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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.




References:
- 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, 163-192.
- Kamona, A.F., Lévêque, J., Friedrich, G., and 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, 273-283.
- Kampunzu, A.B., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kamona, A.F., Intiomale, M.M., and Melcher, F. (2009): Sediment-hosted Zn–Pb–Cu deposits in the Central African Copperbelt. Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.





Map Reference: 11°46'10"S , 27°14'8"E

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Mineral List:
Adamite
Anglesite
Apatite-(CaF)
Arsenopyrite
Atacamite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baryte
Beaverite
Betekhtinite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Briartite (TL)
Brochantite
'Calamine'
Calcite
var: Zincian Calcite
Carrollite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Cobaltite
Copper
Cosalite
Cuprite
Descloizite
var: Cuprian Descloizite

Dioptase
Dolomite
var: Zincian Dolomite
Galena
Gallite (TL)
Germanite
Germanocolusite
Goethite
Graphite
Greenockite
Gypsum
Halite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hydrozincite
Kaolinite
Kipushite (TL)
Libethenite
Linnaeite
Löllingite
Malachite
Massicot
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Barian Muscovite

Pseudomalachite
Pyrite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Reichenbachite
Renierite (TL)
Scheelite
Siderite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Stannoidite
Stromeyerite
Tennantite
Tsumebite
Tungstenite
Turquoise
Vanadinite
Vauquelinite
Veszelyite
Willemite
Witherite
Zincite


77 entries listed. 71 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

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