Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Black Mountain (Swartberg Mine), Aggeneys, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1739
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1198

mindat Locality ID: 53700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53700.html

Tectonic Settings: Intra Cratonic

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Mountain (Swartberg Mine), Aggeneys, 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

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	Alunite	Apatite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Corundum	Linarite	None	Perovskite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Corkite ()*	Creaseyite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Dioptase ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Paratacamite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*

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: Al Ba C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Corundum Linarite None Perovskite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1739	1198	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1739	1198	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1739	1198	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1739	1198	132
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1739	1198	1633
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1739	1198	3531
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1739	1198	151
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O	1739	1198	27
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	1739	1198	57
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1739	1198	164
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1739	1198	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1739	1198	14640
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1739	1198	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1739	1198	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1739	1198	14899
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1739	1198	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1739	1198	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1739	1198	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1739	1198	61156

2 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
	sedexmvt-00205	1285	1198	1285-1198 Ma (geological relations)	geological relations										53700	Black Mountain (Swartberg Mine), Aggeneys, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Black Mountain	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00399	1739	1559	1649±90											53700	Black Mountain (Swartberg Mine), Aggeneys, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Black Mountain	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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