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Locality Name:
Kabarole District, Western Region, Uganda

Oldest recorded age at locality: 6000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.4

mindat Locality ID: 34171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kabarole District, Western Region, Uganda": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fort Portal

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

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteEttringiteGarnetHumite
MeliliteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTitaniteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jennite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reinhardbraunsite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Spurrite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)30.60.411168872353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO20.60.411168872162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)0.60.4111688611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)0.60.42116886,11688727770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O60.60.411168874135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0.60.411168878173
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70.60.41116886114
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0.60.41116886367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O30.60.411168875433
Jennite  (*)NoneCa9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O0.60.4111688618
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O40.60.42116886,11688714899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)0.60.41116886153
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO0.60.41116886114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30.60.41116886495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20.60.411168862273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS20.60.4111688739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S80.60.411168869056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO20.60.4111688761156
Reinhardbraunsite  (*)HumiteCa5(SiO4)2(OH)20.60.411168869
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O40.60.411168861934
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)0.60.4111688654
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0.60.41116886183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O0.60.411168874899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)0.60.411168875251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000401carbonatite complex with transitional alkali basalt composition
Jen_0000560MAGMATIC STYLE: 142 km2 of flaggy and lapilli tuffs up to several metres thick and 500 m long and 1-5 m thick lava flow. Also ring and radial dykes and small plug. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Tuffs with some calcite and melilite and containing lherzolite xenoliths.


2 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
Jen_0000401600040006000-4000  low      3273Fort Portal, Kabarole District, Western Region, UgandaFort PortalErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_00005600.60.40.6-0.4C14       3273Fort Portal, Kabarole District, Western Region, UgandaFort Portal and KasekereWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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