Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mbeya, Mbeya Region, Tanzania

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

mindat Locality ID: 204598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mbeya, Mbeya Region, Tanzania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Panda Hill

Latitude: 9°'27"S
Longitude: 33°14'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.0075,33.248055555556

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	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fersmite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ta Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite
Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Titanite Zircon

20 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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	119	107	1	115759	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	119	107	1	115759	9895
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
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	119	107	1	115759	7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	119	107	1	115759	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	119	107	1	115759	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	119	107	1	115759	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	119	107	1	115759	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	119	107	1	115759	14899
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	119	107	1	115759	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	119	107	1	115759	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	119	107	1	115759	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	119	107	1	115759	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	119	107	1	115759	5614
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	119	107	1	115759	105
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	119	107	1	115759	4899
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	1	115759	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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