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Locality Name:
Kotido District (Karamoja District), Northern Region, Uganda

Oldest recorded age at locality: 16
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 133811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kotido District (Karamoja District), Northern Region, Uganda": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Labwor Hills
Toror Complex

Latitude: 2°45'0"N
Longitude: 33°39'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 2.75,33.666388888889

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 B F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleFeldsparKornerupineMilariteNonePyroxeneQuartzSapphirineSpinelZircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Kornerupine  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)Quartz  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6161511168761022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)161511168768803
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41116875407
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)2111687568
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)21615111687679
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)161511168764924
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)MilariteKMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O30111687542
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111687561156
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]1116875129
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11168755251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000405carbonatite complex


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000405161515.5±0.5K-Ar       209283Toror Complex, Kotido District (Karamoja District), Northern Region, UgandaToror ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 


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