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Locality Name:
Lake Mweru, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

mindat Locality ID: 207574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Mweru, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Gwena Kimberlite
Kiaka Cu-Ag Deposit
Kikonkula Prospect
Kinkumbi Prospect
Lufukwe Prospect
Pweto Cu-Ag Deposit

Latitude: 9°21'47"S
Longitude: 28°12'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.3630555555556,28.205

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Monticellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Quartz

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	48744	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	48744	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	48743	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	48743,48744,48745	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	48744,48745	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	48744,48745	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	48743,48744,48745	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	48744,48745	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	48744,48745	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	48743,48744,48745	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	48744	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3	48743,48744,48745	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	48743	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	48744,48745	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	48744,48745	12537
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	48741	153
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	48744	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	48743,48744,48745	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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