Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Oldest recorded age at locality: 488
Youngest recorded age at locality: 440

mindat Locality ID: 6456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique": 86
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 82

Number of Child Localities: 80
Child Localities:
Alata Pegmatite
Bere Pegmatite
Boa Esperança Mine
Carapira Pegmatite
Cavala Pegmatite
Colina Pegmatite
Comua Pegmatite
Culahipa Pegmatite
Ehiale Pegmatite
Enluma Pegmatite
Gelo Pegmatite
Giline Pegmatite
Guiherme Pegmatite
Horta Pegmatite
Ile Mine
Ingela Pegmatite
Intotcha Pegmatite
Isabela Mine
Itaia Pegmatite
Lenora Pegmatite
Lice Pegmatite
Locuir Gold Locality
Macula Pegmatite
Malolo Pegmatite
Manica Pegmatite
Marengo Pegmatite
Maria III Emerald Mine
Maria Pegmatite
Maridge Pegmatite
Marropino Mine
Massive Pegmatite
Mecassa Pegmatite
Melela Pegmatite
Mirrucue Pegmatite
Mocachaia Pegmatite (Macotaia Pegmatite)
Mocuba District
Monapo Pegmatite
Moneia Mine
Morro Conco Mine
Mtomotiti Pegmatite
Muacotaia Pegmatite
Mucholone Pegmatite
Mueterere Pegmatite
Muetia Pegmatite
Mugeba Pegmatite
Muhano-Majamala-Cochiline Pegmatite Group
Muiâne Pegmatite (Emdal Mines)
Munhamola Pegmatite
Munucuha Pegmatite
Murrapane Pegmatite
Murropoci Pegmatite (Murropoce Pegmatite)
Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine)
Mutala Pegmatite Area
Muva
Naculue Mine
Nahaji Pegmatite (Nahia Pegmatite)
Nahora Pegmatite
Naipa Mine
Naiume Pegmatite
Namacala Pegmatite
Namacotcha Pegmatite
Namagoa Pegmatite
Namarrela Pegmatite
Namarripa Pegmatite (Namarripo Pegmatite)
Namicaia Pegmatite
Namivu Pegmatite (Namivo Pegmatite)
Namovela Pegmatite
Nampoça Pegmatite
Nanro Pegmatite (Nacuissupa Pegmatite; Naquissupa Pegmatite)
Napire Pegmatite
Nassupe Pegmatite
Niane Emerald Mine
Niesse Mine
Nihire Pegmatite
Nuaparra Pegmatite
Piteia Pegmatite
Tarupa Mine
Tomeia Pegmatite
Tulua Pegmatite (Tulu Pegmatite)
Uelele Pegmatite

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

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corrensite	Corundum	Cristobalite
Danburite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hureaulite	Kaolinite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Santite	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Stibnite	Tapiolite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite
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 Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: F Mn O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Analcime Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Beryl Bismutite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Childrenite Chlorite Clay Columbite Copper Coronadite Corrensite Corundum Cristobalite
Danburite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Hureaulite Kaolinite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Phosphosiderite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Santite Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Stibnite Tapiolite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite
Zircon

87 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenolamprite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bismutotantalite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*	Clinobisvanite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Danburite ()*	Donbassite ()*	Dravite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Euclase ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ezcurrite ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluor-dravite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluor-liddicoatite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hafnon ()*	Hambergite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Hureaulite ()*
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petalite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Phosphosiderite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Pucherite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ramanite-(Cs) ()*	Rossmanite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sassolite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillénite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stibiocolumbite ()*
Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Thorianite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tosudite ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Variscite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zabuyelite ()*	Zircon ()*

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)	488	440	14	85849,85883,85884,85891,85895,85896,85899,85900,85901,85902,85907,85908,85916,85929	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			10	85851,85857,85859,85862,85864,85888,85889,85895,85910,85923	706
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	85907	244
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	85895	1310
Arsenolamprite ()*	Arsenolamprite	As			1	85895	19
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	488	442.2	26	85847,85862,85863,85867,85871,85873,85874,85881,85884,85891,85894,85895,85898,85899,85900,85901,85902,85907,85908,85909,85911,85916,85919,85922,85923,85925	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	488	476	2	85895,85908	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	488	476	3	85859,85895,85908	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	488	442.2	10	85868,85874,85891,85895,85899,85900,85901,85908,85909,85916	716
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄			1	85895	23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	85895	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	488	476	11	85860,85870,85895,85898,85900,85908,85909,85910,85916,85926,85929	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	482	477.4	1	85900	27198
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	85895	70
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)			1	85902	36
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	488	476	1	85908	1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			3	85867,85891,85899	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	488	476	2	85908,85916	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	482	440	5	85883,85884,85895,85900,85916	181
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	85862,85923	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	85895	453
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	85907	599
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈			1	85895	148
Donbassite ()*	Clay Chlorite	Al₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂·Al_2.33(OH)₆			1	85916	16
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	488	476	2	85895,85908	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	488	476	7	85891,85895,85899,85904,85908,85919,85929	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	85907	128
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)			2	85895,85907	120
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			6	85847,85853,85858,85859,85875,85917	414
Ezcurrite ()*	None	Na₂B₅O₇(OH)₃·2H₂O			1	85895	2
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄			5	85846,85854,85872,85890,85912	196
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	488	476	1	85908	73
Fluor-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	488	476	1	85908	8
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	488	476	2	85904,85908	31
Fluor-liddicoatite ()*	Tourmaline	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	488	476	1	85908	12
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	482	477.4	5	85850,85895,85900,85906,85907	2740
Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na, )₂Ta₂O₆F			1	85895	13
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	482	477.4	3	85895,85900,85926	9617
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Bi_0.5)Ta₂O₆F	488	476	1	85908	13
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	482	477.4	1	85900	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	85866,85895	30554
Hafnon ()*	Zircon	Hf(SiO₄)	459.3	440	3	85883,85884,85895	11
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)			1	85895	81
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	85925	469
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	85907	125
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	488	476	1	85908	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	85907	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂			3	85895,85916,85919	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	488	442.2	8	85847,85874,85887,85895,85899,85900,85908,85925	5591
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)			1	85907	155
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	488	476	15	85848,85849,85864,85865,85868,85882,85888,85891,85895,85899,85900,85908,85910,85916,85929	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	482	477.4	2	85871,85900	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	482	477.4	6	85847,85859,85891,85895,85900,85919	945
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)			2	85895,85907	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	85895	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	488	476	10	85891,85895,85899,85900,85902,85907,85908,85916,85919,85929	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)			1	85895	78
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	85916	2349
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀			2	85895,85907	124
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			1	85895	326
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	85907	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	482	477.4	5	85845,85861,85879,85900,85907	140
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂			2	85895,85916	89
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)			1	85901	53
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	488	442.2	15	85849,85867,85874,85884,85891,85895,85899,85900,85901,85902,85907,85908,85916,85919,85929	61156
Ramanite-(Cs) ()*	Santite	CsB₅O₆(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	85895	3
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	85904	37
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	482.7	442.2	7	85867,85877,85895,85900,85906,85914,85918	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			13	85847,85853,85858,85860,85875,85879,85885,85890,85895,85916,85917,85918,85928	353
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃			1	85895	31
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	488	476	5	85884,85891,85895,85899,85908	2705
Sillénite ()*	None	Bi₁₂SiO₂₀			1	85882	26
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	85895	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	488	476	8	85895,85899,85900,85902,85907,85908,85911,85916	688
Stibiocolumbite ()*	None	SbNbO₄	488	476	1	85908	13
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	488	476	5	85869,85873,85895,85900,85908	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	488	440	7	85874,85883,85884,85895,85900,85901,85908	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			3	85865,85868,85895	88
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			3	85916,85918,85928	236
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	488	442.2	10	85855,85860,85874,85878,85895,85898,85900,85908,85910,85926	1476
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O			1	85916	36
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	488	440	0		233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	482	477.4	1	85900	2718
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	85907	301
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	482	477.4	7	85847,85851,85857,85889,85899,85900,85925	939
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)			1	85895	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			5	85862,85891,85895,85907,85923	5251

10 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
Alexandra-0255	477.2	470.4	473.8±3.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	9	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0256	475.4	470.4	472.9±2.5	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	9	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0257	467	463.2	465.1±1.9	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	126	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0258	482.7	479.3	481±1.7	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	monazite	132		Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0259	451	442.2	446.6±4.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn), columbite-(mn)	132		Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0262	459.3	444.5	451.9±7.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	175	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26427	Moneia Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Moneia	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0263	441	440	440.5±0.5	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	178	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26427	Moneia Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Moneia	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0260	482	477.4	479.7±2.3	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	159	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26410	Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Morrua	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0261	482	478	480±2	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	159	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26410	Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Morrua	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Bradley_2012_153	488	476	482±6	U/Pb		zircon		Zircon		26428	Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Naipa	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120163	Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	https://rruff.info/R120163
R130022	Muiâne Pegmatite (Emdal Mines), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	https://rruff.info/R130022

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