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Locality Name:
Mbarara District, Western Region, Uganda


mindat Locality ID: 8284
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8284.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mbarara District, Western Region, Uganda": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ankole Pegmatite Field

Latitude: 0°-56'-52"N
Longitude: 30°12'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.94777777777778,30.215277777778
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 As Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ta Th U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn O Ta 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBerylChildreniteChloritoidClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparKaolinite
MicaNatroautuniteNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphuranyliteQuartzRhabdophaneStauroliteWavelliteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bityite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Corundum  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Eosphorite  (*)Ferrowodginite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Grayite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lithiophorite  (*)Meta-ankoleite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wodginite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11169068803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F1116909244
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11169099052
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21116909606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811169064286
Bityite  (*)Mica ClayCaLiAl2(Si2BeAl)O10(OH)2111690731
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21116909376
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O62116903,116910289
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311169091797
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61116909310
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O1116909128
Ferrowodginite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Sn4+Ta2O8111690816
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61116909173
Grayite  (*)Rhabdophane(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4)·H2O111690617
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411169085591
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)22116901,116905210
Meta-ankoleite  (*)NatroautuniteK(UO2)(PO4)·3H2O111690610
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22116906,11690917380
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O1116906182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23116906,116908,11690961156
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1116909978
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O60211
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1116909374
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O82116908,11690978
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11169065251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120166Nyanga Number 2 Pegmatite, Ankole Pegmatite Field, Mbarara District, Western Region, Ugandahttps://rruff.info/R120166

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