Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moneia Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Oldest recorded age at locality: 459.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 440

mindat Locality ID: 26427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moneia Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 15°55'30"S
Longitude: 37°54'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.925,37.908333333333

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.

Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	None	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 H Hf Li Mn Na O Si Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Hf Li Mn Na O Si Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chlorite Clay Columbite Feldspar None Zircon

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Hafnon ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	459.3	440	8803
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	459.3	440	181
Hafnon ()*	Zircon	Hf(SiO₄)	459.3	440	11
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	459.3	440	211

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-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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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