Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Guinas, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 300138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guinas, Oshikoto Region, Namibia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Nosib Mine
Toggenburg Farm 591
Tschudi Mine
Tsumore Farm
Uris Farm 481

Latitude: 19°22'30"S
Longitude: 17°42'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.375,17.714722222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Descloizite	Linarite	Magnetoplumbite
Malachite	Medenbachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*	Ludjibaite ()*
Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Mottramite ()*	Plumboferrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Descloizite Linarite Magnetoplumbite
Malachite Medenbachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

23 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	86909	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	86909,86911	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	86911	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	86915	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	86915	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	86909,86910	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	86909,86911,86915	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	86911,86915	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	86911	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	86911,86915	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	86911	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	4	86909,86913,86915,86916	378
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	86909,86910,86915	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	86915	987
Ludjibaite ()*	Medenbachite	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	86915	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	86909,86911	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	86909	202
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	3	86909,86915,86916	362
Plumboferrite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	Pb[Fe³⁺_10.67Mn²⁺_0.33Pb]O_18.33	1	86909	7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	86911,86915	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	86909	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	86915	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	86910	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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