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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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumMicaNickelineNone
PyriteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteUllmannite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Willyamite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2680268011158459052
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb268026801115845175
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226802680111584527198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2268026801115845376
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26802680111584524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu26802680111584530554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS268026801115845170
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32680268011158455433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426802680111584514899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226802680111584517380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS268026801115845767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226802680111584539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82680268011158459056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22680268011158455614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2680268011158454894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26802680111584521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32680268011158453418
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S268026801115845510
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS268026801115845293
Willyamite  (*)CobaltiteCoSbS26802680111584525



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Emily00054126802680  mineralization     Au195212Golden Pride Mine, Nzega District, Lake Victoria Goldfield, Tabora Region, TanzaniaGolden Pride gold depositVos et al. (2009) MD44_81 


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