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Uraninite from
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

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Uraninite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Uraninite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Uraninite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Uraninite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Uraninite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Uraninite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Uraninite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Uraninite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Locality type:

Mine

Classification

Species:

Uraninite

Formula:

UO₂

Age information

Maximum recorded age:

480 ± 3 Ma

Minimum recorded age:

65 ± 1 Ma

Sample ages:

	Recorded age	Geologic Time	Sample	Dating method
1	199 ± 2 Ma	Early Jurassic	U-2237	206Pb/238U
2	195 ± 2 Ma	Early Jurassic	U-2237@1	206Pb/238U
3	186 ± 2 Ma	Early Jurassic	U-2237@2	206Pb/238U
4	397 ± 3 Ma	Early/Lower Devonian	U-2233	206Pb/238U
5	408 ± 3 Ma	Early/Lower Devonian	U-2233@1	206Pb/238U
6	407 ± 3 Ma	Early/Lower Devonian	U-2233@2	206Pb/238U
7	453 ± 4 Ma	Late/Upper Ordovician	2680b@2	206Pb/238U
8	412 ± 3 Ma	Early/Lower Devonian	2680b@3	206Pb/238U
9	234 ± 2 Ma	Late/Upper Triassic	U-12048	206Pb/238U
10	417 ± 3 Ma	Early/Lower Devonian	U-12048@2	206Pb/238U
11	76 ± 1 Ma	Late/Upper Cretaceous	U-3174	206Pb/238U
12	65 ± 1 Ma	Paleocene	U-3174@1	206Pb/238U
13	383 ± 3 Ma	Middle Devonian	U-3174@2	206Pb/238U
14	231 ± 2 Ma	Late/Upper Triassic	U-12439@1	206Pb/238U
15	201 ± 2 Ma	Early Jurassic	U-1249CC	206Pb/238U
16	238 ± 2 Ma	Middle Triassic	U-2237	207Pb/235U
17	236 ± 2 Ma	Late/Upper Triassic	U-2237@1	207Pb/235U
18	226 ± 2 Ma	Late/Upper Triassic	U-2237@2	207Pb/235U
19	438 ± 3 Ma	Llandovery	U-2233	207Pb/235U
20	447 ± 3 Ma	Late/Upper Ordovician	U-2233@1	207Pb/235U
21	446 ± 3 Ma	Late/Upper Ordovician	U-2233@2	207Pb/235U
22	480 ± 3 Ma	Early/Lower Ordovician	2680b@2	207Pb/235U
23	444 ± 3 Ma	Late/Upper Ordovician	2680b@3	207Pb/235U
24	277 ± 2 Ma	Cisuralian	U-12048	207Pb/235U
25	457 ± 3 Ma	Late/Upper Ordovician	U-12048@2	207Pb/235U
26	97 ± 1 Ma	Late/Upper Cretaceous	U-3174	207Pb/235U
27	84 ± 1 Ma	Late/Upper Cretaceous	U-3174@1	207Pb/235U
28	426 ± 3 Ma	Ludlow	U-3174@2	207Pb/235U
29	276 ± 2 Ma	Cisuralian	U-12439@1	207Pb/235U
30	242 ± 2 Ma	Middle Triassic	U-1249CC	207Pb/235U

Sample references:

1	U-2237	Decr
2	U-2237@1	Decr
3	U-2237@2	Decr
4	U-2233	Decr
5	U-2233@1	Decr
6	U-2233@2	Decr
7	2680b@2	Decr
8	2680b@3	Decr
9	U-12048	Decr
10	U-12048@2	Decr
11	U-3174	Decr
12	U-3174@1	Decr
13	U-3174@2	Decr
14	U-12439@1	Decr
15	U-1249CC	Decr
16	U-2237	Decr
17	U-2237@1	Decr
18	U-2237@2	Decr
19	U-2233	Decr
20	U-2233@1	Decr
21	U-2233@2	Decr
22	2680b@2	Decr
23	2680b@3	Decr
24	U-12048	Decr
25	U-12048@2	Decr
26	U-3174	Decr
27	U-3174@1	Decr
28	U-3174@2	Decr
29	U-12439@1	Decr
30	U-1249CC	Decr

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Uraninite data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Photo Gallery

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

11390

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:11390:6

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Uraninite

36.1km (22.4 miles)

ⓘ Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

References

edit.africamuseum.be (n.d.) http://edit.africamuseum.be/geco_website/pdf/Shinkolobwe.pdf

Deliens, M. (1996) Overzicht van de mineralogie van de koper-, kobalt- en uraniumvoorkomens in Zuid-Shaba (Zaïre). Pages 35-49 in: Schatten der Aarde. Van mineraal tot juweel. Tentoonstelling in de abdij Saint-Gérard de Brogne van 27 april tot 27 oktober 1996. Catalogus opgemaakt onder de leiding van R. Warin, AGAB en P. Van hee, MKA (in Dutch).

Simon, Grigore, Kesler, Stephen E., Essene, Eric J. (1997) Phase relations among selenides, tellurides, and oxides; II, Applications to selenide-bearing ore deposits. Economic Geology, 92 (4) 468-484 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.92.4.468

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Uraninite from Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Uraninite from
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo