Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 765
Youngest recorded age at locality: 667

mindat Locality ID: 207407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Chiwanda Prospect
Chowa Mine
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine)
Lukali Prospect
Lukanga Prospect
Millberg Prospect
Mlila Prospect
Mufukushi Prospect
Sebembere Prospect

Latitude: 14°27'35"S
Longitude: 28°26'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.459722222222,28.434444444444
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca H O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeEpsomiteGermaniteGypsumHopeiteLinariteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupParahopeitePhenakitePhosphophyllitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteTarbuttiteVeszelyiteWurtzite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Briartite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hopeite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Parahopeite  (*)Parascholzite  (*)
Phosphophyllite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Renierite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Scholzite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spencerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tarbuttite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Veszelyite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zincite  (*)Zincolibethenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)76573512949542734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)67657351294954919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)765667071
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)276573512949545509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)765735129495411547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)67657351294954413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS476566712949595516
Briartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeGeS4765735129495412
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)765735129495427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)76573512949544979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S7656672294954,2949595707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27656672294954,29495927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O7656672294954,2949593531
Copper  (*)CopperCu76573512949543846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS76573512949544165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O7656672294954,2949592970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)7657351294954378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)27656674294952,294954,294955,2949579895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7656674294952,294954,294955,29495724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)76573512949547437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O7657351294954188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O76573512949546890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3765735129495414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O76573512949541689
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O765735129495429
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)27657351294954201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)676573512949541066
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)7657351294954234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)27657351294954987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4765735129495414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27656672294954,29495912537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl76573512949541107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)7657351294954362
Parahopeite  (*)ParahopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O765735129495411
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O765735129495412
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O765735129495429
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2765735129495439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl76573512949541725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2765735129495461156
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16765735129495437
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)27657351294954454
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O765735129495420
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)76573512949542473
Spencerite  (*)NoneZn4(PO4)2(OH)2·3H2O76573512949543
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7656675294952,294954,294955,294957,29495921482
Tarbuttite  (*)TarbuttiteZn2(PO4)(OH)765735129495411
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO76566712949591101
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl7657351294954605
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O765735129495420
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO47657351294954303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO476573512949541655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS7657351294954372
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO765735129495498
Zincolibethenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(PO4)(OH)765735129495411


2 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
Mo-00446693667680±13Pb-Pb     WulfeniteMo207407Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, ZambiaKabwe Kabwe (Pb-Zn) depositKamona et al. (1999)10.1007/s001260050203MD34_273 
sedznpb-00506765735765–735        4341Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, ZambiaKabweSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050621Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambiahttps://rruff.info/R050621
R050254Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambiahttps://rruff.info/R050254
R130562Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambiahttps://rruff.info/R130562
R050463Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambiahttps://rruff.info/R050463
R060763Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambiahttps://rruff.info/R060763

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