Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 749
Youngest recorded age at locality: 749

mindat Locality ID: 300060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Epembe
Kunene River
Marienfluss
Swartbooisdrif

Latitude: 17°26'20"S
Longitude: 13°37'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.438888888889,13.620833333333

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Carbocernaite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Lepidocrocite
Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Carbocernaite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Fletcherite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Strontianite ()*
Titanite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Carbocernaite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Lepidocrocite
Mica Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

47 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			2	86826,86827	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	749	749	4	86829,86831,86832,86834	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	749	749	2	86831,86834	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	749	749	3	86827,86832,86834	3092
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	86826	295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	749	749	1	86832	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	749	749	1	86834	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	749	749	2	86827,86832	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	749	749	2	86832,86834	232
Carbocernaite ()*	Carbocernaite	(Sr,Ce,La)(Ca,Na)(CO₃)₂	749	749	1	86832	24
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	749	749	1	86834	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	749	749	4	86831,86832,86834,86835	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	749	749	1	86831	1025
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	749	749	1	86834	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	749	749	1	86834	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	749	749	2	86827,86834	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	749	749	1	86832	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	749	749	2	86834,86835	8173
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	749	749	1	86835	54
Fletcherite ()*	Spinel	CuNi₂S₄	749	749	1	86831	13
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	86826	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	749	749	1	86831	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	749	749	1	86834	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	749	749	1	86834	7437
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	749	749	1	86831	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	749	749	1	86834	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	749	749	3	86832,86834,86835	5433
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	749	749	1	86834	581
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	749	749	1	86832	79
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	749	749	2	86832,86834	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	749	749	2	86831,86834	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	749	749	5	86827,86829,86832,86834,86835	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	749	749	1	86834	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	749	749	1	86831	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	749	749	1	86834	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	749	749	2	86831,86834	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	749	749	4	86831,86832,86834,86835	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	749	749	1	86834	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	749	749	3	86829,86831,86832	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	749	749	1	86834	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	749	749	1	86834	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	749	749	1	86834	249
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	749	749	3	86831,86832,86834	444
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	86828,86829,86830	1214
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	749	749	1	86832	589
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	749	749	1	86831	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	749	749	1	86831	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000978	MAGMATIC STYLE: Network of dykes, up to 50 m thick, and veins in an area of 10x10 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Foid syenite and lamprophyre.

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
	Jen_0000978	749	749	749	K-Ar			biotite							205220	Sodalite Mine, Orotumba, Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia	Swartbooisdrif	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

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