Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Witvlei, Okorukambe (Steinhausen), Omaheke Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 900

mindat Locality ID: 228264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Witvlei, Okorukambe (Steinhausen), Omaheke Region, Namibia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Copper Causeway Prospect
Malachite Pan Prospect
Pos Prospect

Latitude: 22°20'1"S
Longitude: 18°27'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.333611111111,18.463333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	900	900	2162
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	900	900	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	900	900	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	900	900	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	900	900	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	900	900	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	900	900	1027
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	900	900	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	900	900	39462

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
	sedcu-00530	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	228264	Witvlei, Okorukambe (Steinhausen), Omaheke Region, Namibia	Witvlei	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

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