Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Oldest recorded age at locality: 488
Youngest recorded age at locality: 440

mindat Locality ID: 22332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zambezia Province, Mozambique": 104
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 95

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Alto Ligonha District
Alto Mólocuè District (Alto Moloque District)
Gilé District
Gurué District
Ile District
Marixe
Milange District
Moebase Mineral Sands Deposit
Naburi Mineral Sands Deposit
Namarroe District
Uape

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Beryl	Bismutite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corrensite	Corundum
Cristobalite	Danburite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hureaulite	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Santite	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite
Tapiolite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	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 Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al F K Li O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Analcime Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Beryl Bismutite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Chlorite Clay Columbite Copper Coronadite Corrensite Corundum
Cristobalite Danburite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Hureaulite Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Santite Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite
Tapiolite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Zircon

94 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenolamprite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bismutotantalite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*
Clinobisvanite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*
Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Danburite ()*	Donbassite ()*
Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Euclase ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Ezcurrite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluor-dravite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*
Fluor-liddicoatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluornatromicrolite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hafnon ()*	Hambergite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Hureaulite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Petalite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Polylithionite ()*	Pucherite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramanite-(Cs) ()*
Rossmanite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sassolite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillénite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*
Stibiocolumbite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Thorianite ()*
Topaz ()*	Tosudite ()*	Trilithionite ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Variscite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zabuyelite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	488	440	14	85849,85883,85884,85891,85895,85896,85899,85900,85901,85902,85907,85908,85916,85929	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			10	85851,85857,85859,85862,85864,85888,85889,85895,85910,85923	706
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	85907	244
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	85895	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	85945	3250
Arsenolamprite ()*	Arsenolamprite	As			1	85895	19
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	488	442.2	30	85847,85862,85863,85867,85871,85873,85874,85881,85884,85891,85894,85895,85898,85899,85900,85901,85902,85907,85908,85909,85911,85916,85919,85922,85923,85925,85934,85935,85946,85947	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	488	476	2	85895,85908	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	488	476	3	85859,85895,85908	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	488	442.2	10	85868,85874,85891,85895,85899,85900,85901,85908,85909,85916	716
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄			1	85895	23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	85895,85935,85945	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	488	476	11	85860,85870,85895,85898,85900,85908,85909,85910,85916,85926,85929	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	482	477.4	1	85900	27198
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	85895	70
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)			1	85902	36
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	488	476	1	85908	1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			3	85867,85891,85899	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	488	476	2	85908,85916	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	482	440	5	85883,85884,85895,85900,85916	181
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	85862,85923	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	85895	453
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	85907	599
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈			1	85895	148
Donbassite ()*	Clay Chlorite	Al₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂·Al_2.33(OH)₆			1	85916	16
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	488	476	2	85895,85908	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	488	476	8	85891,85895,85899,85904,85908,85919,85929,85938	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	85907	128
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)			2	85895,85907	120
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			6	85847,85853,85858,85859,85875,85917	414
Ezcurrite ()*	None	Na₂B₅O₇(OH)₃·2H₂O			1	85895	2
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄			5	85846,85854,85872,85890,85912	196
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	488	476	1	85908	73
Fluor-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	488	476	1	85908	8
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	488	476	2	85904,85908	31
Fluor-liddicoatite ()*	Tourmaline	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	488	476	1	85908	12
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	482	477.4	5	85850,85895,85900,85906,85907	2740
Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na, )₂Ta₂O₆F			1	85895	13
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	482	477.4	4	85895,85900,85926,85935	9617
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Bi_0.5)Ta₂O₆F	488	476	1	85908	13
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	482	477.4	1	85900	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	85866,85895	30554
Hafnon ()*	Zircon	Hf(SiO₄)	459.3	440	3	85883,85884,85895	11
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)			1	85895	81
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	85925	469
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	85907	125
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	488	476	1	85908	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	85907,85942,85943	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂			3	85895,85916,85919	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	488	442.2	8	85847,85874,85887,85895,85899,85900,85908,85925	5591
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)			1	85907	155
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	85945	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	85942,85943	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	488	476	16	85848,85849,85864,85865,85868,85882,85888,85891,85895,85899,85900,85908,85910,85916,85929,85937	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	482	477.4	3	85871,85900,85935	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	482	477.4	6	85847,85859,85891,85895,85900,85919	945
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)			2	85895,85907	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	85895	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	488	476	10	85891,85895,85899,85900,85902,85907,85908,85916,85919,85929	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)			2	85895,85945	78
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	85916	2349
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀			2	85895,85907	124
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			1	85895	326
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	85907	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	482	477.4	5	85845,85861,85879,85900,85907	140
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂			2	85895,85916	89
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)			1	85901	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	85935	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	488	442.2	18	85844,85849,85867,85874,85884,85891,85895,85899,85900,85901,85902,85907,85908,85916,85919,85929,85935,85947	61156
Ramanite-(Cs) ()*	Santite	CsB₅O₆(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	85895	3
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	85904	37
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	482.7	442.2	9	85867,85877,85895,85900,85906,85914,85918,85942,85943	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			13	85847,85853,85858,85860,85875,85879,85885,85890,85895,85916,85917,85918,85928	353
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃			1	85895	31
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	85935	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	488	476	5	85884,85891,85895,85899,85908	2705
Sillénite ()*	None	Bi₁₂SiO₂₀			1	85882	26
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	85895	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	488	476	8	85895,85899,85900,85902,85907,85908,85911,85916	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			2	85942,85943	978
Stibiocolumbite ()*	None	SbNbO₄	488	476	1	85908	13
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	488	476	5	85869,85873,85895,85900,85908	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	488	440	7	85874,85883,85884,85895,85900,85901,85908	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			3	85865,85868,85895	88
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			3	85916,85918,85928	236
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	488	442.2	10	85855,85860,85874,85878,85895,85898,85900,85908,85910,85926	1476
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O			1	85916	36
Trilithionite ()*	Mica	KLi_1.5Al_1.5(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	488	440	0		28
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	488	440	1	85844	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	482	477.4	1	85900	2718
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	85907	301
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	482	477.4	7	85847,85851,85857,85889,85899,85900,85925	939
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)			1	85895	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			7	85862,85891,85895,85907,85923,85942,85943	5251

10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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-0255	477.2	470.4	473.8±3.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	9	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0256	475.4	470.4	472.9±2.5	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	9	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0257	467	463.2	465.1±1.9	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	126	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0258	482.7	479.3	481±1.7	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	monazite	132		Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0259	451	442.2	446.6±4.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn), columbite-(mn)	132		Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0262	459.3	444.5	451.9±7.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	175	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26427	Moneia Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Moneia	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0263	441	440	440.5±0.5	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	178	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26427	Moneia Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Moneia	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0260	482	477.4	479.7±2.3	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	159	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26410	Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Morrua	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0261	482	478	480±2	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	159	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26410	Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Morrua	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Bradley_2012_153	488	476	482±6	U/Pb		zircon		Zircon		26428	Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Naipa	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040101	Zambezia Province, Mozambique	https://rruff.info/R040101
R120163	Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	https://rruff.info/R120163
R130022	Muiâne Pegmatite (Emdal Mines), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	https://rruff.info/R130022

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