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Locality Name:
Ngara District, Kagera Region, Tanzania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1417
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1166

mindat Locality ID: 261306
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261306.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ngara District, Kagera Region, Tanzania": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Block 1 Intrusion
Kabanga Deposit
Kabanga North Deposit
Luhuma Intrusion
Nyanzali Intrusion

Latitude: 2°53'29"S
Longitude: 30°32'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.8913888888889,30.545555555556
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: As Au Bi Cd Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Sn Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteRocksaltRutile
SpinelTetradymiteUllmanniteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Galena  (*)Geversite  (*)Gold  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sudburyite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1115693489
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11156931966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411156935516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb1115693175
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211156935171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2140012642115692,11569327198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1115693966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111569324243
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2111569338
Gold  (*)CopperAu111569330554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1115693717
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1115693451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111569314899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As81115693161
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1115693633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1115693767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S2111569355
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8140012642115692,1156931512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214171166111569239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8141711662115692,1156939056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21115693337
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb111569346
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe1115693100
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1115693293
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S41115693380


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_700Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


15 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
EG102_147-001-001118211661174±8206Pb/238Ugrains that show clear shift from discordia towards concordia (removed)zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147depriotitize
EG102_147-002-0011270.31264.51267.4±2.9206Pb/238Ugrains that show clear shift from discordia towards concordia (removed)zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147depriotitize
EG102_147-003-001128212541268±14206Pb/238Ugrains that show clear shift from discordia towards concordia (removed)zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147depriotitize
EG102_147-004-0011306.81298.21302.5±4.3206Pb/238U zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147 
EG102_147-005-0011322.71314.51318.6±4.1206Pb/238U zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147 
EG102_147-006-0011329.11323.91326.5±2.6206Pb/238U zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147 
EG102_147-007-0011331.11324.71327.9±3.2206Pb/238U zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147 
EG102_147-008-0011337.91331.71334.8±3.1206Pb/238U zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147 
EG102_147-009-0011343.613371340.3±3.3206Pb/238U zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147 
EG102_147-010-0011345.51339.91342.7±2.8206Pb/238U zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147 
EG102_147-011-0011361.11355.31358.2±2.9206Pb/238U zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147 
EG102_147-012-0011370.31364.31367.3±3206Pb/238U zirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147 
EG102_147-013141713891403±14206Pb/238Uupper interceptzirconKab-1  Zircon  219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabanga IntrusionMaier et al. (2007)10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147EG102_147 
EG105_1057_014140014001400       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabangaBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Michelle_700128612641275±11 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu219739Kabanga Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, TanzaniaKabangaHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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