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:
Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 4307
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4307.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pimbi Hill
Sanda Carriere (Sanda Quarry; Sanda Mine)

Latitude: 4°16'5"S
Longitude: 14°21'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.2680555555556,14.358611111111

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Plancheite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite
None Not in a structural group Plancheite Pyrite Quartz Scheelite

22 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
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1500	1500	0		919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1500	1500	0		5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1500	1500	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1500	1500	1	100938	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1500	1500	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1500	1500	0		27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1500	1500	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1500	1500	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1500	1500	0		2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1500	1500	2	100937,100938	164
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1500	1500	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1500	1500	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1500	1500	0		1689
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1500	1500	0		234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1500	1500	0		12537
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1500	1500	1	100938	74
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1500	1500	0		369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1500	1500	0		39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1500	1500	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1500	1500	0		61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1500	1500	0		5186
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1500	1500	1	100938	1655

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
	sedcu-00379	1500	1500	Proterozoic										Cu	4307	Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)	Minduli	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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