Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Huíla Province, Angola

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 125554
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125554.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huíla Province, Angola": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hamutenha Intrusion
Lubango City Council

Latitude: 14°55'16"S
Longitude: 14°24'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.921111111111,14.415833333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Cancrinite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Olivine
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite
Wöhlerite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diadochite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Godlevskite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Katophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Putoranite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Titanite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baddeleyite Baryte Bastnäsite Calcite Cancrinite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Mica None Olivine
Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tridymite
Wöhlerite Zircon Zirconolite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	145	66	1	1578	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	1	1578	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	145	66	1	1578	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	145	66	2	1577,1578	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	145	66	1	1578	1036
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	1577	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	66	2	1577,1578	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F			1	1577	304
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	2	1577,1578	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	145	66	1	1578	232
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	1577	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	1577	3902
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O			1	1579	81
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	1	1578	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	2	1577,1578	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	1574	8173
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	1578	54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	1577	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	145	66	1	1578	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	1577	24243
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	1574	40
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	1577	7437
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	1578	209
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			1	1574	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	1576,1579	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	1574,1577	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	145	66	1	1578	179
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	1578	46
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	2	1577,1578	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	145	66	1	1578	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	1	1578	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145	66	2	1577,1578	2273
Putoranite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu_1.1Fe_1.2S₂			1	1574	7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	2	1577,1578	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	3	1574,1577,1578	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	1577	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	1	1578	598
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	1577	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	1577	589
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F			1	1577	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F			1	1577	55
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	145	66	1	1578	4899
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	145	66	1	1578	83
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	1577	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	145	66	1	1578	140

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000750	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major arcuate intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, syenite, melteigite, ijolite, urtite, gabbro, feldspathic breccia and fenite; tephritic and phonolitic dykes.
Jen_0000751	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major arcuate intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, syenite, melteigite, ijolite, urtite, gabbro, feldspathic breccia and fenite; tephritic and phonolitic dykes.
Jen_0000752	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major arcuate intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, syenite, melteigite, ijolite, urtite, gabbro, feldspathic breccia and fenite; tephritic and phonolitic dykes.
Jen_0000753	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major arcuate intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, syenite, melteigite, ijolite, urtite, gabbro, feldspathic breccia and fenite; tephritic and phonolitic dykes.

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Jen_0000750	133	133	133	Rb-Sr	feldspar, mica	72587	Mt Tchivira, Lubango City Council, Huíla Province, Angola	Tchivira	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796	Bonga coeval with Tchivira
Jen_0000751	134.8	126.8	130.8±1.4	Rb-Sr	feldspar, mica	72587	Mt Tchivira, Lubango City Council, Huíla Province, Angola	Tchivira	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796	Bonga coeval with Tchivira
Jen_0000752	138	138	138	K-Ar	biotite, pyroxene	72587	Mt Tchivira, Lubango City Council, Huíla Province, Angola	Tchivira	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796	Bonga coeval with Tchivira
Jen_0000753	130	130	130	K-Ar	biotite, pyroxene	72587	Mt Tchivira, Lubango City Council, Huíla Province, Angola	Tchivira	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796	Bonga coeval with Tchivira
ree-00010	145	66	Cretaceous			72587	Mt Tchivira, Lubango City Council, Huíla Province, Angola	Tchivira (Chivara, Quicuco)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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