Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gross Otavi Mine (Gross Otavi Prospect), Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 4486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gross Otavi Mine (Gross Otavi Prospect), Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°39'59"S
Longitude: 17°35'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.666388888889,17.598055555556

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Brackebuschite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Rocksalt

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Corkite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dioptase ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Plancheite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Tsumebite ()*

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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si V Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Brackebuschite Calcite Chalcopyrite Descloizite Diaspore Malachite None
Not in a structural group Plancheite Rocksalt

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	151
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	378
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	164
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	362
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	74
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Tsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	32

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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