Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 540

mindat Locality ID: 4325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bouenza Department
Brazzaville Department
Cuvette Department
Cuvette-Ouest Department
Kouilou Department
Lékoumou Department
Likouala Department
Niari Department
Plateaux Department
Pointe-Noire Department
Pool Department
Sangha Department

Latitude: 3°41'13"S
Longitude: 13°9'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.6869444444444,13.150833333333

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Boracite	Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Descloizite	Diamond	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fornacite	Germanite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Phenakite	Plancheite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tourmaline

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: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe Ge H K Li Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Cl H Li Na O Pb Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Boracite Calcite Carnallite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Descloizite Diamond Diaspore Feldspar Fornacite Germanite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Phenakite Plancheite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Tourmaline

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bischofite ()*	Boracite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Congolite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Diamond ()*
Diopside ()*	Dioptase ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Fornacite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Plancheite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rossmanite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tachyhydrite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	100911	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	100914	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	100914	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	100914	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1500	540	3	100901,100918,100935	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1500	1500	3	100899,100901,100935	5509
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O			1	100911	42
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl			1	100911	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1500	1500	2	100900,100935	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O			2	100909,100911	132
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1500	1500	6	100900,100901,100929,100934,100935,100938	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1500	540	2	100895,100935	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1500	1500	1	100935	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	100914	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1500	1500	2	100901,100935	3531
Congolite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl			1	100907	6
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1500	1500	1	100935	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1500	1500	3	100901,100927,100935	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	100900	378
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	100915	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	100914	4135
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1500	1500	12	100899,100900,100901,100927,100929,100931,100932,100933,100934,100935,100937,100938	164
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	100911,100929	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1500	540	0		520
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	100914	944
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)			1	100924	85
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	100914	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	540	540	2	100895,100901	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	540	540	1	100895	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1500	1500	2	100929,100935	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	100917	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	100911	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1500	1500	1	100935	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1500	1500	4	100900,100901,100929,100935	1689
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	100914	407
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	100900	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	100914	5433
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1500	1500	1	100935	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1500	1500	4	100899,100901,100927,100935	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			2	100900,100901	1107
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1500	1500	2	100927,100938	74
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1500	1500	1	100935	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1500	540	2	100895,100935	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1500	1500	2	100900,100935	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1500	1500	3	100900,100929,100935	61156
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1500	540	0		37
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	540	540	1	100894	1153
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂			1	100901	71
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1500	1500	1	100935	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	100901	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	540	540	1	100895	21482
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			2	100909,100912	275
Tachyhydrite ()*	None	CaMg₂Cl₆·12H₂O			1	100911	16
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1500	540	0		605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			2	100900,100901	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1500	1500	5	100900,100901,100929,100935,100938	1655

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedznpb-00190	540	540	Neoproterozoic–Early Cambrian		16702	M'Passa Mine, Boko Songho District, Bouenza Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)	M’Passa	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedznpb-00191	540	540	Neoproterozoic–Early Cambrian		213127	Yanga Koubanza (Yanga Koubenza) Deposit, Niari Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)	Yanga-Koubanza	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedcu-00379	1500	1500	Proterozoic	Cu	4307	Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)	Minduli	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050061	Renéville Mine (Djoué Mines), Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)	https://rruff.info/X050061

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