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Locality Name:
Longonjo City Council, Huambo Province, Angola

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 285295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Longonjo City Council, Huambo Province, Angola": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mt Chibilundo

Latitude: 12°50'59"S
Longitude: 15°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.849722222222,15.25

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: Ba C Ca Ce F Fe Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaddeleyiteBaryteBradleyiteBurbankiteFairchilditeNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bradleyite  (*)Burbankite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Eitelite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nyerereite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Shortite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21456611570238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)145661157011547
Bradleyite  (*)BradleyiteNa3Mg(PO4)(CO3)145661157014
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5145661157052
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)14566115701252
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)214566115709895
Eitelite  (*)NoneNa2Mg(CO3)2145661157020
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS145661157024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4145661157014899
Nyerereite  (*)FairchilditeNa2Ca(CO3)2145661157018
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2145661157039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2145661157061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO214566115705614
Shortite  (*)NoneNa2Ca2(CO3)3145661157037
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1456611570589
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F145661157055
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)1456611570251



1 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
ree-0000614566Cretaceous        158065Mt Chibilundo, Longonjo City Council, Huambo Province, AngolaLongonjo (Mt. Chibilundo)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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