Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

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.

Alunite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Zircon
Zirconolite

Aegirine-augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Quartz ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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:
Alunite Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite None Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Zircon
Zirconolite

13 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
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	99	85	1	1554	286
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	99	85	1	1554	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	99	85	1	1554	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	115	115	1	1553	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	99	85	1	1554	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	115	115	1	1553	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	115	115	1	1553	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	99	85	1	1554	3902
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	99	85	1	1554	310
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	99	85	1	1554	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	1555	61156
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	99	85	1	1554	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	99	85	1	1554	140

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000701	MAGMATIC 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 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
	sedcu-00017	115	115	Cretaceous, L.Aptian										Cu	228191	Cachoeiras De Binga, Sumbe City Council, Cuanza Sul Province (Kwanza Sul Province), Angola	Cachoeiras de Binga	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	Jen_0000701	99	85	92±7	K-Ar										125567	Catanda, Sumbe City Council, Cuanza Sul Province (Kwanza Sul Province), Angola	Catanda	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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