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Locality Name:
Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID:
mindat URL:

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congo": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kakanda Deposit
Shangulowé Mine

Latitude: 10°46'5"S
Longitude: 26°29'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.768055555556,26.488055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Ba C Ca Co Cu H Mg O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPlancheiteQuartz
Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cornetite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Heterogenite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21488105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14881011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6900900248808,488101633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)900900248809,4881027770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O900900248807,488103531
Cornetite  (*)NoneCu3(PO4)(OH)390090014880726
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O900900248807,488102970
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O148810164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2900900348808,48809,488109895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O900900148808814
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)900900248808,48810111
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)900900148807234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2900900348808,48809,4881012537
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O14881074
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4900900148808369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO290090014880761156
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)214881071
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)90090014880852


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00387900900U. Proterozoic       Cu42400Kakanda Deposit, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR CongoKakandaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R140338Kakanda Deposit, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R140338
R060317Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R060317
R141068Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141068
R141068Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141068
R141068Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141068
R060313Eifel Mountains, Germany/Belgiumhttps://rruff.info/R060313
R070686Fichtel Mountains, Germany/Czech Republichttps://rruff.info/R070686
R070560Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070560
R070078Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070078
R130097Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R130097
R070560Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070560
R070078Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070078
R130097Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R130097
R070247Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070247
R070247Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070247
R070247Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070247
R070109Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070109
FKM-149Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-149
FKM-215Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-215
R070132Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070132
R070116Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070116
R060477Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R060477
R070135Bikkulovskoe Deposit, Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070135
R050216Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050216

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