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Locality Name:
Tenke-Fungurume Area, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID: 31037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31037.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tenke-Fungurume Area, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fungurume Deposit
Kansalawile
Kyaundji Deposit
Mambilima
Tenke Deposit (incl. Fwalu; Kwatebala; Goma)

Latitude: 10°37'2"S
Longitude: 26°13'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.617222222222,26.222222222222

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Buttgenbachite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gerhardtite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Paramelaconite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rouaite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spherocobaltite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Fe H Mg N O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Co Cu H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

28 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	900	900	1	48849	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	900	900	5	48847,48848,48849,48850,48851	5516
Buttgenbachite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(NO₃)₂Cl₈(OH)₆₂·nH₂O	900	900	1	48851	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	900	900	2	48848,48850	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	900	900	4	48847,48848,48850,48851	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	4	48847,48848,48850,48851	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	5	48847,48848,48849,48850,48851	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	900	900	3	48848,48849,48850	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	900	900	1	48851	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	900	900	3	48847,48849,48851	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	900	900	1	48851	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	900	900	0		1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	900	900	3	48848,48849,48850	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	900	900	1	48849	24243
Gerhardtite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	900	900	1	48851	24
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	900	900	2	48848,48850	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	900	900	2	48848,48850	14640
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	900	900	0		111
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	4	48848,48849,48850,48851	12537
Paramelaconite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺₂Cu²⁺₂O₃	900	900	1	48851	13
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	900	900	1	48849	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	900	900	1	48849	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	900	900	3	48848,48850,48851	61156
Rouaite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	900	900	1	48851	11
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	900	900	1	48849	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	900	900	1	48849	21482
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)	900	900	2	48848,48850	52
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	900	900	1	48851	1101

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
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
sedcu-00385	900	900	U. Proterozoic		Cu	228187	Fungurume Deposit, Tenke-Fungurume Area, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Fungurume	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00384	900	900	U. Proterozoic		Cu	228186	Tenke Deposit (incl. Fwalu; Kwatebala; Goma), Tenke-Fungurume Area, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Tenke	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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