Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 9331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Auros Farm 595 (Berg Auros)
Baltika Farm 515
Finsterbergen Farm 469
Gauss Farm 46
Gross Otavi Mine (Gross Otavi Prospect)
Harasib Prospects
Khusib Springs Mine (Khuiseb Springs Mine)
Lucas Post
Otavi Prospect
Otjikoto Mine
Platveld Area
Rietfontein Farm 344
Rohrers
Uisib Farm
Uitsab Mine (Uitsab Prospect)
Uitsab North
Uitsabpad

Latitude: 19°37'49"S
Longitude: 17°38'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.630277777778,17.649444444444

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	Aragonite	Arcanite	Brackebuschite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Enargite	Germanite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Stannoidite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arcanite ()*	Ardealite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Colusite ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*
Germanite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Plancheite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tsumebite ()*	Tungstenite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arcanite Brackebuschite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Enargite Germanite Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Plancheite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Stannoidite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	86978	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	86971	3250
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	1	86994	30
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	86994	30
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	86976,86978	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	86969,86976,86978	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	86971,86976,86978	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	86969,86976,86998	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	86976,86978	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	86976,86978	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	86973,86989	3531
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	1	86978	110
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	86976	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	86978,86989	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	86973,86976,86989	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	12	86969,86971,86975,86976,86977,86979,86980,86992,86993,86998,86999,87000	378
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	86976	164
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	86978,86993,87000	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	86978	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	86969,86971,86975,86976,86977,86978,86998	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	1	86978	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	86976	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	86989	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	86973	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	86973,86976,86978	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	86978	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	2	86976,86992	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	86978	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	86978	249
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	2	86973,86976	74
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	86978	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	86969,86978	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	86976,86977,86998	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	86978,86984,86985,86986,86987,86988,86989,86990,86991	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	86978	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	86978	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	86969,86971,86973	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	86969,86971,86975,86977,86978	21482
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1	86978	80
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	86978	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	4	86969,86975,86978,86998	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	86969,86978	5317
Tsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	1	86976	32
Tungstenite ()*	Molybdenite	WS₂	1	86978	28
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	3	86973,86977,86998	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	86978	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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