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:
Tanganyika, DR Congo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 949.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 915

mindat Locality ID: 306394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-306394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tanganyika, DR Congo": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kalaba Meteorite
Manono-Kitotolo Mine

Latitude: 7°3'18"S
Longitude: 28°28'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.055,28.475

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.

Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Iron	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alumotantite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calciotantite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cesplumtantite ()*	Chromite ()*	Fersmite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Foordite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxycalciomicrolite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Lithiotantite ()*	Lithiowodginite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petalite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rankamaite ()*	Rutile ()*	Simpsonite ()*	Spinel ()*
Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Taenite ()*	Thoreaulite ()*	Troilite ()*
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 As Be C Ca Ce Cr Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Iron Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	949.8	915	1	48915	8803
Alumotantite ()*	Not in a structural group	AlTaO₄	945	930	1	48915	5
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	949.8	915	1	48915	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	949.8	915	1	48915	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	949.8	915	1	48915	4286
Calciotantite ()*	None	CaTa₄O₁₁	945	930	1	48915	6
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	945	930	1	48915	5171
Cesplumtantite ()*	None	Cs₂Pb₃Ta₈O₂₄	945	930	1	48915	1
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	48914	3902
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	945	930	1	48915	83
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	949.8	915	1	48915	9617
Foordite ()*	None	Sn²⁺Nb₂O₆	945	930	1	48915	4
Graphite ()*	None	C	949.8	915	1	48915	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	949.8	915	1	48915	14640
Hydroxycalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	Ca_1.5Ta₂O₆(OH)	945	930	1	48915	10
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	949.8	915	2	48914,48915	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	48914	1089
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	945	930	1	48915	148
Lithiotantite ()*	Columbite	LiTa₃O₈	945	930	1	48915	4
Lithiowodginite ()*	None	LiTa₃O₈	945	930	1	48915	5
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	949.8	915	1	48915	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	943.9	928.1	1	48915	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	949.8	915	1	48915	2349
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	945	930	1	48915	124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	949.8	915	1	48915	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	949.8	915	1	48915	61156
Rankamaite ()*	None	(Na,K)₃(Ta,Nb,Al)₁₁(O,OH)₃₁	945	930	1	48915	5
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	949.8	915	1	48915	5614
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	945	930	1	48915	16
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	48914	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	945	930	1	48915	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	949.8	915	1	48915	978
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	48914	703
Thoreaulite ()*	None	Sn²⁺Ta₂O₆	945	930	1	48915	9
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	48914	1044
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	945	930	1	48915	78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	949.8	915	1	48915	5251

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Alexandra-0141	945	930	945–930	U–Pb, Ar–Ar	Age of intrusion				Nb, Ta, Sn, Li	4333	Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo	Manono Mine	Dewaele et al. (2016)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.07.004	OGR72_373
Alexandra-0142	945.3	935.1	940.2 ± 5.1	U-Pb	Age of mineralization					4333	Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo	Manono Mine	Dewaele et al. (2016)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.07.004	OGR72_373
Alexandra-0143	949.8	944.2	947 ± 2.8	U-Pb	Age of mineralization					4333	Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo	Manono Mine	Dewaele et al. (2016)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.07.004	OGR72_373
Alexandra-0144	943.9	933.7	938.8 ± 5.1	Ar-Ar	Age of rock	muscovite	RG 9699	Muscovite		4333	Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo	Manono Mine	Dewaele et al. (2016)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.07.004	OGR72_373	Fig. 9A
Alexandra-0145	939.9	928.1	934 ± 5.9	Ar-Ar	Age of rock	muscovite	RG 15993	Muscovite		4333	Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo	Manono Mine	Dewaele et al. (2016)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.07.004	OGR72_373	Fig. 9B
Alexandra-0146	931.6	915	923.3 ± 8.3	Ar-Ar	Age of rock		RG 3554			4333	Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo	Manono Mine	Dewaele et al. (2016)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.07.004	OGR72_373	Fig. 9C

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130012	Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo	https://rruff.info/R130012

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