Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 210664
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210664.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nzega District, Lake Victoria Goldfield, Tabora Region, Tanzania": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Golden Pride Mine
Kavsav Gold Project

Latitude: 4°12'52"S
Longitude: 33°17'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.2144444444444,33.291666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Ullmannite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Willyamite ()*

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:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Ullmannite

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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2680	2680	1	115845	9052
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	2680	2680	1	115845	175
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2680	2680	1	115845	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2680	2680	1	115845	376
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2680	2680	1	115845	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2680	2680	1	115845	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	2680	2680	1	115845	170
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2680	2680	1	115845	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2680	2680	1	115845	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2680	1	115845	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2680	2680	1	115845	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2680	1	115845	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2680	2680	1	115845	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2680	2680	1	115845	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2680	2680	1	115845	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2680	2680	1	115845	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2680	2680	1	115845	3418
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	2680	2680	1	115845	510
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	2680	2680	1	115845	293
Willyamite ()*	Cobaltite	CoSbS	2680	2680	1	115845	25

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
	Emily000541	2680	2680			mineralization								Au	195212	Golden Pride Mine, Nzega District, Lake Victoria Goldfield, Tabora Region, Tanzania	Golden Pride gold deposit	Vos et al. (2009)		MD44_81

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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