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Locality Name:
Sumbe City Council, Cuanza Sul Province (Kwanza Sul Province), Angola

Oldest recorded age at locality: 115
Youngest recorded age at locality: 85

mindat Locality ID: 215560
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215560.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sumbe City Council, Cuanza Sul Province (Kwanza Sul Province), Angola": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cachoeiras De Binga
Catanda
Sumbe (Novo Redondo)

Latitude: 10°44'30"S
Longitude: 14°21'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.741666666667,14.365833333333

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaddeleyiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteNonePyroxeneQuartzSpinelZircon
Zirconolite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6998511554286
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2998511554238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)99851155411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4115115115535516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)99851155427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S115115115535707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21151151155327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O49985115543902
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6998511554310
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O499851155414899
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21155561156
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)9985115545251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7998511554140



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000701MAGMATIC STYLE: Volcano of tuffs and lava flows; associated dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Dykes of tinguaite, phonolite, diabase and quartz rock.


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
sedcu-00017115115Cretaceous, L.Aptian       Cu228191Cachoeiras De Binga, Sumbe City Council, Cuanza Sul Province (Kwanza Sul Province), AngolaCachoeiras de BingaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
Jen_0000701998592±7K-Ar       125567Catanda, Sumbe City Council, Cuanza Sul Province (Kwanza Sul Province), AngolaCatandaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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