519097
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)5415190180
Dzhalindite  (*)PerovskiteIn(OH)3541519016
Ekatite  (*)Ellenbergerite(Fe3+,Fe2+,Zn)12(AsO3)6(AsO3,SiO3OH)2(OH)654151901
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O541519085
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS45415190910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)54151908173
Erikapohlite  (*)Alluaudite(   0.5Cu0.5)CuCaZn2(AsO4)3·H2O54151901
Eugenite  (*)NoneAg11Hg2541519017
Eyselite  (*)NoneFe3+Ge4+3O7(OH)54151901
Fahleite  (*)SmolyaninoviteCaZn5Fe3+2(AsO4)6·14H2O54151901
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS45415190163
Feinglosite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Zn(AsO4)2·H2O54151902
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)5415190551
Ferrilotharmeyerite  (*)NatrochalciteCaZnFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O54151907
Fleischerite  (*)FleischeritePb3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O54151902
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF254151909617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)541519085
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4541519049
Furutobeite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)6PbS454151907
Gaitite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Zn(AsO4)2·2H2O54151907
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS541519024243
Gallite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuGaS254151907
Gallobeudantite  (*)AlunitePbGa3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)654151901
Galloplumbogummite  (*)NonePb(Ga,Al,Ge)3(PO4)2(OH)654151901
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O541519041
Gebhardite  (*)NonePb8As3+4O11Cl654151901
Geminite  (*)NoneCu2+(AsO3OH)·H2O54151909
Gerdtremmelite  (*)NoneZnAl2(AsO4)(OH)554151901
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S16541519033
Germanocolusite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13VGe3S1654151905
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS5415190131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)54151907437
Gold  (*)CopperAu541519030554
Gordaite  (*)KtenasiteNaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O541519017
Graphite  (*)NoneC54151902812
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S15541519024
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS5415190717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O54151906890
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl541519048
Helmutwinklerite  (*)NonePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O54151902
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3541519014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O54151901689
Hermannroseite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(PO4)(OH)54151901
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)5415190111
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6541519057
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O5415190103
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)25415190201
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH5415190367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)654151901066
Ianbruceite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn2(AsO4)(OH)(H2O)·2H2O54151906
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O354151905433
Itoite  (*)NonePb3GeO2(SO4)2(OH)254151901
Jamesite  (*)NonePb2ZnFe3+2(Fe3+,Zn)4(AsO4)4(OH)8(OH,O)254151904
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S145415190784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)654151902228
Johillerite  (*)AlluauditeNaCuMgMg2(AsO4)354151904
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)454151905591
Karibibite  (*)NoneFe3+3(As3+O2)4(As3+2O5)(OH)541519019
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O5415190198
Kegelite  (*)NonePb4Al2Si4O10(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)454151904
Keyite  (*)Alluaudite(   0.5Cu0.5)CuCdZn2(AsO4)3·H2O54151902
Koritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteZn(AsO3OH)·H2O54151908
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O541519060
Krieselite  (*)TopazAl2(GeO4)F254151901
Lammerite  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)2541519010
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O5415190593
Larsenite  (*)NoneZnPb(SiO4)54151906
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O5415190149
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)25415190265
Legrandite  (*)NoneZn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O541519020
Leightonite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Cu(SO4)4·2H2O54151909
Leiteite  (*)NoneZnAs3+2O454151902
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)5415190581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)25415190987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S45415190249
Ludlockite  (*)NonePbFe3+4As3+10O22541519015
Lukrahnite  (*)NoneCaCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)254151904
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS45415190198
Macphersonite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2541519011
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O45415190229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)54151901487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4541519014899
Maikainite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu10Fe3MoGe3S1654151902
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2541519012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS254151905674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO5415190202
Mathewrogersite  (*)NonePb7FeAl3GeSi12O36(OH,H2O)654151901
Mawbyite  (*)NatrochalcitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2541519019
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8541519092
Melanotekite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+2O2(Si2O7)541519022
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS5415190255
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O5415190182
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)54151904924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS54151901066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl54151901107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O45415190247
Minrecordite  (*)NoneCaZn(CO3)254151908
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O5415190168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS254151905800
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)541519017
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O54151901508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)5415190362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2541519017380
Nadorite  (*)NadoritePbSb3+O2Cl541519018
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O541519058
O'danielite  (*)AlluauditeNa   ZnZn2(AsO4)[AsO3(OH)]254151901
Ojuelaite  (*)ArthuriteZnFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O54151907
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)5415190492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)54151902349
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O541519040
Otavite  (*)CalciteCd(CO3)541519025
Otjisumeite  (*)NonePbGe4O954151901
Ovamboite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu10Fe3WGe3S1654151901
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O5415190306
Paradamite  (*)TarbuttiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)54151906
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O5415190105
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl2541519023
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O5415190428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6541519051
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O541519031
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)254151902273
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl25415190142
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O541519074
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO25415190158
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)65415190170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65415190477
Plumboselite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb3O2(SeO3)54151901
Plumbotsumite  (*)NonePb5Si4O8(OH)1054151906
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O5415190309
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)5415190494
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)4541519039
Prosperite  (*)NoneCa2Zn4(AsO4)4·H2O54151901
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)45415190369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2541519039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO254151903106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl54151901725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2541519061156
Queitite  (*)NoneZn2Pb4(Si2O7)(SiO4)(SO4)54151907
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS5415190712
Reinerite  (*)NoneZn3(AsO3)254151903
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16541519037
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)54151901711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)25415190454
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5541519027
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO254151905614
Schaurteite  (*)FleischeriteCa3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O54151901
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)54151904894
Schneiderhöhnite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+3As3+5O13541519015
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)541519030
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O54151901153
Scotlandite  (*)NonePb(S4+O3)541519025
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)65415190134
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3541519064
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O5415190292
Sewardite  (*)CarminiteCaFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)254151905
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2541519071
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)54151906417
Sidpietersite  (*)NonePb2+4(S2O3)O2(OH)254151903
Silver  (*)CopperAg54151905186
Skorpionite  (*)NoneCa3Zn2(PO4)2(CO3)(OH)2·H2O54151902
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)54151902473
Söhngeite  (*)PerovskiteGa(OH)354151901
Spertiniite  (*)NoneCu(OH)2541519017
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS541519021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS45415190668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)5415190446
Stibioclaudetite  (*)NoneAsSbO354151904
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S354151903418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)5415190156
Stottite  (*)PerovskiteFe2+Ge(OH)654151901
Stranskiite  (*)NoneCuZn2(AsO4)254151905
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS5415190332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS54151902045
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS4541519048
Surite  (*)None(Pb,Ca)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(CO3)2(OH)3·0.3H2O54151904
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2541519099
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)254151903337
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O541519046
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)541519060
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1354151901803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO54151901101
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O5415190183
Thometzekite  (*)NatrochalcitePbCu2+2(AsO4)2·2H2O541519010
Tilasite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(AsO4)F541519034
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O54151904899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)254151902562
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O541519029
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)541519032
Tsumgallite  (*)DiasporeGaO(OH)54151901
Tungstenite  (*)MolybdeniteWS2541519028
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se2541519071
Vanackerite  (*)ApatitePb4Cd(AsO4)3Cl54151901
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl5415190605
Warikahnite  (*)NoneZn3(AsO4)2·2H2O54151903
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)65415190104
Wilhelmkleinite  (*)NoneZnFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)254151901
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO45415190303
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)5415190251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO454151901655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS5415190372
Yvonite  (*)NoneCu(AsO3OH)·2H2O54151904
Zharchikhite  (*)NoneAl(OH)2F54151904
Zincgartrellite  (*)NonePbZn2(AsO4)2(H2O,OH)254151901
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)541519060
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2541519028
Zincroselite  (*)RoseliteCa2Zn(AsO4)2·2H2O54151902
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)54151905251


4 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
CGSN10_99-Tsumeb600600   high   Yes  43981Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, NamibiaTsumeb MineDeane (1995) CGSN10_99best estimate for mineralization age
Hg-00024541519 Pb-Pb, Re-Os     Cinnabar, Eugenite, Metacinnabar, PerrouditeHg2428Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia Kamona et al. (1999); Haest & Muchez (2010)   
Mo-00038541519 Pb-Pb, Re-Os molybdenite   MolybdeniteBetpakdalite-CaCa, Molybdenite, Molybdofornacite, Powellite, Wulfenite, Biehlite, Maikainite, Betpakdalite-CaMgMo2428Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, NamibiaTsumeb MineKamona et al. (1999); Haest & Muchez (2010)   
sedznpb-00343541519530±11        2428Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, NamibiaTsumebSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060593Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R060593
R050408Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050408
R070629Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R070629
R050497Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050497
R070114Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R070114
R050670Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050670
R060242Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R060242
R070189Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R070189
R070190Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R070190
R050174Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050174
R060258Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R060258
R130015Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R130015
R050010Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050010
R040160Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R040160
R060209Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R060209
R060937Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R060937
R050439Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050439
R060274Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R060274
R060380Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R060380
R050585Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050585
R060047Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R060047
R040011Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R040011
R050531Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050531
R050527Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050527
R130731Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R130731
R060920Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R060920
R050517Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050517
R050521Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050521
R150128Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R150128
R050532Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050532
R050677Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050677
R150127Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R150127
R070233Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R070233
R050428Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050428
R050433Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050433
R150130Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R150130
R050215Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050215
R050584Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050584
R070463Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R070463
R080031Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R080031
R080007Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R080007
R060081Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R060081
R070060Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R070060
R050583Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R050583

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