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Locality Name:
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 765
Youngest recorded age at locality: 667

mindat Locality ID: 4341
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4341.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 14°27'19"S
Longitude: 28°26'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.455277777778,28.433333333333
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeEpsomiteGermaniteGypsumHopeiteLinariteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupParahopeitePhenakitePhosphophyllitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteTarbuttiteVeszelyiteWurtzite

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Briartite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hopeite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Parahopeite  (*)Parascholzite  (*)Phosphophyllite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Renierite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scholzite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spencerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tarbuttite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Veszelyite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zincite  (*)
Zincolibethenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)76573502734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)67657350919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)276573505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)765735011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)67657350413
Briartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeGeS4765735012
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)765735027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)76573504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S76573505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2765735027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O76573503531
Copper  (*)CopperCu76573503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS76573504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O76573502970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)7657350378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)276573509895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS765735024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)76573507437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O7657350188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O76573506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3765735014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O76573501689
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O765735029
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)27657350201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)676573501066
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)7657350234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)27657350987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4765735014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2765735012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl76573501107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)7657350362
Parahopeite  (*)ParahopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O765735011
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O765735012
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O765735029
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2765735039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl76573501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2765735061156
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16765735037
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)27657350454
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O765735020
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)76573502473
Spencerite  (*)NoneZn4(PO4)2(OH)2·3H2O76573503
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS765735021482
Tarbuttite  (*)TarbuttiteZn2(PO4)(OH)765735011
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl7657350605
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O765735020
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO47657350303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO476573501655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS7657350372
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO765735098
Zincolibethenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(PO4)(OH)765735011


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
Mo-00446693667680±13Pb-Pb    YesWulfeniteMo207407Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, ZambiaKabwe Kabwe (Pb-Zn) depositKamona et al. (1999)10.1007/s001260050203MD34_273 
sedznpb-00506765735765–735        4341Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, ZambiaKabweSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050254Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambiahttps://rruff.info/R050254
R130562Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambiahttps://rruff.info/R130562
R050463Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambiahttps://rruff.info/R050463
R060763Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambiahttps://rruff.info/R060763

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