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:
Kasempa District, North-Western Province, Zambia

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

mindat Locality ID: 146039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kasempa District, North-Western Province, Zambia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jifumpa Mine
Kalengwa

Latitude: 13°34'18"S
Longitude: 24°53'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.571666666667,24.896388888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	900	900	1	295086	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	900	900	1	295086	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	900	900	1	295086	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	900	900	1	295086	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	1	295086	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	1	295086	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	900	900	1	295086	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	900	900	1	295086	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	900	900	1	295086	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	1	295086	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	900	900	1	295086	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	900	900	1	295086	61156

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-00778	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	17053	Kalengwa Mine, Kalengwa, Kasempa District, North-Western Province, Zambia	Kalengwa	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00779	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	228220	Mufumbwe, Kalengwa, Kasempa District, North-Western Province, Zambia	Mufumbwe	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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