Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cape Cross Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 526
Youngest recorded age at locality: 466

mindat Locality ID: 29203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape Cross Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mile 72
Molopo Mine
Strathmore Pegmatites

Latitude: 21°47'56"S
Longitude: 14°8'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.798888888889,14.144166666667

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Eucryptite ()*	Ferrisicklerite ()*	Fluor-schorl ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Foitite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grandidierite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Heterosite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Jeremejevite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Microcline ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Spodumene ()*	Thorite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Th Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Na

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Mica
None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Tourmaline Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	526	466	1	86367	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	526	466	2	86369,86370	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	526	466	3	86370,86371,86372	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	526	466	1	86367	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	526	466	5	86368,86369,86370,86371,86372	5171
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄	526	466	2	86369,86372	29
Ferrisicklerite ()*	Olivine	Li_1-x(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)(PO₄)	526	466	3	86370,86371,86372	108
Fluor-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	526	466	1	86367	25
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	526	466	1	86367	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	526	466	1	86369	9617
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	526	466	1	86367	75
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	526	466	1	86367	7437
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	526	466	1	86367	40
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	526	466	1	86367	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	526	466	0		1398
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	526	466	3	86370,86371,86372	204
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	526	466	1	86369	148
Jeremejevite ()*	None	Al₆(BO₃)₅F₃	526	466	1	86367	15
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	526	466	1	86369	155
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	526	466	1	86367	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	526	466	1	86369	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	526	466	1	86367	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	526	466	3	86368,86369,86372	124
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	526	466	1	86367	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	526	466	1	86367	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	526	466	1	86369	688
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	526	466	1	86369	1006
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	526	466	1	86369	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	526	466	1	86369	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Scott-CGSN8_5-0003	mine

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
	Scott-CGSN8_5-0003	526	466	496±30	Rb-Sr	Age of intrusion		whole rock			Yes				25561	Uis Mine (Uis Myn), Uis (Groot Uis), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Uis mine	Steven et al. (1993)		CGSN8_5	P. 10 Table 3

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