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Locality Name:
Lake Victoria Gold Field, Shinyanga Region, Tanzania


mindat Locality ID: 254188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Victoria Gold Field, Shinyanga Region, Tanzania": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kahama
Mwamara
Mwanzwiro Au Prospect

Latitude: 3°51'44"S
Longitude: 32°40'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.8622222222222,32.670833333333
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 Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumGypsumKaoliniteMicaNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelZircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11158299052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22115827,11582927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111582924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3115827,115829,11583030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11158296890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111582914640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42115829,1158305591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111582914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22115827,11582917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22115827,11582939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811158299056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23115827,115829,11583061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111582921482
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11158305251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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