Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bupo I Dyke (Bupo Pegmatite), Kenticha Pegmatite Field, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 536.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 523.6

mindat Locality ID: 207325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bupo I Dyke (Bupo Pegmatite), Kenticha Pegmatite Field, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 5°34'1"N
Longitude: 39°1'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.5669444444444,39.032777777778

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.

Columbite	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene

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 Li Mn Na O Si Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Li Mn Na O Si Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Columbite Feldspar None Pyroxene

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	536.4	523.6	8803
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	536.4	523.6	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	536.4	523.6	211

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0205	534.4	523.6	529 ± 5.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	Yes	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	207321	Kenticha Pegmatite Field, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia	Kenticha	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0206	532.3	527.7	530 ± 2.3	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	Yes	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	207321	Kenticha Pegmatite Field, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia	Kenticha	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0252	533.3	525.1	529.2±4.1	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)		Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	207325	Bupo I Dyke (Bupo Pegmatite), Kenticha Pegmatite Field, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia	Bupo	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0253	536.4	523.6	530±6.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)		Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	207325	Bupo I Dyke (Bupo Pegmatite), Kenticha Pegmatite Field, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia	Bupo	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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