Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Descloizite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Shattuckite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Calcite Descloizite Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	100901	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	100901	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	100901	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	100901	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	100901	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	0		378
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	100901	164
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	100901	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	100901	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	100901	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	100901	1107
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	1	100901	71
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	100901	2473
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	100901	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	100901	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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