Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kakanda North Mine, Kakanda Deposit, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID: 41273
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41273.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kakanda North Mine, Kakanda Deposit, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 10°43'29"S
Longitude: 26°24'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.724722222222,26.407777777778

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.

Brochantite	Malachite	None	Vivianite

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: As C Ca Co Cu H Mg O P S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Co Cu H Mg O P S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Malachite None Vivianite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Brochantite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Spherocobaltite ()*

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
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	900	900	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	900	900	814
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	900	900	111
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	12537
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	900	900	369
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)	900	900	52

1 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-00387	900	900	U. Proterozoic							Yes			Cu	42400	Kakanda Deposit, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congo	Kakanda	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

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