Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo

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

mindat Locality ID: 4333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 7°16'38"S
Longitude: 27°27'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.2772222222222,27.450555555556

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	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Staurolite	Zircon

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be C Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti U Zr

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

32 IMA Minerals at location:

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