Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Shituru Mine, Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID: 31414
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31414.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shituru Mine, Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 11°'53"S
Longitude: 26°45'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.014722222222,26.763611111111

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Corundum	Diaspore	Medenbachite	None	Quartz	Rutile	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 C Ca Cu Fe H La Mg O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H La Mg O P Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Corundum Diaspore Medenbachite None Quartz Rutile Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Florencite-(La) ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Ludjibaite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	900	900	9895
Florencite-(La) ()*	Alunite	LaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	900	900	12
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	900	900	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	900	900	14640
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	900	900	234
Ludjibaite ()*	Medenbachite	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	900	900	12
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	900	900	369
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	900	900	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	900	900	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	900	900	5251

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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