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Kasolite from
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kasolite
Formula:Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Parsonsite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Curiteⓘ25 photos of Kasolite associated with Curite at this locality.
Metatorberniteⓘ8 photos of Kasolite associated with Metatorbernite at this locality.
Torberniteⓘ7 photos of Kasolite associated with Torbernite at this locality.
Wulfeniteⓘ5 photos of Kasolite associated with Wulfenite at this locality.
SalĂ©eiteⓘ4 photos of Kasolite associated with SalĂ©eite at this locality.
Soddyiteⓘ4 photos of Kasolite associated with Soddyite at this locality.
Uraniniteⓘ3 photos of Kasolite associated with Uraninite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ3 photos of Kasolite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Uranophaneⓘ2 photos of Kasolite associated with Uranophane at this locality.
Dewindtiteⓘ2 photos of Kasolite associated with Dewindtite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kasolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (25 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6638
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6638:9
GUID (UUID V4):be0116da-5f14-448f-a49b-0d95f1afd23e
Nearest other occurrences of Kasolite
19.4km (12.0 miles) ⓘKambove Principal Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
36.1km (22.4 miles) ⓘSwambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
71.5km (44.4 miles) ⓘKasompi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
MINERAUX D'URANIUM I t DU HA UT KATANGA iI ‱! "LES AMIS DU MUSEE ROYAL DU CONGO BELGE", TERVUREN (Belgique)...Notices par C. GUILLEMIN "LES AMIS DU MUSEE ROYAL DU CONGO BELGE", TERVUREN (Belg ique) QUELQUES REMARQUES...SECONDAIRES D'URANIUM DU HAUT KATANGA par J. F. V AE S E differents points du Haut Katanga ont ete rencontres...mineraux d'uraoium mais c'est le gisement de Shinkolobwe (anciennement denomme Kasolo) qui en a livre...consignees ci-dessous. Le mineral primaire d'uranium au Katanga est l'uraninite. Nulle part dans cette region on
Journal (issue)
mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection,...ince the days o f Stanley and Livingstone, Shaba (Katanga) has been known as one o f the world’s great mineralized...mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f the finest and...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...province was changed from Katanga to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960
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 .. ................. .............................minerals is broad and deep; it covers a lot of territory and many years of scientific studies as well as...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was
Journal (issue)
The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ...............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)...grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's specialties
Report (issue)
819(8) c = 6.983(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 4.27 (FF), 3.00 (F–FF), 2.95 (F–FF), 3.48...24 29.05 5.86 Total 99.12 99.1 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo. (2) Do.; UO3 and P2 O5 average of two analyses...Occurrence: Congo). In pockets of torbernite in the oxidized zone of a uranium deposit (Shinkolobwe, Association:...Torbernite (Shinkolobwe, Congo); uranophane, kasolite, autunite (near Nogales, Arizona, USA); kasolite (Goodsprings...(Goodsprings, Nevada, USA). Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga (Shaba) Province, and at the Kobokobo pegmatite
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)...19.81 8.97 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; recalculated to 100% after deduction of...uranium deposits. Association: Cuprosklodowskite, kasolite, sklodowskite, malachite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...(Kalongwe, Congo); curite, uranophane, sharpite (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution: In Congo (Zaire), in...in Katanga (Shaba) Province, from the Luiswishi mine; at Kalongwe; from Shinkolobwe; at Kambove; from
Book (volume)
., ..J ATLAS DU KATANGA PUBLIE PAR LE ,,, COMITE SPECIAL nu KATANGA / d 'apïżœĂš5 les tr>avaux ·de...remonte Ă  l'Ăąge triasique. rhĂ©tien. ATLAS nu KATANGA FASCICULE 2 TABLE DES MATIÈRES GÉNÉRALITÉS...LXXXIII LXXXVII Introduction . La gĂ©ologie du Katanga MĂ©ridional Carte d'ensemble des Feuilles « I...Tenke » Carte gĂ©ologique du Katanga MĂ©ridional LXXXV LXXXIX FEUILLE KAMBOVE Texte. Planches, plans et...de mine Planche gĂ©odĂ©sique. Planche des minĂ©raux Plan et coupe schĂ©matique de la mine de Kambove Planche
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reconnue clue dans les gisements de Kalongwe et de Shinkolobwe. Les uranates constituent ]es premieres transformations...uranium occurrences of Southern Shaba (formerly Katanga) are subdivided into four groups: - Oxides and... have been encountered only at Kalongwe and Shinkolobwe. Uranates constitute the first products of the...Uraninite U O s - Mineral c o m m u n ~ Lukuni, Shinkolobwe, ainsi que d a n s certains gisements c u p r...c o b a l t i f ~ r e s , n o t a m m e n t ~ Kambove, Kamoto, Musoshi et Rwashi (Cahen et al., 1961;
Journal (issue)
net NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2022 Articles The Laohuan mine, Goncheng, Zhuang, Guangxi, China.................Type Mineralogy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...................................................yellow pyromoprhite crystals, 9 cm, from the Laohuan mine, Gongcheng County, Guangxi, China. Federico Pezzotta... Hickox, Jr. Wally Mann Keith and Diane Brownlee Dr. Nikolas Golosow William B. (Bill) Wray Herb & Monika...w w.FineMineral.com Copper Pearl Handle Pit Ray Mine, Arizona 13 cm Copper has been an essential metal
Report (issue)
α = 68.800(2)° X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, D.R. Congo. 3.122 (100), 7.12 (80), 3.55 (60), 3.47...100.00 (2) 79.48 15.51 5.01 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, D.R. Congo; average of eight electron microprobe analyses...zone of a hydrothermal uranium deposit (Shinkolobwe, D.R. Congo). Association: Uraninite, uranophane, becquerelite...masuyite, torbernite, kasolite, rutherfordine, wölsendorfite (Shinkolobwe, D.R. Congo); metazeunerite, nováčekite... Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)
Report (issue)
09 b = 12.04–12.31 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 7.08 (100), 3.52 (70), 3.12 (50), 3.56 (35)...5.74 Total [100.00] [100.00] 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo [type I material]; by electron microprobe...wölsendorfite, kasolite, metastudtite. Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, and the Kamoto mine, near Kolwezi...Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In the El Sharana mine, South Alligator Valley, Northern...Northern Territory, Australia. Found at the Rabéjac uranium deposit, seven km south-southwest of Lodève
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
November 2014 Musonoi, Democratic Republic of Congo T he current emphasis on nonpetroleum energy resources...specimen selected comes from the famous Musonoi mine, a locality that produces the world’s finest examples...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...minerals are becquerelite, brochantite, uranophane, kasolite, vandenbrandeite, liebigite, uranophanebeta, and
Report (issue)
9238(9) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shaba Province, Congo. 7.50 (10), 3.22 (9), 3.75 (8), 3.56 (8), 2.58 (7)...06 Total 99.51 [100.0] 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo. (2) Congo; by electron microprobe, average of...masuyite, kasolite (Shinkolobwe, Congo); johannite, uranopilite, zippeite (Happy Jack mine, Utah, USA)...USA). Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At Schlema-Harlenstein...From Mitterberg, Salzburg, Austria. In the Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England. From the Rabéjac
Report (issue)
Pb(UO2 )SiO4 ÂČ H2 O Kasolite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...= 104± 200 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kasolo, Congo. 3.26 (10), 2.93 (9), 4.19 (8b), 3.53 (7), 6.61...38.00 Total 99.84 100.00 3.07 (1) Kasolo, Congo. (2) Pb(UO2 )SiO4 ÂČ H2 O: Occurrence: An oxidization...Uraninite, torbernite, curite, dewindtite (Kasolo, Congo); rutherfordine, sklodowskite, curite (Nabarlek...Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, and the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province,
Report (issue)
Total 100.2 99.07 100.00 (1) Shaba Province, Congo; Fe2 O3 trace. (2) J¶achymov, Czech Republic; Fe2...uranophane, kasolite, vandenbrandeite, liebigite, uranophane-beta, compreignacite. Distribution: In Congo (Zaire)...from Katanga (Shaba) Province, at Kambove and Kalongwe, with exceptional specimens from Shinkolobwe and...and the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi. From J¶achymov (Joachimsthal), Czech Republic. At Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony...Saxony, Germany. From West Wheal Owles and the Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England. In the Rab¶ejac uranium
Book
mining organizations, such as Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga, should not be forgotten. It is evident that...Buttgenbach H. (1 947) Les Mineraux de Belgique et du Congo Beige. 573 p. Paris: Ed. Dunod. Cesbron, F. (1985)...the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo introduced a new admin istrative subdivision for...concern the former Katanga Province. According to the new subdivision, the former Katanga Province is now...three new provinces: the Haut-Katanga Province, the Lualaba Province and the Haut-Loma mi Province. What
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...vast and deep; it PHOTO CREDITS covers a lot of territory (and languages) and many years of Maps were prepared...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical
Report (volume)
____________________ .. _______________________ _ Kasolite ____________ . ____ . __________ -------- __ -------...(U0 3 ) from pitchblende from the Georg Wagsfort mine at J ohanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge of Saxony...of the rich uranium ores of the Katanga district in the Belgian Congo. The uraninite ores of Great Bear...the mineralogically diverse ores of the Belgian Congo the list of known species was doubled largely through...urani urn minerals first discovered in the Belgian Congo. The work of the American mineralogist C. Palache
Journal (issue)
tranche unidescenda11te sous dalle de béton à la mine de Margnac (Haute-Vienne) - Photo: COGEMA (GST)... Auj ourd ' hui , il ne reste plu qu' une seule mine d' ura nium en acti vité, à Jouac dans le nord du...Victo r Lassall e décou vre la chalcolite dans la mine du CrÎt Blanc prÚs de Gru ry (SaÎne-etLoire). En...(Haute-Vienne). Pendant ce temps, la mine de radium de Shinkolobwe (Katanga) est réouverte pour l'uranium en...1956 et mis en exploitation en 1958. Au Niger, la mine d'Arlit est exploitée à partir de 1968. Des prospections
Report (issue)
6.610(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Shaba Province, Congo. 8.42 (10), 4.19 (8), 3.27 (7), 3.52 (6), 3.00 (6)...100.00 Chemistry: 69.54 4.90 10.95 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo. (2) (H3 O) 2 Mg(UO2 )2 (SiO 4) 2 ÂČ 2H2 O:...earlier-formed secondary uranium minerals. Association: Kasolite, soddyite, torbernite, uranophane, uranophane-beta...metazeunerite, curite. Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In the... Utah; in the New Haven mine, Crook Co., Wyoming; and in the Ross-Adams mine, Bokan Mountain, Prince
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in this manner were Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territory, Canada; Joachimsthal, Czechoslovakia; and, probably...probably the most famous locality, Katanga district (Shaba Province), Zaire. Most of the uraninite-bearing...generation of formation than the pitchblende. The Shinkolobwe deposit in Zaire produced a few very large, to...Minerals Figure 3: Becquerelite and rutherfordine, Shinkolobwe, Zaire. Photo by Lou Perloff. bismuth, and...Czechoslovakia; Great Bear L a k e in Canada; the Shinkolobwe deposit in Zaire; and the deposits at Cornwall
Report (issue)
as kasolite and uranophane, and remaining FeO and CaO as impurities. (2) Katanga Province, Congo. (3)...Uraninite, becquerelite, masuyite, schoepite, kasolite, curite, boltwoodite, vandendriesscheite, billietite...Tanzania. At Shinkolobwe, from Kalongwe, and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba...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)
395(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: [Kasompi mine,] Congo. 3.827 (100), 2.928 (100), 4.46 (90), 3.162...99.33 [99.39] Tb2 O3 trace 0.66 (1) [Kasompi mine,] Congo; by electron microprobe, CO2 by chromatography...Gysinite-(Nd), malachite, cerussite, wulfenite, kasolite, schoepite, uranophane, curite, françoisite-(Nd)...Kasompi, Menda, and Kamoto East mines, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). Name: To honor...(1892–1966), Chief Geologist, Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, Congo. Type Material: Royal Museum of Central
Report (issue)
= 7.2392(8) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: [Shinkolobwe,] Congo. 4.326 (100), 3.676 (100), 2.074 (60), 5...3.33 1.49 1.93 31.69 Total [100.0] (1) [Shinkolobwe,] Congo; by electron microprobe, averages of 21 analyses...19 (CO3 )2.05 (OH)0.63 ‱ 1.2H2 O. (2) Sa Duchessa mine, Sardinia, Italy; by electron microprobe, average...cerussite, wulfenite, kasolite, gold, bornite, garnet, “talc-chlorite” (Shinkolobwe, Congo); chrysocolla, agardite-(Y)...agardite-(Y), philipsburgite, theisite (Sa Duchessa mine, Sardinia, Italy). Distribution: Originally found
Report (issue)
= 55.969(4) Z = 8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 3.09 (100), 3.44 (90b), 1.907 (60), 6.90...rutherfordine, becquerelite, masuyite, kasolite, metastudtite (Shinkolobwe). Distribution: From Wölsendorf,...Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At Okla...Koongarra deposit, 225 km east of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Name: For the mineral’s first-noted...(1961) Sur la structure de la wölsendorfite de Shinkolobwe. Ann. Soc. GĂ©ol. Belg., 84, 365-373 (in French)
 
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