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Locality Name:
Morogoro Region, Tanzania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 939.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 934.7

mindat Locality ID: 37663
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37663.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morogoro Region, Tanzania": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Kilosa District
Ligama Hill
Mahenge
Matombo
Morogoro Rural District
Sangasanga
Turiani
Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts)
Wigu Hill REE Deposit

Latitude: 7°19'54"S
Longitude: 37°18'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.3316666666667,37.301944444444

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Danburite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Magnetoplumbite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline

Anorthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Corundum ()*	Danburite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Euclase ()*	Goyazite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kasolite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*	Microcline ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rossmanite ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*	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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Danburite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Humite Magnetoplumbite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline

44 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
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	115764	1036
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	939.5	934.7	1	115785	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	115765,115779	27770
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			4	115767,115768,115772,115783	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	115764	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			7	115763,115764,115765,115766,115769,115770,115773	1797
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈			1	115782	148
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	115768,115772	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	939.5	934.7	2	115765,115785	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	115782	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			2	115762,115763	944
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)			1	115775	120
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	939.5	934.7	1	115785	173
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	115768,115772,115783	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	115764	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	115779	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	115764	407
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉			1	115764	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	115764	5433
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O			1	115780	198
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			2	115777,115782	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	115765	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	115768,115772	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			1	115783	139
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	115782	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	115782	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	115779,115780	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	115767	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	115765	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	115779	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	939.5	934.7	1	115785	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	939.5	934.7	5	115768,115772,115779,115782,115785	61156
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	115776	37
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)			1	115780	58
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	115765	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	115782	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	939.5	934.7	1	115785	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			9	115765,115766,115767,115768,115769,115770,115771,115772,115783	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	115764	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	115768,115783	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	115780	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	115780	890
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O			1	115780	52
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	115764	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	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-0229	939.5	934.7	937.1±2.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		tantalite-(fe), tantalite-(mn)	156					Ta, Nb	262106	Wigu Hill REE Deposit, Morogoro Region, Tanzania	Muana	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-63	Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-63
R050644	Morogoro, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania	https://rruff.info/R050644
R060297	Morogoro, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania	https://rruff.info/R060297

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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