Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lubero Region, North Kivu, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1983
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1856

mindat Locality ID: 30815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lubero Region, North Kivu, DR Congo": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kitagoha River

Latitude: 0°-9'-16"N
Longitude: 29°14'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.15444444444444,29.243333333333

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Tourmaline	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Dravite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kitagohaite ()*	Luberoite ()*	Orthocuproplatinum ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb Pt S Se Si Sn Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb Pt S Si Sn Th Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Tourmaline Zircon

25 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	1983	1856	0		2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1983	1856	0		1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1983	1856	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1983	1856	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1983	1856	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1983	1856	0		5171
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1983	1856	0		648
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1983	1856	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1983	1856	0		30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1983	1856	0		121
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1983	1856	1	48881	14640
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	1983	1856	1	48881	27
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1983	1856	0		201
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1983	1856	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1983	1856	0		5591
Kitagohaite ()*	None	Pt₇Cu	1983	1856	1	48881	3
Luberoite ()*	None	Pt₅Se₄	1983	1856	1	48881	3
Orthocuproplatinum ()*	None	Pt₃Cu	1983	1856	0		1
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1983	1856	0		485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1983	1856	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1983	1856	1	48881	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1983	1856	0		1516
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1983	1856	0		337
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1983	1856	0		236
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1983	1856	1	48881	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0211	1983	1977	1980±3	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(fe), columbite-(fe), tapiolite	114	Ta, Nb	30815	Lubero Region, North Kivu, DR Congo	Lubero	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0212	1935	1925	1930±5	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(fe), columbite-(fe), tapiolite	114	Ta, Nb	30815	Lubero Region, North Kivu, DR Congo	Lubero	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0213	1896	1856	1876±20	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(fe), columbite-(fe), tapiolite	114	Ta, Nb	30815	Lubero Region, North Kivu, DR Congo	Lubero	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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