Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 69400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°49'22"S
Longitude: 16°36'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.822777777778,16.606388888889

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Gypsum
Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tarbuttite	Wurtzite

Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Herbertsmithite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*
Parádsasvárite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Sauconite ()*	Scholzite ()*	Skorpionite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tarbuttite ()*	Zincolibethenite ()*

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 Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mn Na O P Pb S Si Y Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Apatite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Gypsum
Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Tarbuttite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	757.4	746.4	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	757.4	746.4	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	757.4	746.4	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	757.4	746.4	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	757.4	746.4	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	757.4	746.4	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	757.4	746.4	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	757.4	746.4	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	757.4	746.4	3531
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	757.4	746.4	70
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	757.4	746.4	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	757.4	746.4	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	757.4	746.4	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	757.4	746.4	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	757.4	746.4	1689
Herbertsmithite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	757.4	746.4	21
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	757.4	746.4	73
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	757.4	746.4	367
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	757.4	746.4	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	757.4	746.4	12537
Parádsasvárite ()*	Malachite	Zn₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	757.4	746.4	7
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	757.4	746.4	158
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	757.4	746.4	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	757.4	746.4	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	757.4	746.4	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	757.4	746.4	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	757.4	746.4	312
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	757.4	746.4	56
Scholzite ()*	None	CaZn₂(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	757.4	746.4	20
Skorpionite ()*	None	Ca₃Zn₂(PO₄)₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·H₂O	757.4	746.4	2
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	757.4	746.4	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	757.4	746.4	21482
Tarbuttite ()*	Tarbuttite	Zn₂(PO₄)(OH)	757.4	746.4	11
Zincolibethenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(PO₄)(OH)	757.4	746.4	11

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-00187	1000	541	Neoproterozoic		host rock age					Yes				5862	Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Rosh Pinah	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00341	757.4	746.4	751.9±5.5											69400	Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Skorpion	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R150008	Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	https://rruff.info/R150008

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