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Locality Name:
Kupferberg Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia


mindat Locality ID: 4481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kupferberg Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°39'13"S
Longitude: 17°34'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.653611111111,17.572777777778

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteDescloiziteDigeniteEnargiteGeocroniteMalachite
NonePlancheitePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Covellite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dioptase  (*)
Duftite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Jordanite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O0164
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S230105
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O074
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803



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