Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Mungwe Mine, Numbi Mining Area, Numbi, Haut-Lomami, DR Congo

mindat Locality ID: 304262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mungwe Mine, Numbi Mining Area, Numbi, Haut-Lomami, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Columbite	None	Rutile	Tapiolite

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: Fe Mn O Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Mn O Sn Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Columbite None Rutile Tapiolite

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Cassiterite ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Wodginite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	88
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	78

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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