Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tsumeb West Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 519

mindat Locality ID: 4480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsumeb West Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°15'5"S
Longitude: 17°41'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.251388888889,17.693055555556

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.

Adelite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Descloizite	Germanite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Dioptase ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: As C Ca Cu Fe Ge H Mg O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe Ge H Mg O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Descloizite Germanite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	600	519	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	600	519	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	600	519	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	600	519	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	600	519	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	600	519	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	600	519	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	600	519	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	600	519	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	600	519	378
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	600	519	164
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	600	519	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	600	519	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	600	519	33
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	600	519	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	600	519	362
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	600	519	454
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	600	519	1803

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	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 ID	Age Notes
CGSN10_99-Tsumeb	600	600			high		Yes				43981	Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia	Tsumeb Mine	Deane (1995)	CGSN10_99	best estimate for mineralization age
Mo-00038	541	519		Pb-Pb, Re-Os		molybdenite	Yes	Molybdenite	Betpakdalite-CaCa, Molybdenite, Molybdofornacite, Powellite, Wulfenite, Biehlite, Maikainite, Betpakdalite-CaMg	Mo	2428	Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia	Tsumeb Mine	Kamona et al. (1999); Haest & Muchez (2010)
sedznpb-00343	541	519	530±11				Yes				2428	Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia	Tsumeb	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

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