Soafia thorianite deposit, Maromby, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascari
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Soafia thorianite deposit | Deposit |
| Maromby | Commune |
| Amboasary Sud District | District |
| Anosy | Region |
| Madagascar | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
24° South , 46° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~26km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
134725
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:134725:1
GUID (UUID V4):
bc730dd0-c645-4c43-9178-d64b1078f3ca
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Sofia
Other Languages:
Malagasy:
Soafia, Kaominin'i Maromby, Distrikan' Amboasary Atsimo, Faritr' Anosy, Madagasikara
An uranothorianite and phlogopite deposit located NE of Andranondambo. The Hibon brothers found here a mineral that was analyzed by H. Besairie in 1947 to be thorianite. This was the first find of thorianite together with phlogopite in this area (Amboasary District (= l'Androy Mandraréen)).
"Sofia" is a misnomer that appears once in H. Besairie (1966), p. 391, but it is spelled correctly on p. 398.
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2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ Phlogopite Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Thorianite Formula: ThO2 Colour: black Description: The Hibon brothers found one group of 2 intergrown crystals > 2 cm large |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Thorianite | 4.DL.05 | ThO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Phlogopite | 9.EC.20 | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Thorianite | ThO2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Th | Thorium | |
| Th | ⓘ Thorianite | ThO2 |
Geochronology
Mineralization age: Paleozoic : 534 ± 30 Ma to 480 ± 20 MaImportant note: This table is based only on rock and mineral ages recorded on mindat.org for this locality and is not necessarily a complete representation of the geochronology, but does give an indication of possible mineralization events relevant to this locality. As more age information is added this table may expand in the future. A break in the table simply indicates a lack of data entered here, not necessarily a break in the geologic sequence. Grey background entries are from different, related, localities.
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Madagascar
- Anosy
- Amboasary Sud District
- Tranomaro-Maromby areaMineral Occurrence Area
- Amboasary Sud District
- ⭔Tuléar Province (Toliara)Province
Somali PlateTectonic Plate
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