Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mambasa, North Kivu, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2496
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2479

mindat Locality ID: 264038
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264038.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mambasa, North Kivu, DR Congo": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Elota
Liha River

Latitude: 0°49'4"N
Longitude: 28°20'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.81777777777778,28.344444444444

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.

Columbite	None

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: Fe Nb O Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Columbite None

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*

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
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2496	2479	1	48885	518
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	2496	2479	0		99

2 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
	Alexandra-0268	2495	2479	2487 ± 8	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		tantalite-(fe), columbite-(fe), tapiolite	101						264038	Mambasa, North Kivu, DR Congo	Mambasa	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
	Bradley_2012_135	2496	2480	2488±8	U/Pb			columbite, tantalite							264038	Mambasa, North Kivu, DR Congo	Mambasa	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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