Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Enterprise Deposit, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 514.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500.1

mindat Locality ID: 269734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Enterprise Deposit, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°11'21"S
Longitude: 25°12'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.189166666667,25.213055555556

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.

Clay	Millerite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	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 Fe H Mg Mo Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H Mg Mo Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Millerite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Talc

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Kyanite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*	Vaesite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	514.6	500.1	1507
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	514.6	500.1	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	514.6	500.1	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	514.6	500.1	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	514.6	500.1	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	514.6	500.1	3337
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	514.6	500.1	106

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
Mo-00063	513	502		Re-Os, U-Pb			Yes		Drysdallite	Mo	4348	Kampijimpanga, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia		Torrealday et al. (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165	EG95_1165
Mo-00147	503.5	500.1	501.8±1.7	Re-Os	molybdenite	HT-K237	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	15998	Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia	Kansanshi	Torrealday et al. (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165	EG95_1165
Mo-00148	504.7	501.3	503.0±1.7	Re-Os	molybdenite	HT-K237	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	15998	Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia	Kansanshi	Torrealday et al. (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165	EG95_1165
Mo-00149	513.5	510.1	511.8±1.7	Re-Os	molybdenite	HT-K285-1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	15998	Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia	Kansanshi	Torrealday et al. (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165	EG95_1165
Mo-00150	514.6	511.2	512.9±1.7	Re-Os	molybdenite	HT-K285-2	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	15998	Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia	Kansanshi	Torrealday et al. (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165	EG95_1165

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