Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sukulu Complex (Sekululu Complex), Tororo District, Eastern Region, Uganda

mindat Locality ID: 30486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sukulu Complex (Sekululu Complex), Tororo District, Eastern Region, Uganda": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°37'30"N
Longitude: 34°9'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.625,34.158333333333

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	Apatite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Zircon

Anatase ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gorceixite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Shortite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	121
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Shortite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃	37
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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