Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500

mindat Locality ID: 15998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°4'59"S
Longitude: 26°25'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.083055555556,26.416666666667

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	Brannerite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Geerite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melonite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Te Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Te Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Brannerite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Feldspar
Fluorite Malachite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Plancheite Pyrite
Quartz Rutile

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	520	500	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	520	500	470
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	512	512	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	512	512	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	520	500	248
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	512	512	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	520	500	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	512	512	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	512	512	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	512	512	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	512	512	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	512	512	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	512	512	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	512	512	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	520	500	9895
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	512	512	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	520	500	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	520	500	2812
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	512	512	12537
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	520	500	207
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	514.6	500.1	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	520	500	17380
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	512	512	74
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	520	500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	520	500	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	520	500	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	520	500	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	520	500	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	512	512	1101
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	520	500	2718

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
Mo-00063	513	502		Re-Os, U-Pb			Yes		Drysdallite	Mo	4348	Kampijimpanga, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia		Torrealday et al. (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165	EG95_1165
Jen_0001541	520	500	500–520	U-Pb, Re-Os	monazite, molybdenite						15998	Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia	Kansanshi Mine, W. Province, Zambia	Lumpkin et al. (2012)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.09.008	CG291_55
Mo-00147	503.5	500.1	501.8±1.7	Re-Os	molybdenite	HT-K237		Molybdenite		Mo	15998	Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia	Kansanshi	Torrealday et al. (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165	EG95_1165
Mo-00148	504.7	501.3	503.0±1.7	Re-Os	molybdenite	HT-K237		Molybdenite		Mo	15998	Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia	Kansanshi	Torrealday et al. (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165	EG95_1165
Mo-00149	513.5	510.1	511.8±1.7	Re-Os	molybdenite	HT-K285-1		Molybdenite		Mo	15998	Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia	Kansanshi	Torrealday et al. (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165	EG95_1165
Mo-00150	514.6	511.2	512.9±1.7	Re-Os	molybdenite	HT-K285-2		Molybdenite		Mo	15998	Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia	Kansanshi	Torrealday et al. (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165	EG95_1165
sedcu-00749	512	512	Cambrian							Cu	15998	Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia	Kansanshi	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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