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Uraninite from
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Uraninite
Formula:UO2
Comments:Deep zones of the deposit.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachite7 photos of Uraninite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Gold4 photos of Uraninite associated with Gold at this locality.
Cuprosklodowskite2 photos of Uraninite associated with Cuprosklodowskite at this locality.
Sklodowskite2 photos of Uraninite associated with Sklodowskite at this locality.
Guilleminite1 photo of Uraninite associated with Guilleminite at this locality.
Schoepite1 photo of Uraninite associated with Schoepite at this locality.
Torbernite1 photo of Uraninite associated with Torbernite at this locality.
Libethenite1 photo of Uraninite associated with Libethenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Uraninite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20312
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20312:0
GUID (UUID V4):9d16f8ff-6fc7-4c7c-b9ad-4167e178f10b
Nearest other occurrences of Uraninite
2.9km (1.8 miles) KOV Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
3.1km (1.9 miles) Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
4.7km (2.9 miles) Kamoto Principal Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
4.9km (3.0 miles) Kamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
41.3km (25.7 miles) Kalongwe deposit, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
95.0km (59.0 miles) Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ........... 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott Rudolph collection;...Charelle Webb (2012-2018) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Dr. and Mrs. Don Lum (2017) Bryan Swoboda (2012-2017)...Schreiber (2013-2017) Richard Nahas (2018) (2009-2018) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013-2017) Kulin Pandey (2018)...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's
Journal (issue)
crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...great mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f...nearly 50 km in width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960. “ Shaba” means “copper” in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 18:27 10 November 2014 Musonoi, Democratic Republic of Congo T he current emphasis on nonpetroleum...revival in the collection of uranium minerals. Uraninite (Cook 2004) and several of the most common secondary...The specimen selected comes from the famous Musonoi mine, a locality that produces the world’s finest...sklodowskite. Some analyses show traces of Pb, Fe, and Ca. Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant geochemist in the mining...minerals formed in the oxide zone of mineral deposits. Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals
Book
INTRODUCTION TO ROBERT LAUF, PH.D. ._._...OUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Robert Laut holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering...information contact the publisher: Copyright © 2008 by Dr. Robert Laut, Ph.D. Library of Congress Control Number:...............................................36 Congo .. ................. .............................uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical
Journal (issue)
t gebied KOLWEZI-LUBUMBASHI . Sinds 1985 duikt geregeld de naam "Mashamba-West" op in mine ralogische...groep o f Likasi-sektor en de westelijke groep of Kolwezi-sektor . De westelijke mijnen, die jarenlang enorme...De mijnen en metaalfabrieken i n het gebied van KOLWEZI . Mashamba-West is gelegen in het uiterste westen...overzicht van d e andere mijnen in het gebied rond Kolwezi en van de metallurgische bedrijven in de westelijke...handtekeningen zijn nog steeds noodzakelijk . Kolwezi is de grote stad van de westelijke sektor, en er
Journal (issue)
Six Articles Hubeite, a new mineral from the Daye mine near Huangshi, Hubei Province, China . . . . . ...for minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . 473 by R. H. Currier The Nueva Vizcaya mine, Burguillos del Cerro Badajoz, Spain . . . . . ...specialization, such as the minerals of a certain state or mine, the minerals of a particular metal or compositional...Karl von Haidinger (1795–1871) with 63. Figure 1. Dr. Pete J. Dunn, U.S. National Museum of Natural History
Catalog/List
and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic..._r\~matrix. 2½x4xl2 " 324 grams. $175.00. 5. GOLD in URANINITE Virgi.n mb~€, Pl2.~cro de G~dalupe, Chihuahua...locality. 1¾x2x¾11 $600. 00. 14. DIAMOND Roko, Congo Republic. Superb lustrous olive-gray macle type...or display. 8x7x4 mm. $75.00. 15. DIAMOND Itoko, Congo Republlc. Superb ollve-gray twinned cube. 8x8x7...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched
Catalog/List
and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic..._r\~matrix. 2½x4xl2 " 324 grams. $175.00. 5. GOLD in URANINITE Virgi.n mb~€, Pl2.~cro de G~dalupe, Chihuahua...locality. 1¾x2x¾11 $600. 00. 14. DIAMOND Roko, Congo Republic. Superb lustrous olive-gray macle type...or display. 8x7x4 mm. $75.00. 15. DIAMOND Itoko, Congo Republlc. Superb ollve-gray twinned cube. 8x8x7...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched
Report (issue)
= 92.16(4)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 5.55 (10), 7.74 (9), 6.88 (8), 3.448 (8), 3.226...71.79 7.36 13.31 7.54 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; by electron microprobe, H2 O determined on a separate...copper-bearing uranium deposits, formed by alteration of uraninite. Association: Vandenbrandeite, soddyite, becquerelite...heterogenite, uraninite (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, near Kolwezi, at the Musonoi mine...mine, and in the Kamoto mine, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In the Komsomol ore field
Report (issue)
= 104± 200 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kasolo, Congo. 3.26 (10), 2.93 (9), 4.19 (8b), 3.53 (7), 6.61...(1) Kasolo, Congo. (2) Pb(UO2 )SiO4 ² H2 O: Occurrence: An oxidization product of uraninite. Association:...Association: Uraninite, torbernite, curite, dewindtite (Kasolo, Congo); rutherfordine, sklodowskite, curite...Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, and the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At...from the Green Monster mine, Goodsprings district, Clark Co., and the 4-D mine, Marietta district, Mineral
Report (issue)
FeO and CaO as impurities. (2) Katanga Province, Congo. (3) UO2 (CO3 ). Occurrence: A secondary mineral...formed as a weathering product of uraninite. Association: Uraninite, becquerelite, masuyite, schoepite...from Kalongwe, and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)....Mountain, Acworth, Sullivan Co., and in the Palermo mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire;...Utah, from the Delta mine, Emery Co., and in the “C” group of claims and the Jomac mine, White Canyon district
Report (issue)
c = 6.089(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Kalongwe, Congo. 4.29 (10), 2.92 (8), 5.06 (4), 2.56 (4), 2.09 (3)...8.97 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; recalculated to 100% after deduction of SiO2 0...chalcopyrite, uraninite, goethite (Kalongwe, Congo); curite, uranophane, sharpite (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution:...Distribution: In Congo (Zaire), in Katanga (Shaba) Province, from the Luiswishi mine; at Kalongwe; from Shinkolobwe;...Shinkolobwe; at Kambove; from Swambo; and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi. In the Rabéjac uranium deposit, seven
Report (issue)
1563(5) Z = 4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 7.53 (10), 3.77 (9), 3.17 (8), 2.03 (6), 3.54 (5)...Province, Congo. (3) Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O. Occurrence: An uncommon alteration product of uraninite. Association:...From Shinkolobwe and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire).... From the La Crouzille mine, and the Margnac mine, Compreignac, HauteVienne, and in the Rabéjac uranium...Thorpe, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, and in the Delta mine, Emery Co., Utah, USA. Name: Honors Valère Louis
Report (issue)
= 18.71 Z = [8] X-ray Powder Pattern: Ruggles mine, New Hampshire, USA. 3.32 (100), 4.48 (90), 6.14... Total 99.56 100.00 Chemistry: (1) Kasolo, Congo. (2) (UO2 )2 SiO 4 ² 2H2 O: Occurrence: A secondary...secondary mineral formed by oxidation of uraninite. Association: Kasolite, sklodowskite, uranophane, torbernite...Kasolo, Swambo, and in the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At...Cape Province, South Africa. In the Krunkelbachtal mine, near Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany. In the
Report (issue)
Association: Metatorbernite, autunite, zeunerite, uraninite. Distribution: Many localities, but rarely in...the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi, and as rich specimens from Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba...North Carolina; large crystals from the Majuba Hill mine, Antelope district, Pershing Co., Nevada. Name:
Catalog/List
five meters· and cabinet drawers loaded with uraninite register well below haza~dous continuous exposure... Gabon and Shaba, Zaire (then Katanga, Belgian Congo). Mr. Gilbert Gauthier, a noted mining engineer...of the Mine" collection, assembled as a museum display in the offices of the Shinkolobwe mine, was ordered...Comblain, is exceptional. Not only is the scien- Uraninite tific French relatively easy to read by non-Francophiles... CUPROSKLODOWSKITE, META-VANURALITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Very attractive emerald-green
Report (issue)
deposits and pegmatites, formed by alteration of uraninite; as coatings, presumably through deposition from...USA, at the Monument No. 2 mine, Apache Co., Arizona; from the Happy Jack mine, White Canyon, San Juan Co...in the Hanosh mine, Grants district, McKinley Co., New Mexico. In the Silver Cli® mine, Lusk, Niobrara...North Carolina. Large crystals from the Faraday mine, near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. On Mt. Painter...South Australia. In Congo (Zaire), at Shinkolobwe, and the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga (Shaba) Province
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oxides and uranates represented respectively by uraninite, becquerelite, billietite, curite and vandendrieascheite...s'observent regulierem e n t a u t o u r des oxydes. Uraninite U O s - Mineral c o m m u n ~ Lukuni, Shinkolobwe...(1977). Au Sud-Shaba, la billietite est observee Musonoi e t ~ Kalongwe o~ elle est souvent melangee ~ u...kasollte est u n mineral de couleur b r u n e Uraninite, Kolwezi 38 16 orange vff que r o n trouve habltuellement...etudi~ par Buttgenbach ( 1924}. Au Sud-Shaba, Musonoi, r u r a n o p h a n e se developpe s u r la gummite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abbreviations: (Dst.) district, area; (Co.) county; (m.) mine; (Mf.) massif; (Q.) quarry; (N) north, northern...Jachymov \(50°21`N, 12°55`E), Czech Republic \\1727uraninite;…1996jachymovite 6 – Jakobsberg \S of Nordmark...– Kamoto East m. \[~5 km] S of Musonoi (10°40`N, 25°25`E), Shaba,Congo (DRC) \\1986kamotoite(Y);…19...(11°03`S, 26°32`E), 5 km SW of Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Congo (DRC) \\1921curite;…1923schoepite 4 – Keweenaw...neite 14 – Kobokobo \(3°05`N, 28°08`E), Shaba, Congo (DRC) \\1958lusungite;…1987althupite 7 – Kombat
Book
. ... .. ... .. .. ................ .. .... . Congo ..................................................equipment, 1nineralogical studies ofuranium thankful that Dr. Lauf has been able to ded icate a huge and thorium...che1nical con1plexity, physical beauty as captured in Dr. oxyanions to form di verse structures and compositions...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated
Catalog/List
lxl-3/4" to 1-1/2x2-3/4" $ 10.00 BOLEITE Amelia mine, Boleo, Baja California, Choice bright blue single...to lxl-1/2" 5 Specimens $ 10.00 CROCOITE Red Lead mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia Bright orange-red crystalline...2x10 mm 10 Specimens $ 7.50 KALIBORITE Enrique mine, Sallent, Spain Choice pure white granular micro...inclusions. l-l/4x2" and 2x2-l/2" MALACHITE Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Choice pure green single elongated...3/4x3/4" 8 Specimens $ 5.00 METAVAUXITE Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bolivia Choice pale green to silky white
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mg(V2O6)•7H2O M ONOCLINIC Locality: The Firefly-Pigmay mine, Sect. 30, T. 28 S, R. 26 E, 16 km east of La Sal...carnotite, clausthalite, coffinite, tyuyamunite, uraninite, corvusite, montroseite, roscoelite, galena, pyrite...Mg(V2O6)•7H2O, a new mineral species from the Firefly–Pigmay mine, Utah: descriptive mineralogy and arrangement of...EXAGONAL Locality: The Garpenberg Norra zinc–lead mine, Hedemora, Dalarna, south-central Sweden. Occurrence:...nolanite-type structure from the Garpenberg Norra mine, Dalarna, Sweden. Canadian Mineralogist 39, 1675-1683
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Belgian Congo. It was purchased at the Munich Show in the 352 ROCKS & MINERALS mid-1980s by Dr. Marvin...originated at Shinkolobwe,it is more likely from the Musonoi mine in the same district. The specimen is 12.5 cm...of the Katanga deposits in what was the Belgian Congo. The occurrence of either primary torbemite or metatorbernite...from the Markey No. 3 mine, White Canyon district, Utah, as well as the Skyline mine in the Monument Valley...Valley and the Grey Dawn mine in the Paradox Valley districts and the Mineral Ten claim in the Green River
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SELENIDES OF THE MUSONOÏ MINE, KOLWEZI, KATANGA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Cassian PIRARD and Frédéric...“2400’” of the Musonoï Extension mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, has provided new insights into...digenite–berzelianite solid solution, Musonoï mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Sommaire Une étude de la minéralisation...l’Ecaille “2400” de la mine de Musonoï Extension, Katanga, République Démocratique du Congo, a permis d’acquérir...responsable de la minéralisation exceptionnelle de la mine de Musonoï, s’exprime par la cristallisation précoce
Catalog/List
·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...to 3 mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent
 
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