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Locality Name:
Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 232798
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232798.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kimbedi
Mindouli
Simba Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPlancheitePyriteQuartzScheelite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dioptase  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6150015001100935919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21500150011009355509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15001500110093527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)150015004100929,100934,100935,1009384979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1500150011009355707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215001500110093527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1500150011009353531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1500150011009353846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1500150011009352970
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O150015008100929,100931,100932,100933,100934,100935,100937,100938164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211009299895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)150015002100929,1009357437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315001500110093514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O150015002100929,1009351689
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)150015001100935234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215001500110093512537
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O15001500110093874
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4150015001100935369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215001500110093539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1500150011009351725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2150015002100929,10093561156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1500150011009355186
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4150015003100929,100935,1009381655



1 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-0037915001500Proterozoic       Cu4307Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)MinduliCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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