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Lueca mine, Damba, Uíge Province, Angolai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Lueca mine | Group of Mines |
| Damba | Municipality |
| Uíge Province | Province |
| Angola | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude:
7° South , 15° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~196km
Type:
Group of Mines
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Minas do Leuca
Other Languages:
Portuguese:
Minas do Lueca, Uíge, Angola
Secondary vanadium and zinc minerals associated with quartz and chalcedony (no carbonates) in a silicified dolomitic limestone.
Note on the mineral list: Millmam (1960) also mentions an unidentified blue copper silicate.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
8 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Descloizite Formula: PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Mottramite Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ Tarbuttite Formula: Zn2(PO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ Vanadinite Formula: Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| ⓘ Volborthite Formula: Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Tarbuttite | 8.BB.35 | Zn2(PO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ | Descloizite | 8.BH.40 | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ | Mottramite | 8.BH.40 | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ | Vanadinite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| ⓘ | Volborthite | 8.FD.05 | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Descloizite | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Tarbuttite | Zn2(PO4)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Descloizite | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Tarbuttite | Zn2(PO4)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| O | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Tarbuttite | Zn2(PO4)(OH) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Descloizite | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| V | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| V | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| V | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| Cu | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Descloizite | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Zn | ⓘ Tarbuttite | Zn2(PO4)(OH) |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Descloizite | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| Pb | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| Pb | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
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