Mineral Evolution Database
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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Spektakel Northwest Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1031
Youngest recorded age at locality: 950

mindat Locality ID: 53617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spektakel Northwest Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-002681031950 Re-Os molybdenite  YesMolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo53587Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaOkiep Copper DistrictRaith and Stein (2000)10.1007/s001260050276MD35_741 
Mo-00439102210141018±4Re-Os molybdeniteNA335-3 YesMolybdenite Mo206060Kliphoog Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaKliphoogRaith and Stein (2000)10.1007/s001260050276MD35_741 
Mo-00440101910111015±4Re-Os molybdeniteNA44 YesMolybdenite Mo206060Kliphoog Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaKliphoogRaith and Stein (2000)10.1007/s001260050276MD35_741 
Mo-00438101510071011±4Re-Os molybdeniteNA51 YesMolybdenite Mo206059Nababeep Far West Mine, Nababeep Tungsten Mines, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaNababeep Far WestRaith and Stein (2000)10.1007/s001260050276MD35_741 
Mo-00269958950954±4Re-Os molybdeniteNA167-1 YesMolybdenite Mo53600Narrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaNarrapRaith and Stein (2000)10.1007/s001260050276MD35_741 
Mo-00270103110211026±5Re-Os molybdeniteNA167-1 YesMolybdenite Mo53600Narrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaNarrapRaith and Stein (2000)10.1007/s001260050276MD35_741 
Mo-00436101010021006±4Re-Os molybdeniteNA336-5 YesMolybdenite Mo206057Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaTweedamRaith and Stein (2000)10.1007/s001260050276MD35_741 
Mo-0043710049961000±4Re-Os molybdeniteNA336-6 YesMolybdenite Mo206057Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaTweedamRaith and Stein (2000)10.1007/s001260050276MD35_741 


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