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:
Tororo Complex, Tororo District, Eastern Region, Uganda

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

mindat Locality ID: 209284
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209284.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tororo Complex, Tororo District, Eastern Region, Uganda": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Nepheline ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	40	40	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	40	40	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	40	40	8803
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40	40	295
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	40	40	27770
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40	40	79
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	40	40	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	40	40	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	40	40	884
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	40	40	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	40	40	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40	40	148

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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