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:
Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID: 13482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 10°58'32"S
Longitude: 25°54'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.975555555556,25.900277777778

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.

Ancylite	Baryte	Malachite	Monazite	None	Pyrite

Cornetite ()*	Crocoite ()*	Cuprosklodowskite ()*	Glaukosphaerite ()*	Gysinite-(Nd) ()*
Kasolite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Schuilingite-(Nd) ()*
Sklodowskite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Vaesite ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe H Mg Nd Ni O P Pb S Si U

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ancylite Baryte Malachite Monazite None Pyrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cornetite ()*	None	Cu₃(PO₄)(OH)₃	900	900	26
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	900	900	81
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	900	900	58
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	25
Gysinite-(Nd) ()*	Ancylite	PbNd(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	900	900	4
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	900	900	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	12537
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	900	900	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	900	900	39462
Schuilingite-(Nd) ()*	None	CuPbNd(CO₃)₃(OH)·1.5H₂O	900	900	3
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	900	900	56
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	900	900	1059
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	900	900	106

2 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-00394	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	13482	Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Menda Mendipe	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
R100062	Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	https://rruff.info/R100062
R100063	Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	https://rruff.info/R100063

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