Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Uíge Province, Angola

mindat Locality ID: 125558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uíge Province, Angola": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Makela Do Zombo
Mavoio Mine (Mavio Mine; Cobre No Mavoio Mine)
Mbilu Valley

Latitude: 6°8'1"S
Longitude: 15°5'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.1336111111111,15.085

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	1641	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	1641	172
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1641	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	1644	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	1641	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	1641	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	1641	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	1641	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	1641	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	1641	164
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	1640	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	1641	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1641	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	1644	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1641	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	1641,1644	2473

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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