| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Chalcopyrite |
| Formula: | CuFeS2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Renierite | 15 |
| Sphalerite | 9 |
| Bornite | 7 |
| Germanite | 7 |
| Briartite | 5 |
| Tennantite Subgroup | 5 |
| Quartz | 4 |
| Tennantite-(Zn) | 1 |
| Pyrobitumen | 1 |
| - var Shungite (1) | 1 |
| Betekhtinite | 1 |
| Carrollite | 1 |
| Calcite | 1 |
| Linnaeite | 1 |
| Galena | 1 |
| Arsenopyrite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chalcopyrite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 22852 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:22852:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite |
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| 37.4km (23.3 miles) | ⓘRuashi Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 58.4km (36.3 miles) | ⓘKinsevere mine, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 70.7km (43.9 miles) | ⓘLuishia Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 70.9km (44.0 miles) | ⓘLombe Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 77.5km (48.2 miles) | ⓘMusoshi Mine, Musoshi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 94.0km (58.4 miles) | ⓘKonkola Mine, Chililabombwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia |
| 94.6km (58.8 miles) | ⓘKansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia |
| 97.9km (60.8 miles) | ⓘTshinsenda (Kinsenda), Sakania Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| References |
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Kamona, A. F., Lévêque, J., Friedrich, G., Haack, U. (1999) Lead isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African orogenesis in the Damaran-Lufilian Fold Belt of Central Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (3). 273-283 doi:10.1007/s001260050203 Van Wilderode, J., Heijlen, W., De Muynck, D., Schneider, J., Vanhaecke, F., Muchez, Ph. (2013) The Kipushi Cu–Zn deposit (DR Congo) and its host rocks: A petrographical, stable isotope (O, C) and radiogenic isotope (Sr, Nd) study. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 79. 143-156 doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2012.11.011 |
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Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo