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Locality Name:
Golden Pride Mine, Nzega District, Lake Victoria Goldfield, Tabora Region, Tanzania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2680

mindat Locality ID: 195212
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195212.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golden Pride Mine, Nzega District, Lake Victoria Goldfield, Tabora Region, Tanzania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 4°20'59"S
Longitude: 33°17'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.3497222222222,33.299722222222

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 Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumMicaNickelineNone
PyriteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteUllmannite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Willyamite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2680268009052
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb268026800175
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226802680027198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2268026800376
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26802680024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu26802680030554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS268026800170
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32680268005433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426802680014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226802680017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS268026800767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226802680039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82680268009056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22680268005614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2680268004894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26802680021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32680268003418
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S268026800510
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS268026800293
Willyamite  (*)CobaltiteCoSbS26802680025



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
Emily00054126802680  mineralization     Au195212Golden Pride Mine, Nzega District, Lake Victoria Goldfield, Tabora Region, TanzaniaGolden Pride gold depositVos et al. (2009) MD44_81 


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