Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bouenza Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)

Oldest recorded age at locality: 540
Youngest recorded age at locality: 540

mindat Locality ID: 213116
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213116.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bouenza Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Boko Songho District
Loutete
M'Fouati District
Nguedi

Latitude: 4°22'24"S
Longitude: 14°8'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.3733333333333,14.146388888889

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Descloizite	Germanite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Galena ()*
Germanite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Shattuckite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Calcite Descloizite Germanite Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

24 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
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	100901	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	100899,100901	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	100900	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	100900,100901	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	540	540	1	100895	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	100901	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	100901	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	100900	378
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O			3	100899,100900,100901	164
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	540	540	2	100895,100901	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	540	540	1	100895	33
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	100900,100901	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	100900	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	100899,100901	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			2	100900,100901	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	540	540	1	100895	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	100900	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	100900	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	540	540	1	100894	1153
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂			1	100901	71
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	100901	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	540	540	1	100895	21482
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			2	100900,100901	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			2	100900,100901	1655

1 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
	sedznpb-00190	540	540	Neoproterozoic–Early Cambrian											16702	M'Passa Mine, Boko Songho District, Bouenza Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)	M’Passa	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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