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:
Busia Gold Field, Busia District, Eastern Region, Uganda

mindat Locality ID: 32217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Busia Gold Field, Busia District, Eastern Region, Uganda": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Amonikakine Mine
Tira Mine

Latitude: 0°34'0"N
Longitude: 33°4'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.56666666666667,33.066666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116849	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	116849	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	116849	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	116849	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	116849	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	116848,116849	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	116849	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	116849	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	116849	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	116849	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	116849	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	116848,116849	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	116849	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	116849	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	116849	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	116849	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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