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Locality Name:
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 545
Youngest recorded age at locality: 533

mindat Locality ID: 30243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Christoph Mine (Christoff Mine; Old German Mine)
Kandesei (Otjozongombe; Old German Mine)
Kandesi Prospect (Otjozongombe Prospect)
Manuela Prospect
Okarvizo Prospect
Okatumba
Okohondo Prospect
Omatapati Prospect
Omaue Mine
Onderra Mine
Oruwanye Prospect
Otjhowe (Otjowe)
Otjindeka (Otjondeka)
Otjitheka
Otjitjanya-Okaruu (Okaaru)
Otuani Pit
Otwane
Van Der Plas Mine

Latitude: 18°38'10"S
Longitude: 13°41'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.636111111111,13.689722222222

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite
Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Apachite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beyerite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Namibite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	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: Ag Al Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Descloizite
Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Plancheite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Wurtzite

37 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	545	533	3	86847,86854,86856	2734
Apachite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₉Si₁₀O₂₉·11H₂O	545	533	1	86840	5
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	545	533	3	86840,86847,86856	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	545	533	6	86840,86844,86847,86848,86850,86856	11547
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	545	533	1	86840	96
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	545	533	1	86844	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	545	533	7	86840,86844,86847,86848,86850,86851,86856	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	545	533	6	86839,86840,86844,86848,86850,86856	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	545	533	2	86840,86847	5707
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	545	533	1	86840	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	545	533	3	86840,86847,86856	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	545	533	2	86840,86848	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	545	533	5	86840,86844,86847,86854,86856	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	545	533	10	86839,86840,86844,86847,86848,86850,86852,86853,86855,86856	164
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	545	533	3	86840,86844,86856	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	545	533	2	86840,86856	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	545	533	3	86850,86854,86856	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	545	533	3	86840,86844,86856	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	545	533	3	86840,86844,86856	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	545	533	1	86840	1689
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	545	533	1	86840	180
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	545	533	1	86856	5591
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	545	533	1	86856	97
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	545	533	1	86856	265
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	545	533	8	86840,86844,86847,86848,86850,86851,86853,86856	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	545	533	6	86840,86844,86847,86848,86852,86856	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	545	533	1	86840	17380
Namibite ()*	None	Cu(BiO)₂(VO₄)(OH)	545	533	1	86840	24
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	545	533	4	86839,86847,86853,86856	74
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	545	533	1	86856	158
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	545	533	1	86844	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	545	533	9	86839,86840,86844,86847,86848,86850,86851,86852,86856	61156
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	545	533	6	86840,86844,86847,86850,86851,86856	71
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	545	533	1	86840	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	545	533	1	86847	1101
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	545	533	1	86852	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	545	533	7	86840,86844,86847,86848,86850,86851,86856	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_121	545	533	539±6	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			30243	Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia	[Western Kaoko Zone]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-199	Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-199

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