Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID: 31267
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31267.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kakontwe
Kamatanda Prospect
Likasi Mine (Panda Mine)
Shituru Mine

Latitude: 10°59'29"S
Longitude: 26°44'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.991388888889,26.743333333333

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite
Medenbachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Zircon

Atacamite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Buttgenbachite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Dolomite ()*	Florencite-(La) ()*
Gerhardtite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Likasite ()*
Ludjibaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Paramelaconite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*	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: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H La Mg N O P S Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Atacamite Brochantite Connellite Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite
Medenbachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Zircon

24 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
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	900	900	1	48713	544
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	900	900	1	48713	1633
Buttgenbachite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(NO₃)₂Cl₈(OH)₆₂·nH₂O	900	900	1	48713	13
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	900	900	1	48713	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	900	900	1	48713	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	900	900	1	48713	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	900	900	1	48713	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	900	900	0		164
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	900	900	1	48714	9895
Florencite-(La) ()*	Alunite	LaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	900	900	1	48714	12
Gerhardtite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	900	900	1	48713	24
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	900	900	1	48714	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	900	900	1	48714	14640
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	900	900	1	48714	234
Likasite ()*	None	Cu₃(NO₃)(OH)₅·2H₂O	900	900	1	48713	11
Ludjibaite ()*	Medenbachite	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	900	900	1	48714	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	2	48712,48713	12537
Paramelaconite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺₂Cu²⁺₂O₃	900	900	1	48713	13
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	900	900	2	48713,48714	369
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	900	900	2	48712,48714	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	900	900	1	48714	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	900	900	1	48713	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	900	900	1	48713	1101
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	900	900	1	48714	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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	Age Notes
	sedcu-00392	900	900	U. Proterozoic							Yes			Cu	185337	Kambove West Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Kambove	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00393	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	41272	Kamatanda Prospect, Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Kamatanda	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R090013	Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	https://rruff.info/R090013
R090009	Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	https://rruff.info/R090009

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