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Locality Name:
Kambove Principal Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 529

mindat Locality ID: 4310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4310.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kambove Principal Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 10°52'52"S
Longitude: 26°36'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.881111111111,26.6
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteFritzscheiteMalachiteNonePlancheitePyriteQuartzSpinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Francevillite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Malachite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Soddyite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vandenbrandeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS457952905516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)657952901633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)579529027770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S45795290154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S57952905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2579529027198
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O579529058
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)257952909895
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O579529043
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)5795290111
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O5795290198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2579529012537
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O579529074
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)45795290369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2579529039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2579529061156
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2579529071
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)2579529044
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)579529052
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O57952901059
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O5795290890
Vandenbrandeite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)(OH)457952909


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002314579529554±25   RGM 12352    4310Kambove Principal Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR CongoKambove MineDecrée et al. (2011)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003OGR40_81 
sedcu-00392900900U. Proterozoic     Yes Cu185337Kambove West Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR CongoKamboveCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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