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Locality Name:
Kabanga North Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, Tanzania


mindat Locality ID: 306754
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-306754.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kabanga North Deposit, Ngara District, Kagera Region, Tanzania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 2°52'59"S
Longitude: 30°32'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.8830555555556,30.549722222222
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: As Au Bi Cd Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Sn Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Bi Cd Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Sn Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteRocksaltRutile
SpinelTetradymiteUllmanniteWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Galena  (*)Geversite  (*)Gold  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sudburyite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb0175
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2038
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As80161
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S2055
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb046
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe0100
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS0293
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380


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