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Locality Name:
Kinsevere Mine, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 474
Youngest recorded age at locality: 427

mindat Locality ID: 264498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264498.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kinsevere Mine, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 11°21'35"S
Longitude: 27°34'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.359722222222,27.571111111111
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzSpinelTalc

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)247442705509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS447442705516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)474427027770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S44744270154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S47442705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2474427027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O47442703531
Copper  (*)CopperCu47442703846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O47442702970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)247442709895
Graphite  (*)NoneC47442702812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3474427014640
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)4744270111
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2474427012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2474427017380
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)44744270369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2474427039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2474427061156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)247442703337


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
Mo-00061474427 Pb-Pb, U-Pb    YesMolybdeniteMo4312Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo Kamona et al. (1999)10.1007/s001260050203MD34_273 
sedznpb-00196457.1445.1451.1±6.0 (Ru-Sr),|450.5±3.4 (Re-Os)Ru-Sr    Yes  4312Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR CongoKipushiSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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