Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coola, Ekunda City Council, Huambo Province, Angola

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 158064
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158064.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coola, Ekunda City Council, Huambo Province, Angola": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°31'"S
Longitude: 15°16'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.516666666667,15.266666666667

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.

Baryte	Fluorite	None	Quartz

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: Ba C Ca F Mg O S Si Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca F Mg O S Si Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Fluorite None Quartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Quartz ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	66	11547
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	66	9617
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	61156
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	145	66	55

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
	ree-00005	145	66	Cretaceous											158064	Coola, Ekunda City Council, Huambo Province, Angola	Coola	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

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