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Apatite from
Tira mine, Busia, Eastern Region, Uganda


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tira mine, Busia, Eastern Region, Uganda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1237489
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1237489:2
GUID (UUID V4):77432961-ada1-4626-ab3c-5b3c2f1a3951
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
15.9km (9.9 miles) Sukulu complex (Sekululu complex), Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda
23.6km (14.6 miles) Tororo complex, Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda
41.7km (25.9 miles) Busumbu deposit, Bukusu complex, Manafwa, Eastern Region, Uganda
63.3km (39.3 miles) Budeda complex, Bududa, Eastern Region, Uganda
82.3km (51.1 miles) Kitum Cave, Mount Elgon, Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
during investigation of radioactive minerals in the region by the Government of Brazil. By the late 1950s...contained metal Brazil U.S.S.R. Canada Nigeria Uganda Tanzania Kenya Zaire Norway Total 11,1|30,000...of several carbonatitealkalic intrusives in the region that contain pyrochlore; some have appreciable...niobium resource can be added the value of the apatite and titanium mineral resources, each of which is...the carbonatite- alkalic rock intrusives of the region point up the importance of detailed evaluation
Catalog/List
DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...barite matrix. 60x35x30mm. £58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided...£40. 9. BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite... CARBJNATE-FLUORAPATITE "FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite...specimen. 60x40x20mm. £12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm
Book
COMPANY QUARRY (l) 38 THE BEND OF THE NILE AND THE REGION FROM THE SECOND TO FIFTH CATARACTS (a) GENERAL...SOUTH OF LATITUDE 6° N II (c) GEDAREF-SENNAR REGION 15 (m) HOFRAT EN NAHAS, DARFUR PROVINCE Older...granites and syenite (e) INGESSANA HILLS, SOUTH-EASTERN SUDAN (f) CENTRAL SUDAN SHEET 55 (1952 EDN)...SABALOKA AND JEBEL QEILI (g) 43 44 (n) JEBEL MARRA REGION (i) Basal schists 39 22 SOUTHERN JUBAL EL BAHR...Atbara round Atbara town and the Jebel Nakharu region 123 (ii) Sand dunes and sheets 139 (iii) Reg
Book
NORTHERN PROVINCE GEOLOGICAL GEDAREF-SENNAR REGION (i) Basal schists (ii) Ultrabasic rocks and older...SUDAN COMPANY QUARRY (1) 15 (n) JEBEL MARRA REGION 15 16 17 7 17 17 17 19 19 19 19 19 19 21 (4)...hornblende ‘quasi-gneiss” (ec) INGESSANA HILLS, SOUTH-EASTERN SUDAN (f) CENTRAL SUDAN SHEET 55 (1952 EDN), (k)...PORTLAND CEMENT THE BEND OF THE NILE AND THE REGION FROM THE SECOND TO FIFTH CATARACTS (m) HOFRAT...Atbara town and the Jebel Nakharu region (xii) Deposits of the region between the 123 124 126 127
Journal (issue)
mica. Very mall. tabular sanidine and prismatic apatite crystals have been observed but usually the cavity...niversity. Kerryn Robinson drew t he map. Reference TIRA, T 1976. Am)i!dllt llllln•phlog,orucfrom OMcn.Oka...em to 3cm wit h t he average bei ng i n the 2cm region. from h Perm1ss1 on ha bee n granted for t ht:...that have been recorded at t his open cut magn�tite mine. Third t o speak was Peter A ndersen on . . R e...prese nt t oget he r wnh t he gangu� found in t he mine. Specimen quality material is sca rce from t his
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
clinopyroxene + biotite and accessory zircon and apatite (Table l). Magnetite grains occasionally enclose...r o x e n e (seldom). Accessory minerals are: apatite, zircon, monazite and corundum. Sillimanit~-bearing...Cordierite Biotite K-Feldspar Sillimanite Zircon Apatite Monazite Sphene X O X X X O O O A A A O X O X...m i n a - r i c h granofelses h a v e b o t h apatite a n d m o n a z i t e as accessory p h o s p h...high in P205 and contain monazite in addition to apatite. Modal contents of spinel, magnetite and zircon
Journal (issue)
Sudan, northern Uganda, Zaire, and Central African Republic 8 Darfur Province and eastern Chad 9 North Kordofan...Cataract 12 Nile Valley from Karima to Abu Hamed 13 Eastern Bayuda Desert and the Nilt� Valley tc> Atbara 1:1...Sea Hills 14 Northern Red Sea Hills of Sudan 15 Eastern Desert of southern Egypt 16 Saudi Arabia 1 7 Sabaloka...deposits 31 Igneous activity 53 53 G(�b(�it Mine 45 ()yo Mine 45 Onib 45 Abirkateib 45 Umm Nabardi 45 Doishat...ore Chromite Manganese Tin and tungsten Eastern Egypt 50 Eastern Chad 50 Sabaloka igneous ring complex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reservoirs; Hf model ages suggest that the source region separated from DM in ED Neoproterozoic time (1500-1000...consistent with the fractionation of monazite, zircon, apatite and Ti-bearing phases. We suggest that these coarsegrained...Arabia-Levant region, which has been intermittently melted to generate the volcanic rocks of the region. The Cretaceous...older volcanic rocks outcrop within the SC RI PT region, the Cretaceous vents and tuffs described here...magmatic processes (Stein and Hofmann, 1992). This region experienced considerable mafic and felsic volcanism
Journal (issue)
studia rilevandone i carattcri cristallografici. Egli tira la somiglianza e la differenza fr~ questa titanite...degli interessanti cristalli di titanite e di apatite. Non essendo fiu'ora state pnbblicate ricerche...titanite, accompaguati da rari e minutissimi altri di apatite. I primi sono di colore giallo-brnno, sempre molto...nclla nostra: 2 EL1 - 2 ET1 = 5°. 54'. •* • ] L"APATITE si presenta in minutissimi cristallini isolati...osservazioni gia fatte su questa specie; quantnnque della apatite di Val Giuf abhia 1 ( ) Hintze. Joe. cit., pag
Book
Soviet Socialist (French Morocco), Morocco 463 Uganda, (Nyasaland), 480 Mexico, 480 Mongolian 507...discouragingly on of events scientific-geological the region inwas and mineral- feasibility of working profit...aquamarines the as type in discovery could have region stated unequivocally the been found in Antiquity...Mountains, prehistoric turquoise,” gemstones, region is mining activity. Eichholz suggests probably...north of Thebes. No emeralds exist the emerald mine through stones. Qift as as other mineral,
Report (issue)
metallic minerals (excluding uranium) in 1990, and mine and deposit locations 39 16. Status of USGS level...Photograph of new adit for Kensington lode-gold mine on Lynn Canal 55 TABLES Fluctuation in price of...conducted on the North Slope and in the Cook Inlet region, as well as in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Neither...(262,000 barrels) of Prudhoe Bay crude oil into eastern Prince William Sound; the oil eventually spread...Alaska's commercial coal is produced from a single mine in central Alaska by the Usibelli Coal Company,
Book
PAGE vii ы | | А | ТУ сайalienate “sailtol tira ariel sg hoi ating Meh i bes ва и drete et cit fart...Argentina U.S.A. (mine shipments) Morocco Madagascar Mozambique Southern Rhodesia Uganda South-West Africa...one of the oldest South African mines (Somerset mine), the chairman of the Board justified this decision...phlogopite, muscovite, plagioclase, fluorite, apatite; (3) in contact-metasomatic deposits—fluorite,...LOCALITY BE CONTENT, ROCK AND ITS % MINERALS Eastern Transbaikalia. Same. 0.0005 Microcline from the
Journal (issue)
d’Elba. Coll. F. Lucci, foto R. Pucci. cookeite, “apatite”, fosfati secondari, zeoliti, minerali argillosi...primo colpo di foco, se non siano di quarzo (Ca-apatite, NdA). Lasciati nell’acido marino non vi si sciolgono...grazioso cristallino esaedro limpido”. p. 18: “Apatite. … due sole volte mi fu dato rinvenirne nei blocchi...subduzione, la pesante e fredda crosta oceanica si tira dietro i margini di crosta 53 Il Cercapietre...the As-Sb contamination in the abandoned Tafone Mine Area - Comunicazione Orale al Geoitalia 2011, Torino
Book
HISTORIES OF INTEGRATED PROGRAMS New Brunswick, Eastern Canada. EXPLORATION 331 Northern Rhodesia...large drainage survey was undertaken in 1954 in eastern Canada. This survey was based on determining the...workers on the mobility of the ore metals in acid mine waters rich in sulfate. Emmons (1917, pp. 68-70)...the U. S. Geological Survey at the Union Copper Mine, Gold Hill district, North Carolina, showed that...the pattern of nickel in res idual soil, Nguge region, Tanganyika. (Colluvial and alluvial overburden
Book
Fluorine (fluorure rhomboédrique). de calcium). Apatite (phosphate de chaux). Orthose (silicate d’alumine...aussi dans les les carac- d’où ils ont été la mine inspection des des dans Indes. - C’est est...la ; distinctes, de au rivière, de de la mine. gisements diamantifères de l’Afrique deux catégories...dans le au-dessous du sol, il est nécessaire de mine le mode dès lors diamantifère s’exploite Beers...plus un disloquer le ensuite richesse d’une mine à au en comme dur qu’on certain niveau terrain
Journal (entire run)
Johnston Bismuth Minerals from Quartz Pipes in Eastern Australia -1.R. Plimer Minerals in the Pegmatitic...Acicular Bustarnite and Ferroan Johannsenite, North Mine, Broken Hill, N.S.W.- W.R. Ryal/ & Albert Chapman...J.E. Johnson Copper Minerals from Bali Lo Copper Mine, Ashburton Downs, Western Australia - PJ. Bridge...K. Ferguson Further Minerals from the Dome Rock Mine, South Australia - E.R. Segnit •._ Ferrierite from...Pyrope Gamet from the Koetong District, North-Eastern Victoria - CAJ. Towsey Index to Australian Mineralogist
Book
Boring — German (West) — Oberpfalz Region. 2. Earth — pfalz Region. I. Emmermann, R. (Rolf), 1940— . Il...icc e shvsie Je aiaiain stela ol neesetone 433 Apatite Fission Track Dating Postvarisean Thermo-Tectonie...substantial new knowledge on the geology of the region and ultimately have also contributed to the selection...the research of the geological pioneers of this region, e.g., von Gimbel (1868, Kossmat (1927) 1888...Rhenohercynian; ST Saxothuringian; MN Moldanubian Region. Inset study area with deep drilling site (KTB)
Book (edition)
compounds related to phosphoric acid. Examples: apatite, monazite. 9 Tungstates are salts of tungstic acid...Limonite (a hydroxide) 7 Gypsum (a sulfate) 8 Apatite (a phosphate) 9 Wolframite (a tungstate) 27 ...rock wells up from deep down in the upper mantle region called the asthenosphere. The upwelling molten...(oceanic crust) ¢ Western cordillera (Andes) d Eastern cordillera (Andes) e Active volcano f Continental...features form karst landscapes, named from a limestone region in Yugoslavia (see also pp. 128-129). 2 Hydration
Book
deposits and associated workings in the Wadi Sikait region was made in 1961 by Basta and Zaki, who provided...This discovery suggests the possibility that this region could have supplied these gems in an earlier time...Romans while prospecting for metallic ores in the region, and it is reputed that several centuries later...as one of the first to make a serious attempt to mine the Habachtal emerald deposit. It is reported that...Black Sea and east of the Arai Sea. The entire region is now in the USSR, and the discovery of true emeralds
Report (issue)
noles of magnetite vsrmis phosphorus ao eolsa of apatite from eighty-seven aecsyed samples of the gneiss...« 9b. Hlstozran showing ratio of mscnetits to apatite in the assayed conploc 4«»»«««*««e* !/»! 10, Total...Intruded byyounger ignesua rocks, underlies tho region, Lithologio units define a raajor anticline which...with hornblende, Uxenoaagnetite, ilmenite, and apatite, qtjarta gneiss (lirae-rioii subunit) with layers...relationships of the pre~Carbrlan to the Paleozoic in the region north of New Jersey ia often unknown* iL4§ifi£isal
Report (issue)
between Precambrian and Cambrian in the Adelaide region .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Plate 6 Kanmantoo Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....exposed surfaces of ancient basement blocks on the eastern edge of what has been called the Australian Precambrian...Australia and South Australia lies on its eastern edge. Eastern Australia, a major geological feature of...of the Willyama Complex extending from the Olary region into New South Wales are of great economic importance
Book
deposits and associated workings in the Wadi Sikait region was made in 1961 by Basta and Zaki, who provided...This discovery suggests the possibility that this region could have supplied these gems in an earlier time...Romans while prospecting for metallic ores in the region, and it is reputed that several centuries later...was one of the first to make a serious attempt to mine the Habachtal emerald deposit. It is reported that...Black Sea and east of the Aral Sea. The entire region is now in the USSR, and the discovery of true emeralds
Book (edition)
1:m 16,17 Germany & Central Europe 15M 18,19 Eastern Europe 1:10om 20,21 56 Asia 58 Australasia Wales...& Australasia 22,23 Northern Asia 1:20M 24,25 Eastern Asia 1:20M 26,27 Japan Korea 1:mM 28,29 South-East...lowland south-west Albania is situated on the eastern seaboard of reaches a temperature of over 40°C...of rain. Only in the sub-tropical north and the eastern highlands does rainfall exceed 100cm (39in) annually...agricultural surpluses. Increasing trade with eastern Asia, and Japan in particular, has opened up new
Book (edition)
body also produces essential minerals. A form of apatite, Ca;(PO,CO;);(OH,O,F), is the principle con-...phosphates (such as hydroxylapatite, carbonate-apatite, and whitlockite), calcium oxalates (that are very...1314 nm * WG CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION to acid mine drainage), affect water quality, and impact environmental...paleobiology. Best known are various compositions of apatite, the mineral that constitutes vertebrate bones...sphere, and in the oceans. Minerals, such as jade, apatite, magnetite, and hematite, may form nanocrystals
Book
describes a stratigraphical unit or a particular region, but special chapters are devoted to the oil prospects...Dockner is thanked for providing the photograph of the mine at Qutdligssat reproduced as figure 408. The following...shield. Rocks from part of this shield in the Isua region of central West Greenland have given the oldest...fragment of the Archaean craton in the North Atlantic region. Isolated remnants of similar Archaean rocks occur...and are particularly well developed in the Umanak region where a succession over 5 km thick of quartzites
 
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