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:
Namib-Naukluft National Park, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 510
Youngest recorded age at locality: 508

mindat Locality ID: 298768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Namib-Naukluft National Park, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Husab Mine (Rössing South Mine; Müller's Mine)
Langer Heinrich Mts
Pforte Mts
Salem Farm 102

Latitude: 22°41'40"S
Longitude: 15°11'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.694444444444,15.190833333333

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.

Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	Fornacite	Malachite	None	Pyroxene
Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Vesuvianite

Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Phoenicochroite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Ba Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si U V W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beryl Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite Fornacite Malachite None Pyroxene
Quartz Scheelite Spinel Vesuvianite

17 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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	510	508	1	86379	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	510	508	1	86384	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	510	508	2	86379,86383	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	510	508	1	86381	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	510	508	1	86383	5707
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	510	508	1	86379	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	510	508	1	86379	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	510	508	2	86379,86383	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	510	508	1	86379	85
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	510	508	1	86379	741
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	510	508	1	86379	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	510	508	1	86379	12537
Phoenicochroite ()*	None	Pb₂O(CrO₄)	510	508	1	86379	35
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	510	508	2	86379,86383	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	510	508	1	86383	4894
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	510	508	1	86379	1395
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	510	508	1	86379	1655

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
	Bradley_2012_154	510	508	509±1	U/Pb						Yes				255827	Roselis Mine, Rössing Mountains Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia	Rossing	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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