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Locality Name:
Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Oldest recorded age at locality: 482
Youngest recorded age at locality: 477.4

mindat Locality ID: 26410
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26410.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°16'13"S
Longitude: 37°51'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.270277777778,37.865555555556

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteBerylBismutiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluorite
KaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNonePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileTopaz
Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismutite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pollucite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Topaz  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)482477.408803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18482477.404286
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)482477.40716
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2482477.405171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2482477.4027198
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8482477.40181
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F482477.402740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2482477.409617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS482477.4024243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4482477.405591
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)482477.404924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2482477.405800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)482477.40945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2482477.4017380
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O482477.40140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2482477.4061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2482477.405614
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6482477.40688
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO4482477.4053
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6482477.40211
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2482477.401476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2482477.402718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)482477.40939



2 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
Alexandra-0260482477.4479.7±2.3U-PbAge of Nb-Ta mineralizationtantalite-(mn)159  Tantalite-(Mn) Ta, Nb26410Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, MozambiqueMorruaMelcher et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003OGR64_667 
Alexandra-0261482478480±2U-PbAge of Nb-Ta mineralizationtantalite-(mn)159  Tantalite-(Mn) Ta, Nb26410Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, MozambiqueMorruaMelcher et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003OGR64_667 


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