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Kipushi Mine (Prince Léopold Mine), Kipushi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

A Zn-Pb-Cu mine featuring a suite of Zn-Pb-Cu-Fe sulfides with accessory Ga, Ge, Mo, W & V mineralization in dolomite and schist dolomite series of the Kundelunguian. Located just outside of the southern portion of the Katanga (Shaba) Cu zone/belt, 32 km SW of Lubumbashi.

Refs.:
- Strunz, H., Geier, B.H., and Seeliger, E. (1958) Gallite, CuGaS2, das erste selbständige Galliummineral, und seine Verbreitung in den Erzen der Tsumeb- und Kipushi-Mine. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte: 241-264.
- Lhoest, J.J. (1995). "Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine (Zaïre)." Mineralogical Record, 26(3), 163-192.





Mineral List:
  • Adamite
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Atacamite
  • Aurichalcite
  • Azurite
  • Baryte
  • Betekhtinite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bornite
  • Briartite (TL)
  • Brochantite
  • Calcite
  • Carrollite
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Cobaltite
  • Copper
  • Cuprite
  • Dolomite
       var: Zincian Dolomite
  • Galena
  • Gallite (TL)
  • Germanite
  • Germanocolusite
  • Goethite
  • Graphite
  • Greenockite
  • Gypsum
  • Halite
  • Hematite
  • Hemimorphite
  • Hydrozincite
  • Kipushite (TL)
  • Libethenite
  • Malachite
  • Massicot
  • Molybdenite
  • Pseudomalachite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyromorphite
  • Quartz
  • Reichenbachite
  • Renierite (TL)
  • Siderite
  • Silver
  • Smithsonite
  • Sphalerite
  • Stromeyerite
  • Tennantite
  • Tsumebite
  • Tungstenite
  • Turquoise
  • Vauquelinite
  • Veszelyite
  • Willemite
  • Witherite
  • Zincite


    61 entries listed. 60 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

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