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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

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 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: 
AllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteGypsum
MalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
TarbuttiteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3757.4746.40544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6757.4746.40919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2757.4746.405509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)757.4746.4011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)757.4746.4027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S757.4746.405707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O757.4746.40197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2757.4746.4027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O757.4746.403531
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O757.4746.4070
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS757.4746.404165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS757.4746.4024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS757.4746.40717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O757.4746.406890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O757.4746.401689
Herbertsmithite  (*)AtacamiteCu3Zn(OH)6Cl2757.4746.4021
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4757.4746.4073
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH757.4746.40367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6757.4746.401066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2757.4746.4012537
Parádsasvárite  (*)MalachiteZn2(CO3)(OH)2757.4746.407
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6757.4746.40158
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4757.4746.40369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2757.4746.4039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8757.4746.409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2757.4746.4061156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10757.4746.40312
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O757.4746.4056
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O757.4746.4020
Skorpionite  (*)NoneCa3Zn2(PO4)2(CO3)(OH)2·H2O757.4746.402
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)757.4746.402473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS757.4746.4021482
Tarbuttite  (*)TarbuttiteZn2(PO4)(OH)757.4746.4011
Zincolibethenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(PO4)(OH)757.4746.4011



2 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-001871000541Neoproterozoic host rock age   Yes  5862Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, NamibiaRosh PinahTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00341757.4746.4751.9±5.5        69400Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, NamibiaSkorpionSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R150008Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibiahttps://rruff.info/R150008


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