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Locality Name:
Omaue Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 545
Youngest recorded age at locality: 533

mindat Locality ID: 5421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Omaue Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°41'37"S
Longitude: 13°44'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.693611111111,13.741944444444

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	Baryte	Calcite	Descloizite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Quartz	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Plancheite ()*	Quartz ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ca Cu H Mo O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu H Mo O Pb S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Descloizite Malachite None Not in a structural group Plancheite Quartz Scheelite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	545	533	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	545	533	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	545	533	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	545	533	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	545	533	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	545	533	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	545	533	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	545	533	164
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	545	533	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	545	533	362
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	545	533	74
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	545	533	61156
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	545	533	71
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	545	533	1101
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	545	533	1655

1 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
	Bradley_2012_121	545	533	539±6	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			30243	Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia	[Western Kaoko Zone]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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