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Locality Name:
Bailundo City Council, Huambo Province, Angola

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

mindat Locality ID: 286493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286493.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bailundo

Latitude: 12°9'"S
Longitude: 15°56'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.15,15.949722222222

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nd O P S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteBradleyiteBrookiteCalciteCoronaditeCorundumDiaspore
EudialyteFairchilditeFeldsparFluoriteLepidocrociteMagnetoplumbiteNoneNorthupiteNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileSpinelTitaniteTridymiteZircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arfvedsonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bradleyite  (*)Brockite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eitelite  (*)Eudialyte  (*)
Ferrotychite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gregoryite  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hibonite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nyerereite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Rhabdophane-(Nd)  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Shortite  (*)Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)Strontianite  (*)Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O614566115621022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)14566115628803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO214566115622162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)14566115621588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)214566115623092
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)21456611562295
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)145661156211547
Bradleyite  (*)BradleyiteNa3Mg(PO4)(CO3)145661156214
Brockite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)·H2O145661156248
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21456611562700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)145661156227770
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2145661156294
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)214566115629895
Eitelite  (*)NoneNa2Mg(CO3)2145661156220
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)21456611562182
Ferrotychite  (*)NorthupiteNa6Fe2+2(CO3)4(SO4)14566115622
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F14566115622740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)14566115627437
Gregoryite  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)14566115623
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl14566115621398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3145661156214640
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O19145661156280
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161456611562243
Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2(SiO4)(CO3)14566115628
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O314566115625433
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O145661156299
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1456611562581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4145661156214899
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1456611562884
Nyerereite  (*)FairchilditeNa2Ca(CO3)2145661156218
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2145661156239462
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O145661156266
Rhabdophane-(Nd)  (*)RhabdophaneNd(PO4)·H2O145661156214
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101456611562312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO214566115625614
Shortite  (*)NoneNa2Ca2(CO3)3145661156237
Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCeBSiO5145661156219
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1456611562589
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F145661156255
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O14566115624899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)14566115625251



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-0000214566Cretaceous        158061Bailundo, Bailundo City Council, Huambo Province, AngolaBailundoOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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