Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kamoya South II Mine (Kamoya Sud Mine; Kamoya South Mine), Kamoya, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID: 31523
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31523.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kamoya South II Mine (Kamoya Sud Mine; Kamoya South Mine), Kamoya, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 10°52'14"S
Longitude: 26°34'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.870555555556,26.569444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Plancheite	Quartz	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Malachite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Plancheite ()*
Quartz ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spherocobaltite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite Nickeline None Plancheite Quartz Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	900	900	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	900	900	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	900	900	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	900	900	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	900	900	9895
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	12537
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	900	900	633
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	900	900	74
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	900	900	61156
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	900	900	71
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	900	900	6417
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)	900	900	52

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-00392	900	900	U. Proterozoic							Yes			Cu	185337	Kambove West Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Kambove	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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