Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kamituga-Mobale Mine, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 975.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 969.3

mindat Locality ID: 32214
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32214.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kamituga-Mobale Mine, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 3°2'59"S
Longitude: 28°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.0497222222222,28.166666666667

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Staurolite
Stibnite	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibnite ()*	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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Marcasite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Staurolite
Stibnite Talc

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	975.3	969.3	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	975.3	969.3	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	975.3	969.3	73
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	975.3	969.3	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	975.3	969.3	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	975.3	969.3	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	975.3	969.3	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	975.3	969.3	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	975.3	969.3	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	975.3	969.3	1544
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	975.3	969.3	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	975.3	969.3	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	975.3	969.3	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	975.3	969.3	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	975.3	969.3	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	975.3	969.3	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	975.3	969.3	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	975.3	969.3	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	975.3	969.3	4894
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	975.3	969.3	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	975.3	969.3	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	975.3	969.3	978
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	975.3	969.3	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	975.3	969.3	3337

1 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
	Alexandra-0228	975.3	969.3	972.3±3	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		columbite-(fe), columbite-(mn)	115		Yes			Ta, Nb	262105	Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo	Mwimbi	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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