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Locality Name:
Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 461

mindat Locality ID: 4322
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4322.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 10°43'37"S
Longitude: 25°27'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.726944444444,25.452777777778
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb Pd S Se Si Te U V Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb Pd S Se Si Te U V Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChenevixiteChrisstanleyiteCobaltomeniteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDigeniteFritzscheiteGuilleminiteGypsumMalachiteMeloniteMixite
NoneNot in a structural groupPlancheitePyriteQuartzScheeliteSchoepiteSengieriteSpinelVolborthite

79 IMA Minerals at location:
Asbolane  (*)Athabascaite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Becquerelite  (*)
Berzelianite  (*)Billietite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cobaltomenite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornetite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Curite  (*)Demesmaekerite  (*)Derriksite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dumontite  (*)Francevillite  (*)Gold  (*)
Guilleminite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Jagüéite  (*)
Kamotoite-(Y)  (*)Kasolite  (*)Kolwezite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marthozite  (*)Masuyite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Oosterboschite  (*)Oursinite  (*)Palladinite  (*)
Palladium  (*)Palladseite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pseudojohannite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roubaultite  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)Saléeite  (*)
Schoepite  (*)Sengierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Soddyite  (*)
Spherocobaltite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Studtite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Trogtalite  (*)Tyrrellite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vandenbrandeite  (*)Vauquelinite  (*)
Verbeekite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O5814610143
Athabascaite  (*)NoneCu5Se4581461018
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)258146105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)581461011547
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O581461092
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)581461066
Billietite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O581461038
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)658146101633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)581461027770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S45814610154
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O5814610925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S58146105707
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O581461040
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2581461090
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O58146103531
Cobaltomenite  (*)CobaltomeniteCo(Se4+O3)·2H2O581461011
Copper  (*)CopperCu58146103846
Cornetite  (*)NoneCu3(PO4)(OH)3581461026
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS58146104165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O58146102970
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O581461058
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O581461051
Demesmaekerite  (*)NonePb2Cu5(UO2)2(Se4+O3)6(OH)6·2H2O58146102
Derriksite  (*)NoneCu4(UO2)(Se4+O3)2(OH)658146102
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S58146101027
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O5814610164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)258146109895
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O581461020
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O581461043
Gold  (*)CopperAu581461030554
Guilleminite  (*)GuilleminiteBa(UO2)3(Se4+O3)2O2·3H2O58146103
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O58146106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3581461014640
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)5814610111
Jagüéite  (*)ChrisstanleyiteCu2Pd3Se458146103
Kamotoite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2O4(UO2)4(CO3)3·14H2O58146107
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O5814610198
Kolwezite  (*)MalachiteCuCo(CO3)(OH)2581461010
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)5814610234
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)58146101487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2581461012537
Marthozite  (*)GuilleminiteCu2+(UO2)3(Se4+O3)2O2·8H2O58146102
Masuyite  (*)NonePb(UO2)3O3(OH)2·3H2O581461023
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe25814610155
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O5814610443
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O5814610168
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)5814610362
Oosterboschite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)7Se558146105
Oursinite  (*)NoneCo(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O58146102
Palladinite  (*)NonePdO58146106
Palladium  (*)CopperPd581461059
Palladseite  (*)NonePd17Se1558146106
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O581461074
Pseudojohannite  (*)NoneCu3(OH)2[(UO2)4O4(SO4)2]·12H2O00010
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)45814610369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2581461039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2581461061156
Roubaultite  (*)NoneCu2O2(UO2)3(CO3)2(OH)2·4H2O58146103
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)581461058
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10581461095
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6581461094
Sengierite  (*)SengieriteCu2(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)2·6H2O581461011
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)58146106417
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O581461056
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)2581461044
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)581461052
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28581461073
Studtite  (*)None(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2·2H2O581461025
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO58146101101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O58146101059
Trogtalite  (*)PyriteCoSe2581461010
Tyrrellite  (*)SpinelCu(Co,Ni)2Se4581461017
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O5814610890
Vandenbrandeite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)(OH)458146109
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)581461063
Verbeekite  (*)NonePdSe258146102
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O5814610155
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO458146101655
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8581461070


2 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-00388900900U. Proterozoic     Yes Cu4329Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR CongoKolweziCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
Kristen002320581461521±60   RGM 8635    4322Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR CongoMusonoi MineDecrée et al. (2011)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003OGR40_81 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070588Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R070588
R110040Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R110040
R060570Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R060570
R130657Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R130657
R080130Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R080130
R100223Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R100223
R090007Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R090007
R060479Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R060479
R090052Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R090052
R070509Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R070509
R090017Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R090017
R080082Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R080082
R060361Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R060361
R080113Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R080113

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