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Locality type:

Open-Cast Mine

Classification

Species:

Brochantite

Formula:

Cu4(SO4)(OH)6

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Malachite

1 photo of Brochantite associated with Malachite at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Photo Gallery

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

120058

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:120058:4

GUID (UUID V4):

700c19c9-02cb-4350-a26c-8645b25ce7f4

Nearest other occurrences of Brochantite

6.1km (3.8 miles)

M'sesa Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

8.8km (5.5 miles)

Kambove Principal Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

11.0km (6.9 miles)

Kabolela Mine, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo

19.8km (12.3 miles)

Kakanda North Mine, Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo

22.5km (14.0 miles)

Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo

26.9km (16.7 miles)

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

28.8km (17.9 miles)

Likasi Mine, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

52.8km (32.8 miles)

Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo

53.9km (33.5 miles)

Mindingi Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

References

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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
few millimeters in length. It is orthorhombic (2/ 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...the type locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren district, Cochise County, after...which the mineral in named (Schaller 1915). The mine itself was developed by one of the Bisbee copper...Shattuckite occurs at the New Cornelia open-pit mine in the Ajo district, Pima County, occasionally in