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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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