Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Ankole Pegmatite Field, Mbarara District, Western Region, Uganda

mindat Locality ID: 210326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ankole Pegmatite Field, Mbarara District, Western Region, Uganda": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bugonji
Byasha
Kakanena
Kazumu Pegmatite
Mungenyi Pegmatite
Namherere Mine
Nyanga Number 2 Pegmatite
Nyanga Pegmatite
Rwemeriro
Shese Pegmatite

Latitude: 0°-56'-53"N
Longitude: 30°12'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.94805555555556,30.215555555556

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	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Childrenite	Chloritoid	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Mica	Natroautunite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Staurolite	Wavellite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bityite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Corundum ()*	Crandallite ()*
Eosphorite ()*	Ferrowodginite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Grayite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Meta-ankoleite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Quartz ()*
Staurolite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wodginite ()*	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 As Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ta Th U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Beryl Childrenite Chloritoid Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite
Mica Natroautunite None Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Quartz Rhabdophane Staurolite Wavellite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	116906	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	116909	244
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	116909	9052
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	116909	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	116906	4286
Bityite ()*	Mica Clay	CaLiAl₂(Si₂BeAl)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	116907	31
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	116909	376
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	116903,116910	289
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	116909	1797
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	116909	310
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	116909	128
Ferrowodginite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	116908	16
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	116909	173
Grayite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO₄)·H₂O	1	116906	17
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	116908	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	116905	210
Meta-ankoleite ()*	Natroautunite	K(UO₂)(PO₄)·3H₂O	1	116906	10
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	116906,116909	17380
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	1	116906	182
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	116906,116908,116909	61156
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	116909	978
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	116909	374
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	2	116908,116909	78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	116906	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120166	Nyanga Number 2 Pegmatite, Ankole Pegmatite Field, Mbarara District, Western Region, Uganda	https://rruff.info/R120166

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