Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 542

mindat Locality ID: 4340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 11°2'50"S
Longitude: 26°30'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.047222222222,26.505555555556

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Quartz

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Plancheite Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Quartz ()*	Shattuckite ()*
Strontianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	900	542	27770
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	900	900	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	900	900	164
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	900	542	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	900	542	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	900	542	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	900	900	12537
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	900	900	74
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	900	542	61156
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	900	900	71
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	900	542	589

2 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-00392	900	900	U. Proterozoic							Yes			Cu	185337	Kambove West Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Kambove	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	Mo-00062	602	542		U-Pb						Yes		Iriginite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Umohoite, Wulfenite, Cousinite	Mo	4328	Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo		Unrug (1988)	10.2113/gsecongeo.83.6.1247	EG83_1247

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040028	Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	https://rruff.info/R040028

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