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Locality Name:
North Kivu, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2496
Youngest recorded age at locality: 490

mindat Locality ID: 188713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Kivu, DR Congo": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bingo Carbonatite (Bingu Carbonatite)
Eta-Etu
Goma
Kahungwe
Kirumba
Lubero Region
Lueshe Mine
Mambasa
Masisi Mts
Maya-Moto
Mutwanga (Mutuanga)
Nyamuragira Volcano (Nyamlagira)
Walikale

Latitude: 0°-53'-4"N
Longitude: 29°0'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.88444444444444,29.013888888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn N Na Nb Nd O P Pb Pt S Se Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Nd O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluniteAnalcimeAncyliteAphthitaliteAragoniteArcaniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaddeleyite
BaotiteBaryteBerylBismutiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClay
ColumbiteCopperCorundumCrichtoniteDiasporeEudialyteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsum
KaoliniteLovozeriteMeliliteMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineParisite
PectolitePerovskitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRhodesiteRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStibniteSulphurTitaniteTourmalineTridymite
WavelliteWollastoniteWöhleriteZircon

117 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)
Andradite  (*)Andrémeyerite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baotite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cancrinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Combeite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Davidite-(La)  (*)Delhayelite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Elpasolite  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Fersmite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Götzenite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hieratite  (*)Hongshiite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydropyrochlore  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kirschsteinite  (*)Kitagohaite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Leucite  (*)
Luberoite  (*)Lueshite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(Nd)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Orthocuproplatinum  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pectolite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rankamaite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Simpsonite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Thoreaulite  (*)Thorianite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Trikalsilite  (*)Troilite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Umbrianite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Waylandite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Ximengite  (*)
Zaïrite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6942490248872,488821022
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O714887550
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)9424901488828803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2198318561488802162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O94249014888292
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31488721534
Andrémeyerite  (*)Not in a structural groupBaFe2+2(Si2O7)1488752
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1488922734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)198318561488801588
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)214887577
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS19831856248880,488949052
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2148872238
Baotite  (*)BaotiteBa4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl94249014888227
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1983490348875,48880,4888211547
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3148889214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi248873,488891966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31488891935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)248873,48889716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41488945516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1983490448872,48875,48880,4888227770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O942490148882232
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21983945.8548872,48880,48887,48888,488945171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)9424901488821252
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O148892925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1488945707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214889427198
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62496490448882,48883,48885,48886518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6942490148882289
Combeite  (*)LovozeriteNa4.5Ca3.5Si6O17.5(OH)0.5248875,488773
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181488751008
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6942490248872,48882310
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F414887567
Davidite-(La)  (*)CrichtoniteLa(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)3882553814887931
Delhayelite  (*)RhodesiteK7Na3Ca5Al2Si14O38F4Cl2248875,488779
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61488754135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2942490248872,488829895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)19831856148880648
Elpasolite  (*)PerovskiteK2NaAlF614887516
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2148872182
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)942490248872,48882371
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O694249014888283
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21488729617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)942490248875,488821188
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)14887517
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19831856248880,4889424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)9424901488827437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1983185614888030554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)619831856148880121
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2348872,48875,4887727
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O248875,488916890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1488751398
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6148875741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31983490348880,48881,4888214640
Hieratite  (*)NoneK2SiF61488757
Hongshiite  (*)NonePtCu19831856248880,4888127
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)219831856148880201
Hydropyrochlore  (*)Pyrochlore(H2O,   )2Nb2(O,OH)6(H2O)9424901488821
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O319831856248872,488805433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)69424901488822228
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO4348875,48876,4887749
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41983490248880,488825591
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)248875,4887733
Kitagohaite  (*)NonePt7Cu19831856248880,488813
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO49424901488821507
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)148875233
Luberoite  (*)NonePt5Se419831856248880,488813
Lueshite  (*)PerovskiteNaNbO394249014888216
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4348872,48875,4887714899
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)14889161
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)9424901488824924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)942490148882945
Monazite-(Nd)  (*)MonaziteNd(PO4)2496490026
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O9424901488821508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214887317380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4942490148882112
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)448872,48875,48876,48877884
Orthocuproplatinum  (*)NonePt3Cu198318561488801
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2942490148882112
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)148872363
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3248875,48877495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21488752273
Platinum  (*)CopperPt19831856148880485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219831856248880,4889439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81488759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219831856548872,48873,48880,48881,4889461156
Rankamaite  (*)None(Na,K)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)31954.6945.8248887,488885
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2942490248872,488825614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)148875598
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO519831856248875,488801516
Simpsonite  (*)NoneAl4Ta3O13(OH)954.6945.8248887,4888816
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl942490448875,48877,48879,48882444
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs219831856148880337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14889421482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41488751934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)942490148882978
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)942490148882589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS248891,488922045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl148875275
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F942490148882232
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O62496945.8248883,4888699
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6954.6945.8248887,48888211
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)148875299
Thoreaulite  (*)NoneSn2+Ta2O61488789
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO219831856148880236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1488724899
Trikalsilite  (*)NoneK2Na(AlSiO4)31488762
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1488751044
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O14889181
Umbrianite  (*)Not in a structural groupK7Na2Ca2[Al3Si10O29]F2Cl21488752
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O942490148882301
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O942490148882652
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O942490148882374
Waylandite  (*)AluniteBiAl3(PO4)2(OH)614888931
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31488721247
Ximengite  (*)RhabdophaneBi(PO4)1488737
Zaïrite  (*)AluniteBiFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)61488734
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1983490448872,48880,48881,488825251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000987MAGMATIC STYLE: Small area in syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Mica syenite, nepheline-sodalite-cancrinite syenites and melteigite and melanite-aegirine pegmatites.
Jen_0000988MAGMATIC STYLE: Small area in syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Mica syenite, nepheline-sodalite-cancrinite syenites and melteigite and melanite-aegirine pegmatites.
Jen_0000989MAGMATIC STYLE: Small area in syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Mica syenite, nepheline-sodalite-cancrinite syenites and melteigite and melanite-aegirine pegmatites.
Jen_0000990MAGMATIC STYLE: Small area in syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Mica syenite, nepheline-sodalite-cancrinite syenites and melteigite and melanite-aegirine pegmatites.
Jen_0000991MAGMATIC STYLE: Several irregular, major intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Cancrinite syenite, pyroxenite and fenite.
Jen_0000992MAGMATIC STYLE: Several irregular, major intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Cancrinite syenite, pyroxenite and fenite.
Jen_0000993MAGMATIC STYLE: Several irregular, major intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Cancrinite syenite, pyroxenite and fenite.


14 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000987803803803        143217Kirumba, North Kivu, DR CongoKirumbaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000988572538555±17K-Ar biotite     143217Kirumba, North Kivu, DR CongoKirumbaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000989698632665±33K-Ar biotite     143217Kirumba, North Kivu, DR CongoKirumbaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000990825781803±22Rb-Sr whole rock     143217Kirumba, North Kivu, DR CongoKirumbaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-00336825781803 ± 22 Ma (Rb-Sr, whole rock)Rb-Sr whole rock     143217Kirumba, North Kivu, DR CongoKirumbaOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
Alexandra-0211198319771980±3U-PbAge of Nb-Ta mineralizationtantalite-(fe), columbite-(fe), tapiolite114   Ta, Nb30815Lubero Region, North Kivu, DR CongoLuberoMelcher et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003OGR64_667 
Alexandra-0212193519251930±5U-PbAge of Nb-Ta mineralizationtantalite-(fe), columbite-(fe), tapiolite114   Ta, Nb30815Lubero Region, North Kivu, DR CongoLuberoMelcher et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003OGR64_667 
Alexandra-0213189618561876±20U-PbAge of Nb-Ta mineralizationtantalite-(fe), columbite-(fe), tapiolite114   Ta, Nb30815Lubero Region, North Kivu, DR CongoLuberoMelcher et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003OGR64_667 
Jen_0000991822822822        4317Lueshe Mine, North Kivu, DR CongoLueshe MineWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000992942702822±120K-Ar biotite     4317Lueshe Mine, North Kivu, DR CongoLueshe MineWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000993542490516±26Rb-Sr whole rock     4317Lueshe Mine, North Kivu, DR CongoLueshe MineWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Alexandra-0268249524792487 ± 8U-PbAge of Nb-Ta mineralizationtantalite-(fe), columbite-(fe), tapiolite101    264038Mambasa, North Kivu, DR CongoMambasaMelcher et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003OGR64_667 
Bradley_2012_135249624802488±8U/Pb columbite, tantalite     264038Mambasa, North Kivu, DR CongoMambasaMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Alexandra-0227954.6945.8950.2±4.4U-PbAge of Nb-Ta mineralizationcolumbite-(fe), columbite-(mn)112   Ta, Nb283718Masisi Mts, North Kivu, DR CongoMutiko, MasisiMelcher et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003OGR64_667 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060717Lueshe Mine, North Kivu, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R060717
R060980Lueshe Mine, North Kivu, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R060980
R090025Lueshe Mine, North Kivu, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R090025


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