Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Central Region, Uganda

mindat Locality ID: 290426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Region, Uganda": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Buganda Province
Gomba District
Kiboga District
Masaka District
Mukono District
Rakai District
Sembabule District
Wakiso District

Latitude: 0°21'30"N
Longitude: 31°53'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.35833333333333,31.899722222222

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.

Aeschynite	Alunite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Fillowite	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Tourmaline	Zircon

Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutotantalite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Diopside ()*	Fillowite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Kalsilite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rynersonite ()*	Schorl ()*	Waylandite ()*	Wodginite ()*	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 B Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Alunite Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Fillowite Kaolinite Mica None
Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Tourmaline Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	116843	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	116843	4286
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄	3	116841,116842,116843	23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116831	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	116841	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	116833	289
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	116831	4135
Fillowite ()*	Fillowite	Na₃CaMn²⁺₁₁(PO₄)₉	1	116835	14
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	116831	1188
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	1	116831	49
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	116842,116843	5591
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	116842	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	116841,116842	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	116831	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	116842	61156
Rynersonite ()*	Aeschynite	CaTa₂O₆	1	116842	14
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	116841	2705
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	116842	31
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	116842	78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	116842	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130254	Wampewo Hill, Busiiro Co. (Bushiro Co.), Wakiso District, Central Region, Uganda	https://rruff.info/R130254

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