Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Chalcocite at Samba Mine, Kasompe, Chingola, Chingola, Copperbelt, Zambia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 1976Ma - 1952Ma at this locality

Specified age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00271	1976	1952		Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyrite	Cu	205764	Samba Mine, Kasompe, Chingola, Chingola, Copperbelt, Zambia	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Mineralization age (prioritized) (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Kristen002303	656	656	Uraninite		U,Co,Cu,Ni,Mo,Se,S,Au,Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Decrée et al. (2011)	OGR40_81
Kristen002304	602	602	Uraninite		U,Co,Cu,Ni,Mo,Se,S,Au,Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Decrée et al. (2011)	OGR40_81
Kristen002305	542	542	Uraninite		U,Co,Cu,Ni,Mo,Se,S,Au,Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Decrée et al. (2011)	OGR40_81
Kristen002306	503	503	Uraninite		U,Co,Cu,Ni,Mo,Se,S,Au,Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Decrée et al. (2011)	OGR40_81

Mineralization age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Kristen002301	659.6	645	Uraninite		U,Co,Cu,Ni,Mo,Se,S,Au,Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Decrée et al. (2011)	OGR40_81
Kristen002302	536	524.2	Uraninite		U,Co,Cu,Ni,Mo,Se,S,Au,Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Decrée et al. (2011)	OGR40_81
Kristen002310	502	470			U,Co,Cu,Ni,Mo,Se,S,Au,Pd	4349	Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia	Decrée et al. (2011)	OGR40_81