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:
Kisamfu, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID: 232243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kisamfu, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kalukundi Cu-Co Deposit
Kansuki Cu-Co Deposit
Mashitu Cu-Co Deposit

Latitude: 10°40'31"S
Longitude: 25°53'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.675277777778,25.891111111111

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	Claringbullite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Talc

Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Claringbullite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spherocobaltite ()*
Talc ()*

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Claringbullite Clay Corundum Covellite Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel Talc

21 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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	900	900	1	48831	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	900	900	1	48831	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	900	900	1	48831	5516
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	900	900	1	48831	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	1	48831	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	1	48831	27198
Claringbullite ()*	Claringbullite	Cu²⁺₄FCl(OH)₆	900	900	1	48831	13
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	900	900	1	48831	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	900	900	1	48831	9895
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	900	900	1	48831	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	900	900	1	48831	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	900	900	1	48831	14640
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	900	900	1	48831	111
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	900	900	1	48831	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	1	48831	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	900	900	1	48831	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	900	900	1	48831	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	900	900	1	48831	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	900	900	1	48831	61156
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)	900	900	1	48831	52
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	900	900	1	48831	3337

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
	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130024	Kisamfu, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	https://rruff.info/R130024

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