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:
Chambishi, Kalulushi, Copperbelt, Zambia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 194868
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194868.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chambishi, Kalulushi, Copperbelt, Zambia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chambishi Mine
Chambishi Smelter Slag Locality
Pitanda Mine
Pitanda South Mine

Latitude: 12°40'59"S
Longitude: 28°0'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.683055555556,28.002777777778

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	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 Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	900	900	1	294992	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	900	900	1	294992	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	900	900	1	294992	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	1	294992	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	1	294992	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	900	900	1	294992	3531
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	900	900	1	294992	82
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	900	900	1	294992	9895
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	900	900	1	294992	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	1	294992	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	900	900	1	294992	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	900	900	1	294992	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	900	900	1	294992	61156

10 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	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002301	659.6	645	652.3±7.3	U-Pb	U mineralization/ (re-)mobilization		uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002302	536	524.2	530.1±5.9	U-Pb	reworking of metal concentration		uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002303	656	656		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002304	602	602		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002305	542	542		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002306	503	503		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
sedcu-00761	900	900	U. Proterozoic								Cu	9736	Chambishi Mine, Chambishi, Kalulushi, Copperbelt, Zambia	Chambishi	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00760	900	900	U. Proterozoic								Cu	228213	Pitanda Mine, Chambishi, Kalulushi, Copperbelt, Zambia	Pitanda	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00763	900	900	U. Proterozoic								Cu	228214	Pitanda South Mine, Chambishi, Kalulushi, Copperbelt, Zambia	Pitanda South	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
Kristen002310	502	470	486±16	U-Pb				RGM 3636	Yes		U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	4349	Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia	Nkana Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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