Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mwinilunga District (Mwinlunga), North-Western Province, Zambia

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

mindat Locality ID: 167687
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-167687.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mwinilunga District (Mwinlunga), North-Western Province, Zambia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jivunda
Kaminguli River Area
Lubwe

Latitude: 12°1'2"S
Longitude: 25°0'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.017222222222,25.003888888889

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.

Corundum	None	Perovskite	Rutile	Tourmaline

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 B C Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum None Perovskite Rutile Tourmaline

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Rutile ()*

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
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	295090	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	295092	648
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	295090	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	295090	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	900	900	0		5433
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	900	900	0		495
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	900	900	0		5614

1 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-00748	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	228203	Lubwe, Mwinilunga District (Mwinlunga), North-Western Province, Zambia	Lubwe	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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