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Locality Name:
Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID: 4330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 11°'15"S
Longitude: 26°44'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.004166666667,26.742777777778
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: Ag Al C Cl Cu H N O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cl Cu H N O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAtacamiteBrochantiteConnelliteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Buttgenbachite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gerhardtite  (*)Likasite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Paramelaconite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Silver  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)39009000544
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)690090001633
Buttgenbachite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(NO3)2Cl8(OH)62·nH2O900900013
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O90090003531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O9009000295
Copper  (*)CopperCu90090003846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O90090002970
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)3900900024
Likasite  (*)NoneCu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O900900011
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2900900012537
Paramelaconite  (*)NoneCu1+2Cu2+2O3900900013
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)49009000369
Silver  (*)CopperAg90090005186
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO90090001101


1 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
sedcu-00392900900U. Proterozoic     Yes Cu185337Kambove West Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR CongoKamboveCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R090013Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R090013
R090009Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R090009

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