Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
M'sesa Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID: 4337
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4337.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 10°50'59"S
Longitude: 26°36'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.849722222222,26.606388888889

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.

Andalusite	Brochantite	Claringbullite	Connellite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Spangolite

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 Cl Cu F H N O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cl Cu F H N O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Brochantite Claringbullite Connellite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Plancheite Spangolite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Brochantite ()*	Buttgenbachite ()*	Claringbullite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Shattuckite ()*
Spangolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	900	900	1633
Buttgenbachite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(NO₃)₂Cl₈(OH)₆₂·nH₂O	900	900	13
Claringbullite ()*	Claringbullite	Cu²⁺₄FCl(OH)₆	900	900	13
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	900	900	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	900	900	2970
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	900	900	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	12537
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	900	900	74
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	900	900	369
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	900	900	71
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	900	900	105

2 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-00392	900	900	U. Proterozoic							Yes			Cu	185337	Kambove West Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Kambove	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00391	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	4337	M'sesa Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Sesa	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060117	M'sesa Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	https://rruff.info/R060117

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