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-(Mn) at Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 477.2Ma - 463.2Ma at this locality

Direct 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-0255	477.2	470.4	Tantalite-(Mn)		Ta,Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0256	475.4	470.4	Tantalite-(Mn)		Ta,Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0257	467	463.2	Tantalite-(Mn)		Ta,Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	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-0258	482.7	479.3			Ta,Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0259	451	442.2			Ta,Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667