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Locality Name:
M'fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)


mindat Locality ID: 4319
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4319.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "M'fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
M'fouati Mine

Latitude: 4°23'59"S
Longitude: 13°48'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.3997222222222,13.811388888889
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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu H Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl H O P Pb Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteCalciteDescloiziteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartz
RocksaltScheelite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Shattuckite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61100901919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211009015509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11009014979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11009013531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11009012970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O1100901164
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110090124243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11009011689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110090112537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11009011107
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2110090171
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11009012473
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41100901303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411009011655


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