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Locality Name:
Gamsberg Zinc Mine, Aggeneys, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa

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

mindat Locality ID: 53701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53701.html

Tectonic Settings: Intra Cratonic

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gamsberg Zinc 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
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: Al Ba Ca Cl F Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cl F Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteBaryteClayCorundumGraftoniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteWagnerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Baryte  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Graftonite  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Wolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS173911980312
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17391198011547
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1739119802740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17391198024243
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2173911980107
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2173911980223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317391198014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417391198014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21739119805674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217391198017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217391198039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1739119801725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81739119809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217391198061156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51739119801516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17391198021482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)173911980978
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)17391198043


3 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
sedexmvt-0020416001400Early Mesoproterozoic host rock age   Yes  53698Big Syncline (Aggeneysberg), Aggeneys, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaBig SynclineTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedexmvt-00208128511981285-1198 Ma (geological relations)geological relations       53701Gamsberg Zinc Mine, Aggeneys, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaGamsbergTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00402173915591649±90        53701Gamsberg Zinc Mine, Aggeneys, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaGamsbergSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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