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Locality Name:
Kigoma Region, Tanzania


mindat Locality ID: 126559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kigoma Region, Tanzania": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kapalagulu Intrusion
Nyanza Mines

Latitude: 5°53'15"S
Longitude: 30°3'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.8875,30.064166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au Bi Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pd Pt Ru S Sb Si Sn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideBarringeriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteMillerite
NickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSpinel
TalcUllmanniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Cabriite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Halite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laurite  (*)Maghemite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Palladosilicide  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Tulameenite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cabriite  (*)NonePd2CuSn111569712
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111569727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411156973902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811156971756
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61115697944
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31115697504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11156977437
Gold  (*)CopperAu111569730554
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11156981398
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21115697205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111569714640
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe1115697128
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411156975591
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS21115697226
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O41115697229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111569714899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11156971066
Palladosilicide  (*)BarringeritePd2Si11156972
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1115697767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811156971512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811156979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111569761156
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi111569744
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21115697337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411156971934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211156973337
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe111569766
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe111569748
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1115697293
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11156975251


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