Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mufukushi Prospect, Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia

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

mindat Locality ID: 207414
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207414.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mufukushi Prospect, Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Malachite None Not in a structural group Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*
Malachite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	765	667	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	765	667	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	765	667	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	765	667	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	765	667	2970
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	765	667	12537
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	765	667	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	765	667	1101

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
	Mo-00446	693	667	680±13	Pb-Pb						Yes		Wulfenite	Mo	207407	Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia	Kabwe Kabwe (Pb-Zn) deposit	Kamona et al. (1999)	10.1007/s001260050203	MD34_273
	sedznpb-00506	765	735	765–735							Yes				4341	Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia	Kabwe	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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