Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
URANINITE	UO₂	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
GOLD	Au	native elements	-	minor
SIEGENITE	CoNi₂S₄	sulfides and sulfosalts	-	minor

Description

Description: sample with uraninite, some gold in geode

Information: geochronology - Cahen, L., Pasteels, P., Ledent, D., Bourguillot, R., Van Wambeke, L. & Eberhardt, P., 1961. Recherches sur l'age absolu des minéralistions uranifères du Katanga et de Rhodésie du Nord. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Série In-8°, n° 41, pp. 1-53. // Decrée, S., Deloule, E., De Putter, T., Dewaele, S., Mees, F., Yans, J. & Marignac, C., 2011. SIMS U-Pb dating of uranium mineralization in the Katanga Copperbelt : constraints for the geodynamic context. Ore Geology Reviews 40, 81-89. // Eglinger, A., André-Mayer, A.S., Vanderhaeghe, O., Mercadier, J., Cuney, M., Decrée, S., Feybesse, J.L. & Milesi, J.P., 2013. Geochemical signatures of uranium oxides in the Lufilian belt: from unconformity-related to syn-metamorphic uranium deposits during the Pan-African orogenic cycle. Ore Geology Reviews 54, 197-213.

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Katanga
Locality: Shinkolobwe

Specification

Donors: UMHK

Donation year: 1947
Sampling year:

Registration date:
Quantity: 1

Size: 22 x 15 cm

Dimension code 1>2>3: 1

Quality code 1>2>3: 1
Holotype: no

Paratype: no

Radioactive: yes
Thin section: no

Chemical analysis: no

X-Ray spectra: no

Sample n° 2237