Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Tantalite-(Fe) at North Kivu, DR Congo

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 2496Ma - 945.8Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Bradley_2012_135	2496	2480				264038	Mambasa, North Kivu, DR Congo	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183
Alexandra-0227	954.6	945.8			Ta,Nb	283718	Masisi Mts, North Kivu, DR Congo	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Alexandra-0211	1983	1977			Ta,Nb	30815	Lubero Region, North Kivu, DR Congo	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0212	1935	1925			Ta,Nb	30815	Lubero Region, North Kivu, DR Congo	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0213	1896	1856			Ta,Nb	30815	Lubero Region, North Kivu, DR Congo	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0227	954.6	945.8			Ta,Nb	283718	Masisi Mts, North Kivu, DR Congo	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Alexandra-0268	2495	2479				264038	Mambasa, North Kivu, DR Congo	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
Bradley_2012_135	2496	2480				264038	Mambasa, North Kivu, DR Congo	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183
Jen_0000987	803	803				143217	Kirumba, North Kivu, DR Congo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000988	572	538				143217	Kirumba, North Kivu, DR Congo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000989	698	632				143217	Kirumba, North Kivu, DR Congo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000990	825	781				143217	Kirumba, North Kivu, DR Congo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000991	822	822				4317	Lueshe Mine, North Kivu, DR Congo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000992	942	702				4317	Lueshe Mine, North Kivu, DR Congo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000993	542	490				4317	Lueshe Mine, North Kivu, DR Congo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
ree-00336	825	781				143217	Kirumba, North Kivu, DR Congo	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189