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Locality Name:
Mbeya Region, Tanzania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 119
Youngest recorded age at locality: 107

mindat Locality ID: 126548
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126548.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mbeya Region, Tanzania": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ivuna Meteorite
Lupa Gold Field
Mbeya
Mbozi Complex

Latitude: 8°42'43"S
Longitude: 32°50'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.7119444444444,32.840277777778

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite
Diamond	Diaspore	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Titanite	Tridymite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Fersmite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Grossmanite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Potassic-ferro-ferri-taramite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Blödite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Cubanite
Diamond Diaspore Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Titanite Tridymite Wurtzite Zircon

44 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-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	115760	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	115760	8803
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	115747	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	119	107	2	115747,115759	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	115750,115752,115753,115754,115756	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	115747	3902
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			2	115747,115750	802
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	115747	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	119	107	2	115747,115759	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	115747	484
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	119	107	1	115759	83
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	119	107	1	115759	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	119	107	1	115759	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	115752,115754,115756	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	119	107	1	115759	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	115750,115752,115754,115755,115756	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	119	107	1	115759	173
Grossmanite ()*	Pyroxene	Ca(Ti³⁺,Mg,Ti⁴⁺)AlSiO₆			1	115747	2
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	115747	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	119	107	1	115759	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	119	107	2	115747,115759	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	119	107	1	115759	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	115747	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	119	107	3	115747,115750,115759	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	115752,115754,115756	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	115752,115754,115756	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	115760	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	119	107	1	115759	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	115747	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	119	107	1	115759	2273
Potassic-ferro-ferri-taramite ()*	None	K(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	115760	2
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	119	107	6	115751,115752,115753,115754,115756,115759	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	115747	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	119	107	6	115751,115752,115753,115754,115756,115759	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	119	107	1	115759	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	115747	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	115747	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	115752,115754,115756	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	115747	1934
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	119	107	1	115759	105
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	119	107	2	115759,115760	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	115747	1044
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	119	107	1	115759	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	119	107	2	115759,115760	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001132	MAGMATIC STYLE: Complex of irregular carbonatite intrusions intimately mixed with vent agglomertes and breccias. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Fenite, breccia, agglomerate and tuff.

1 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
	Jen_0001132	119	107	113±6	K-Ar			mica							3245	Panda Hill, Mbeya, Mbeya Region, Tanzania	Panda Hill	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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