Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kalongwe Deposit, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 146

mindat Locality ID: 14738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14738.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kalongwe Deposit, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 11°'59"S
Longitude: 25°13'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.016388888889,25.225833333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	None	Spinel

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprosklodowskite ()*	Curite ()*	Kasolite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Sklodowskite ()*	Soddyite ()*	Spherocobaltite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vandenbrandeite ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*

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: C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Fluorite None Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	600	600	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	600	600	27198
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	600	600	58
Curite ()*	None	Pb_3+x[(UO₂)₄O_4+x(OH)_3-x]₂·2H₂O	616	146	51
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	616	146	198
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	616	146	249
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	600	600	443
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	616	146	56
Soddyite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)(H₂O)₂	616	146	44
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)	616	146	52
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	600	600	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	188	146	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	616	146	890
Vandenbrandeite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)(OH)₄	600	600	9
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	616	146	52

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002302	536	524.2	530.1±5.9	U-Pb	reworking of metal concentration	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002322	616	604	610±6				RGM 3080				14738	Kalongwe Deposit, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kalongwe Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002359	148	146	147±1	206Pb/238U		uraninite	RGM 3080		Uraninite		14738	Kalongwe Deposit, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kalongwe Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002360	153	151	152±1	206Pb/238U		uraninite	RGM 3080		Uraninite		14738	Kalongwe Deposit, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kalongwe Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002361	183	181	182±1	207Pb/235U		uraninite	RGM 3080		Uraninite		14738	Kalongwe Deposit, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kalongwe Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002362	188	186	187±1	207Pb/235U		uraninite	RGM 3080		Uraninite		14738	Kalongwe Deposit, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kalongwe Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
sedcu-00395	600	600	U. Proterozoic							Cu	14738	Kalongwe Deposit, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kalongwe	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00388	900	900	U. Proterozoic					Yes		Cu	4329	Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kolwezi	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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