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Locality Name:
Mutoshi Mine (Ruwe Mine), Mutoshi (Ruwe), Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID: 20111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20111.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mutoshi Mine (Ruwe Mine), Mutoshi (Ruwe), Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 10°40'41"S
Longitude: 25°32'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.678055555556,25.535277777778

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Andalusite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Fritzscheite
Malachite	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Volborthite

Agardite-(Y) ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Carrollite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Oosterboschite ()*
Palladinite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Tin ()*	Volborthite ()*	Vysotskite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Sn Ti U V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H O P Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Sn Ti U V Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Andalusite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Fritzscheite
Malachite Mixite None Not in a structural group Plancheite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Volborthite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	900	900	90
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	900	900	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	900	900	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	900	900	1633
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	900	900	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	900	900	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	900	900	363
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	900	900	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	900	900	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	900	900	378
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	900	900	164
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	900	900	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	900	900	14640
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	900	900	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	12537
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	900	900	129
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	900	900	362
Oosterboschite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₇Se₅	900	900	5
Palladinite ()*	None	PdO	900	900	6
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	900	900	74
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	900	900	485
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	900	900	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	900	900	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	900	900	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	900	900	5614
Tin ()*	None	Sn	900	900	63
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	900	900	155
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	900	900	53

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-00388	900	900	U. Proterozoic							Yes			Cu	4329	Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kolwezi	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00386	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	20111	Mutoshi Mine (Ruwe Mine), Mutoshi (Ruwe), Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Mutoshi	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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