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Locality Name:
Toro, Kasese District, Western Region, Uganda

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2000

mindat Locality ID: 288480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Toro, Kasese District, Western Region, Uganda": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kilembe Mine

Latitude: 0°13'0"N
Longitude: 30°2'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.21666666666667,30.049722222222
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 Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22000200011168925509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20002000111689227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220002000111689227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2000200011168923531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2000200011168922970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2000200011168928173
Gold  (*)CopperAu20002000111689230554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42000200011168925591
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4200020001116892249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420002000111689214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220002000111689212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22000200011168925674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22000200011168925800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220002000111689217380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82000200011168921512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220002000111689239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82000200011168929056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220002000111689261156
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4200020001116892249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20002000111689221482


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
sedcu-0063820002000L. Proterozoic       Cu19036Kilembe Mine, Toro, Kasese District, Western Region, UgandaKilembeCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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