Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Tororo District, Eastern Region, Uganda

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40
Youngest recorded age at locality: 40

mindat Locality ID: 133806
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133806.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tororo District, Eastern Region, Uganda": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sukulu Complex (Sekululu Complex)
Tororo Complex

Latitude: 0°37'29"N
Longitude: 34°9'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.62472222222222,34.158055555556

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Shortite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tridymite Zircon

30 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	40	40	1	116868	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	40	40	1	116868	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	40	40	1	116868	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	116867	2162
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40	40	1	116868	295
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	116867	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	116867	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	40	40	2	116867,116868	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	116867	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	116867	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	116867	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	116867	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	116867	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	116867	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	116867	121
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	116867	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	116867	5433
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40	40	1	116868	79
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	40	40	2	116867,116868	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	40	40	1	116868	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	40	40	1	116868	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	116867	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	40	40	2	116867,116868	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	116867	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	40	40	2	116867,116868	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40	40	1	116868	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	116867	5614
Shortite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃			1	116867	37
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	116867	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	116867	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000406	carbonatite complex with transitional alkali basalt composition

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_0000406	40	40	40	Nd-Sr								Calcite		209284	Tororo Complex, Tororo District, Eastern Region, Uganda	Toror Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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