Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 387

mindat Locality ID: 4329
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4329.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Spinel

Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	Curite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Kolwezite ()*	Malachite ()*
Spherocobaltite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 C Ca Co Cu H Mg O P Pb S Si U

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	900	387	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	900	900	154
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	900	900	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	900	900	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	900	900	2970
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	900	900	58
Curite ()*	None	Pb_3+x[(UO₂)₄O_4+x(OH)_3-x]₂·2H₂O	900	387	51
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	900	387	9895
Kolwezite ()*	Malachite	CuCo(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	10
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	12537
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)	900	387	52
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	900	900	1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	900	900	1059
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	900	387	890

12 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	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002301	659.6	645	652.3±7.3	U-Pb	U mineralization/ (re-)mobilization		uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002303	656	656		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002304	602	602		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002305	542	542		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002306	503	503		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002385	394	394	394	206Pb/238U			uraninite	RGM 13156		Uraninite		4329	Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kolwezi Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002386	397	397	397	206Pb/238U			uraninite	RGM 13156		Uraninite		4329	Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kolwezi Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002387	387	387	387	206Pb/238U			uraninite	RGM 13156		Uraninite		4329	Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kolwezi Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002388	417	415	416±1	207Pb/235U			uraninite	RGM 13156		Uraninite		4329	Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kolwezi Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002389	418	416	417±1	207Pb/235U			uraninite	RGM 13156		Uraninite		4329	Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kolwezi Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002390	410	408	409±1	207Pb/235U			uraninite	RGM 13156		Uraninite		4329	Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kolwezi Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
sedcu-00388	900	900	U. Proterozoic								Cu	4329	Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kolwezi	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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