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:
Tenke Deposit (incl. Fwalu; Kwatebala; Goma), Tenke-Fungurume Area, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 900

mindat Locality ID: 228186
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228186.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tenke Deposit (incl. Fwalu; Kwatebala; Goma), Tenke-Fungurume Area, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 10°34'48"S
Longitude: 26°9'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.58,26.153055555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Spinel

Bornite ()*	Buttgenbachite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Gerhardtite ()*	Malachite ()*
Paramelaconite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rouaite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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: C Cl Co Cu Fe H N O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cl Co Cu Fe H N O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	900	900	5516
Buttgenbachite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(NO₃)₂Cl₈(OH)₆₂·nH₂O	900	900	13
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	900	900	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	900	900	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	900	900	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	900	900	2970
Gerhardtite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	900	900	24
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	12537
Paramelaconite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺₂Cu²⁺₂O₃	900	900	13
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	900	900	61156
Rouaite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	900	900	11
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	900	900	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
	sedcu-00388	900	900	U. Proterozoic							Yes			Cu	4329	Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kolwezi	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00384	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	228186	Tenke Deposit (incl. Fwalu; Kwatebala; Goma), Tenke-Fungurume Area, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Tenke	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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