| 842-872 ADDITIONAL DATA ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE MBEYA CARBONATITE L. J. FICK AND C. VAN DER HEYDE....................... Geological setting of the Mbeya Carbonatite ............................ Introduction........................ The Carbonafire-bodyat Panda Hill and its associatedcontact and 851 dike-rocks.......................... 863 864 Mineralogyof Mbeya Carbonatite.......................................been established during the development of the Mbeya Carbonatiteas an economicprospect subsequent to |
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Fawley, A. P., James, T. C. (1955) A pyrochlore (columbium) carbonatite, southern Tanganyika. Economic Geology, 50 (6) 571-585 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.50.6.571 |
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| Geomorphologyof the Mbeya Carbonatite ................................ Geology of the Mbeya Carbonat{re ......... Compositionand characterof pyrochlorefrom Mbeya ..................... Value of pyrochlore ........present. INTRODUCTION The Mbeya Carbonatite(originally called the "Panda Hill Pyrochlore Deposit") is nearthe...milesin a direct line west-south-west of the townof Mbeya. The carbonatitewasinvestigated because of its pyrochlore...mappingfor the Tanganyika GeologicalSurvey near Panda Hill in 1950, A.M. M. Spurr observedcrystallinelimestonethat |
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Jäger, E., Niggli, E., Van der Veen, A. H. (1959) A hydrated barium-strontium pyrochlore in a biotite rock from Panda Hill, Tanganyika. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 32 (244) 10-25 doi:10.1180/minmag.1959.032.244.03 |
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| barium-strontium pyrochlore in a biotite roclc from Panda Hill, Tanganyilca. 1 B y E. J~iGE~, Ph.D., and E....biotite rock (contact-rock of a carbonatite) from Panda Hill, Tanganyika, as small euhedral yellowish-grey...pandaite, from Panda Hill, is proposed for the new mineral. N the concession area of the Mbeya E x p l o r...r a t i o n C o m p a n y ~ (Mbexco) near Mbeya (Tanganyika) (fig. la) Dr. J. F. 0sten, former geologist...and the Colonial Development Corporation. 2 The Mbeya Exploration Company Ltd. (Mbexco) is jointly owned |
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Mitchell, Roger H. (2015) Primary and secondary niobium mineral deposits associated with carbonatites. Ore Geology Reviews, 64. 626-641 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.03.010 |
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| are fine grained and intimately intergrown with hematite, goethite and minerals of the crandallite group...re-evaluated [e.g. Oka (Canada); Fen (Norway); Panda Hill (Tanzania)] for their economic potential. Although...and metamorphosed carbonatites of the Blue River region, British Columbia (Chudy, 2013; Pell, 1994, 1996)...linear Songwe Scarp and Sangu-Ikola carbonatites, Tanzania (Brown, 1964; Coetzee, 1963). 4.2. Carbonatite-bearing...focus has been on carbonatites in the Cordilleran region of British Columbia with most activity by Commerce |
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Lumpkin, Gregory R., Ewing, Rodney C. (1995) Geochemical alteration of pyrochlore group minerals; pyrochlore subgroup. American Mineralogist, 80 (7) 732-743 doi:10.2138/am-1995-7-810 |
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| River. Ontario. Canada; carbonatite Panda Hill, Mbeya, Tanzania; carbonatite Woodcox mine, Hybla, Ontario;...MacDonaldmine,Hybla,Ontario; granitic pegmatite Panda Hill, Mbeya, Tanzania; carbonatite Leushe, Lake Kivu, Zaire;...Secondaryprocessesin carbonatites:Petrology of "rodberg" (_hematite_-calcite-dolomitecarbonatite) in the Fen central...227-245. -(1987) A model for the evolution of hematite carbonatite,based on whole-rock major and trace...bariumstrontium pyrochlore in a biotite rock from Panda Hill, Tanganyika. Mineralogical Magazine, 32, 10-25 |
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Heinrich, E. Wm., Vian, R. W. (1967) Carbonatitic barites. American Mineralogist, 52 (7-8) 1179-1189 |
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| 0 in. across, replacing fine-grained carbonate-hematite rock. o.l2 Parks and Branner,1932; Brobst, 1958...cleavage masses.Quartz, hematitic feldspar, siderite, hematite, Cu sulfides, Th minerals are associated. Christman...Co , Colo. 0 . 0 8 , Quartz-barite-siclerite-hematite carbon0.08 atites with Th minerals. Barite r,vhite...as barite-rich carbonatite breccia zones. Mbeya (Panda Hill) Tanganyika Chilwa Island, Malawi Late quartz-calcite...Other localities are Nano-Vara, U.S.S.R.; Mbeya, Tanzania; and Kangankunde, Malawi. Aw.q.r,ytrcar,'Iecurvrqur |
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(1959) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 44 (11-12) 1321-1329 |
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| study showed the presence of cassiterite and also hematite, the latter as a thin overgrowth. The formula...intergrow-ths with hematite have o of angelellite parailel to the hexagonal o-axis of hematite (oo 5.03 A)....barium-strontium pyrochlore in a biotite rock from Panda Hill, Tanganyika, Minerol,og.Mag.,32, 10-25 (1959)...a roof pendant of the Mbeya (also called the Panda Hill) carbonatite, near Mbeya, Tanganyika. The rock...5 9 1 ( 7 0 ) . The name is for the locality, Panda Hill, and is suggested for minerals of the pyrochlore |
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Hogarth, D. D., Williams, C. T., Jones, P. (2000) Primary zoning in pyrochlore group minerals from carbonatites. Mineralogical Magazine, 64 (4) 683-697 doi:10.1180/002646100549544 |
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| Carillon Dam, Chilwa Island, Fen, Lueshe, Oka, Mbeya, Meech Lake and Verity. Primary features include...some pyrochlore from laterite (e.g. Lueshe and Mbeya of this paper; see below) it is not possible to...1970; Lumpkin and Ewing, 1995; Wall et al., 1996). Hematite, goethite, uraninite, fergusonite, columbite and...Madagascar Vishney Gor, Russia Vishney Gor, Russia Mbeya, Tanzania Carbonatite, Russia Kola Pen., Russia Oka,...(1989) Tanzania Quebec Quebec British Columbia Fen (adit) Fen (adit) Fen (quarry) Lueshe Mbeya 687 |
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Heinrich, E. William (1980) The Geology of Carbonatites - Reprint Edition with Supplementary Material. Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co. Inc. |
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| and A. Holmes (1950) : Tanzania Geological Survey and N. J. Guest (1954) : Tanzania Geological Survey and...Tidsskrift and K. S. Heier (1961) Figure 15-9: Tanzania Geological Survey and N. J. Guest (1954) Figure...Jr., completed most of the field work on the Iron Hill complex of Gunnison County, Colorado, in 1912-1913...accepted the idea of an igneous origin for the Iron Hill carbonatite. In 1924 Bowen, who had visited the...pyrochlore-rich carbonates (e.g. in Oka, Araxa, Fen, Mbeya) has removed Nb from the category of “rare’’ elements |
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(1993) International strategic minerals inventory summary report; niobium (columbium) and tantalum. Circular 930. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/cir930m |
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| Most production appears to be centered in the region of the major alkaline intrusive complexes of Lovozero...Peninsula and Vishnevogorsk in the middle Ural region. • Both niobium and tantalum are held on the U...60 percent Nb20 5 , iron oxide in the form of hematite (68 percent iron), and aluminum powder in the...~~-~'-'~· ec·I' Q ~. .r :!~;>'. ~, - . . · Mnma Hill TAPanda H'll NZANIA •axa Geolog;c d • · / ...Greenland United States Brazil Gabon Kenya Nigeria 2 Tanzania Uganda Zaire Malaysia2 · 3 Soviet Union3 Thailand2 |
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Neave, David A., Black, Martin, Riley, Teal R., Gibson, Sally A., Ferrier, Graham, Wall, Frances, Broom-Fendley, Sam (2016) On the Feasibility of Imaging Carbonatite-Hosted Rare Earth Element Deposits Using Remote Sensing. Economic Geology, 111 (3) 641-665 doi:10.2113/econgeo.111.3.641 |
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| in North America (Mountain Pass, Oka, Iron Hill, and Gem Hill), albeit in nondigital form. As reviewed...hyperspectral instruments. Examples include mapping the Iron Hill carbonatite-alkaline complex in the United States...Malawi, Mountain Pass in the United States, Panda Hill in Tanzania, and Sokli in Finland were sourced from...30˚ Uyaynah 0˚ Tororo & Sukulu Kangankunde Panda Hill Chilwa Island, Songwe & Tundulu Phalaborwa...by Eby et al. (2009). Although the Panda Hill complex of Tanzania is a largely calciocarbonatitic in |
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(2014, March) Geobulletin Vol. 57 (1) Geological Society of South Africa |
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| Media Monitor 42 Antony Cowey The Geotraveller 48 Tanzania Other Business 54 Classifieds GSSA GB (GEOBULLETIN)...Then they visited Balmoral kimberlite, Kimberley region, South Africa”. the Oga Dam Lake, about 14 km...CAG in Dar es the 6th annual Igneous Salam, Tanzania, which certainly will be an equally and Metamorphic...spectacular technique. On the 7th of February 2014 Tanzania, with Dr. Nils Lenhardt. we held the first CCS...hazards at UP – first results from a new project in Tanzania Africa has ca. 150 volcanoes that are listed as |
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NASH, W. P. (1972) Mineralogy and Petrology of the Iron Hill Carbonatite Complex, Colorado. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 83 (5) 1361 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[1361:mapoti]2.0.co;2 |
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| Utah 84112 Mineralogy and Petrology of the Iron Hill Carbonatite Complex, Colorado determine what, if...are ubiquitously assotypes occurring in the Iron Hill carbonatite ciated. For this study I have chosen...Iron complex have been examined in order to deter- Hill carbonatite complex, one of the largest mine the...alkaline igneous rocks with which they are The Iron Hill carbonatite body, also known ubiquitously associated...south of the town of Gunnison. developed at Iron Hill. The carbonatites are The composite intrusion, occupying |
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Johnson, Clark M., Bell, Keith, Beard, Brian L., Shultis, Aaron I. (2010) Iron isotope compositions of carbonatites record melt generation, crystallization, and late-stage volatile-transport processes. Mineralogy and Petrology, 98 (1) 91-110 doi:10.1007/s00710-009-0055-4 |
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| solidification (e.g. Le Bas 2008). The presence of hematite, especially in the low-grade fenites at Alnö,...silicate, aqueous Fe2+, magnetite, aqueous Fe3+, hematite, and pyrite, where the relative order for aqueous... 2004; Anbar et al. 2005; Polyakov et al. 2007; Hill and Schauble 2008; Shahar et al. 2008). Although...ijolite, phonolite, nephelinite. Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania Still active Natrocarbonatite flows and tuffs...ijolite series rocks, nepheline syenite. Panda Hill, Tanzania 113±6 Mainly sövite but areas of ferrocarbonaite |
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Nedosekova, I. L. (2007) New data on carbonatites of the Il’mensky-Vishnevogorsky alkaline complex, the southern Urals, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 49 (2) 129-146 doi:10.1134/s107570150702002x |
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| subvolcanic carbonatite from the Panda Hill deposit, Mbeya, Tanzania (van der Veen, 1965). Secondary dolomite...amphiboles from the Buldym carbonatites fall in region G, where amphiboles are in equilibrium with carbonatitic...strontianite, molybdenite, chondrodite, chromite, hematite, millerite, corundum, quartz, and fluorite are |
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Keller, Peter C (1992) Gemstones of East Africa. Geoscience Press, Inc. |
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| gemological wealth of East Africa. This unique region encompasses ·what may be the world's richest gem...gemologist and geologist, Dr. Peter Keller. Kenya and Tanzania are revealed in their full mineralogical splendor...chrome tourmaline are widely identified with the region. ( continuedon backflap) ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ~...Conclusion 11 Chapter 2. Diamond Deposits of Tanzania 15 Location 16 Geology 18 Mining 20 Properties...Northern Province, Tanzania 28 Ruby and Sapphire from Umba, Tanga Province, Tanzania 32 Sapphire from Kenya |
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Harris, P. M. (1965) Pandaite from the Mrima Hill niobium deposit (Kenya) Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 35 (270) 277-290 doi:10.1180/minmag.1965.035.270.03 |
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| 277 Pandaite from the Mrima Hill niobium deposit (Kenya) By P. M. HARRIS, B.A. Warren Spring Laboratory...barium pyrochlore (pandaite) has been found at Mrima Hill (Kenya) in a residuum consisting mainly of goethite/limonite...of niobium in the weathered residuum of the Mrima Hill (Kenya) carbonatite in association with Overseas...described from only two other localities, P a n d a Hill (Tanganyika) the type locality (J~ger et al., 1959)...The purpose of this paper is to describe the Mrima Hill pandaite and to compare it with the other reported |
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SIMONETTI, A., BELL, K. (1994) Isotopic and Geochemical Investigation of the Chilwa Island Carbonatite Complex, Malawi: Evidence for a Depleted Mantle Source Region, Liquid Immiscibility, and Open-System Behaviour. Journal of Petrology, 35 (6) 1597-1621 doi:10.1093/petrology/35.6.1597 |
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| Malawi: Evidence for a Depleted Mantle Source Region, Liquid Immiscibility, and Open-System Behaviour...'hydrothermal' activity, concentrated primarily in the core region. Minerals such as fluorite, barite, quartz, galena...Zambezi Rift (Fig. 1; Garson, 1965, 1966). This region also contains major intrusions of peralkaline granite... / ^ Illlilllldf sIIIIr /J Zambia J i/ * Tanzania - - • . - . - • " • Chilwa .Alkalln*...incompatible-element-enriched (metasomatized) source region (Woolley & Jones, 1987). Other evidence that might |
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Melgarejo, Joan C., Costanzo, Alessandra, Bambi, Aurora C.J.M., Gonçalves, Antonio O., Neto, Andrés B. (2012) Subsolidus processes as a key factor on the distribution of Nb species in plutonic carbonatites: The Tchivira case, Angola. Lithos, 152. 187-201 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2012.06.024 |
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| associated with Sr-, Ba- and Pb-pyrochlores include hematite, strontianite, barite and REE-fluocarbonates and...a coarse-grained magnetite, partly replaced by hematite. The outcrop conditions do not allow establishing...crosscut by veinlets infilled with quartz (Qtz) and hematite (Hem). c) Fine-grained type IV pyrochlore (Pcl4)...scattered in quartz (Qtz) and associated with hematite (Hem) crystals. d) Large crystals of euhedral...restites of K-felspar (Kfs) replaced by quartz (Qtz), hematite (Hem) and secondary apatite (Ap2); to also notice |
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(1979, August) Mineral Lists. Richard W. Barstow |
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| Quartz . 2x2x1t ", £4 . 00 20 . CARMINITE. Benjamin Hill , Sonora , Mexico . Rich carmine- red masses with...inter gr own on crystalline hematite matri x . 2';x2x2 " , £12 . 00 54 . HEMATITE variety KIDNEY ORE . Florence... 2x1-2-x1" , £6 . 00 74 . PARAHOPEI TE. Br oken Hill , Zambi a . Bright sma l l sharp gl assy crystals...stacked one- upon - another with a little foliated hematite and quartz crystals. 2x2x1t", £9 . 00 B1 . PYRITES...2x1-}x1 " , £3 . 50p 82 . PYROCHLORE . Panda Hill, Amboseli , Tanzania . Sharp brownish s ingle crystals with |
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(2016, September) Geobulletin Vol. 59 (3) Geological Society of South Africa |
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| loosened within a dendritic fracture development of a region but system that was generated during the early...of continents, ultramafic magmatism, historical region and also improved their own understanding of and...both at a 2% cut-off. Liandu graphite project in Tanzania. The project is adjacent to Kibaran Resources’...72 g/t. Drilling is also under way project in Tanzania. The 1700 km2 project area, targeting near-surface...previous arrangement to acquire all of Basin in Tanzania. This is the first discovery of commercial Eastplats’ |
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Yang, Xue-Ming, Le Bas, Michael J. (2004) Chemical compositions of carbonate minerals from Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, China: implications for petrogenesis. Lithos, 72 (1) 97-116 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2003.09.002 |
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| the Kuangou fault zone, the lithology in the mine region is represented by the recrystallized marbles (H8c...texture. Calcite and dolomite contain minor opaques (hematite?) and clays. Curved or sutured carbonate grain...contains riebeckite, magnesio-riebeckite, apatite, hematite, magnetite, monazite, allanite, dolomite, quartz...Goudini, South Africa; Tundulu Hill, Malawi; Panda Hill and Kerimasi, Tanzania; Tororo, Uganda (Dawson et...in South Africa, Tundulu Hill in Malawi, Panda Hill and Kerimasi in Tanzania, and Tororo in Uganda (Dawson |
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Simandl, George J., Paradis, Suzanne (2018) Carbonatites: related ore deposits, resources, footprint, and exploration methods. Applied Earth Science, 127 (4) 123-152 doi:10.1080/25726838.2018.1516935 |
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| excluded from consideration, otherwise, magnetite and _hematite_-rich calciocarbonates or magnesiocarbonatites...Cax)2–x(CO3)], known from Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania). A refinement to the IUGS chemical classification...natrocarbonatitic lavas from Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania that contain 38–40 wt.% combined Na2O and K2O...Roberts 1984; Zaitsev et al. 2013); Kerimasi, Tanzania (Hay 1983; Zaitsev 2010; Guzmics et al. 2011);... 2010) to very recent (e.g. Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania, which is considered an active volcano). Frequency |
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Lottermoser, B. G., England, B. M. (1988) Compositional variation in pyrochlores from the Mt Weld carbonatite laterite, Western Australia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 38 (1) 37-51 doi:10.1007/bf01162480 |
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| of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 2Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, Central Research Laboratories...Western Australia Finland, Brazil, Guyana, Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire and Uganda (McNeil, 1979; Erdosh, 1979;...because the abundance of goethite, lepidocrocite, hematite and maghemite and the presence of cerianite within...Appreciation is expressed to the Management, Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, Central Research Laboratories...Engineering. Appreciation is also expressed to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, as well as CSBP and |
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Bloomfield, K., Deans, T., Wells, M. K. (1981) The llomba Alkaline Complex, northern Malawi and associated uranium-niobium mineralisation. Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources 57. Institute of Geological Sciences |
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| 19 Zircon 19 Petrogenesis References ii Ilomba Hill from the Songwe Plain to the north-west 3 Photomicrograph...Alkaline Complex to the Nachendezwaya Carbonatite, Tanzania 6 3 Ilomba rocks plotted on a Si0 2- Al 20 3-K...15 5 Radiometric map of the summit area, Ilomba Hill 16 TABLES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Geological history of...l00Ma later. Some 4km to the · north-east, in Tanzania, lies the Nachendezwaya Alkaline Complex, made...out intermittently over the past 23 years. Ilomba Hill is noteworthy for its uranium-rich pyrochlore, and |
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