Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Oldest recorded age at locality: 482
Youngest recorded age at locality: 477.4

mindat Locality ID: 26410
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26410.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°16'13"S
Longitude: 37°51'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.270277777778,37.865555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Topaz
Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cookeite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*
Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Beryl Bismutite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite
Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Topaz
Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	482	477.4	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	482	477.4	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	482	477.4	716
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	482	477.4	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	482	477.4	27198
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	482	477.4	181
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	482	477.4	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	482	477.4	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	482	477.4	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	482	477.4	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	482	477.4	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	482	477.4	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	482	477.4	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	482	477.4	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	482	477.4	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	482	477.4	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	482	477.4	5614
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	482	477.4	688
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	482	477.4	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	482	477.4	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	482	477.4	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	482	477.4	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	482	477.4	939

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0260	482	477.4	479.7±2.3	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		tantalite-(mn)	159			Tantalite-(Mn)		Ta, Nb	26410	Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Morrua	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
	Alexandra-0261	482	478	480±2	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		tantalite-(mn)	159			Tantalite-(Mn)		Ta, Nb	26410	Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Morrua	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

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