Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chingola, Copperbelt, Zambia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1976
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 245246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chingola, Copperbelt, Zambia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chingola
Fitula Mine
Konkola

Latitude: 12°31'15"S
Longitude: 27°50'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.520833333333,27.847777777778

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	Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Claringbullite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote
Feldspar	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Woodwardite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Claringbullite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Plancheite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Torbernite ()*	Woodwardite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Claringbullite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote
Feldspar Hydrotalcite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Plancheite Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Spinel Woodwardite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	900	900	2	294987,294988	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	900	900	1	294987	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1976	900	2	294985,294987	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1976	1952	1	294985	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	900	900	1	294987	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1976	900	2	294985,294987	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1976	900	2	294985,294987	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1976	900	2	294985,294987	3531
Claringbullite ()*	Claringbullite	Cu²⁺₄FCl(OH)₆	900	900	1	294987	13
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	900	900	1	294988	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	900	900	2	294987,294988	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	900	900	1	294987	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1976	1952	1	294985	8173
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	1976	1952	2	294984,294985	111
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	900	900	1	294987	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1976	900	3	294985,294987,294988	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	900	900	1	294983	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	900	900	1	294987	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1976	900	2	294985,294987	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	900	900	1	294987	2273
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	900	900	1	294988	74
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	900	900	1	294987	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1976	900	2	294985,294987	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	900	900	1	294987	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	900	900	1	294987	5614
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	900	900	1	294987	1059
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	900	900	1	294988	57

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	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
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
Kristen002302	536	524.2	530.1±5.9	U-Pb	reworking of metal concentration		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
sedcu-00756	900	900	U. Proterozoic									Cu	4342	Chingola Mine, Chingola, Chingola, Copperbelt, Zambia	Chingola	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
PorphCu-00271	1976	1952	1964±12								Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyrite	Cu	205764	Samba Mine, Kasompe, Chingola, Chingola, Copperbelt, Zambia	Samba	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
sedcu-00759	900	900	U. Proterozoic									Cu	228212	Mimbula, Chingola, Chingola, Copperbelt, Zambia	Mimbula	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00757	900	900	U. Proterozoic									Cu	16144	Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola, Copperbelt, Zambia	Nchanga	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00762	900	900	U. Proterozoic									Cu	4343	Fitula Mine, Chingola, Copperbelt, Zambia	Fitula	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
Kristen002310	502	470	486±16	U-Pb				RGM 3636	Yes			U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	4349	Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia	Nkana Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81

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