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Goethite from
Tira mine, Busia, Eastern Region, Uganda


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:α-Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tira mine, Busia, Eastern Region, Uganda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1237494
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1237494:4
GUID (UUID V4):1d67eab2-e4bd-4650-bb79-3c4d8194ad19
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
15.9km (9.9 miles) Sukulu complex (Sekululu complex), Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda
41.7km (25.9 miles) Busumbu deposit, Bukusu complex, Manafwa, Eastern Region, Uganda
82.3km (51.1 miles) Kitum Cave, Mount Elgon, Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
Publications A low level laterite profile from Uganda and its relevance to the question of parent material...August 24, 2014 A low level laterite profile from Uganda and its relevance to the question of parent material...'low level' laterite profile from Tira, in Busia District, Uganda, is described. Mineral and chemical...parent material are compared with further data from Uganda and other published results in order to assess...to the conclusion that the absence of bauxite in Uganda may be attributed to unfavourable leaching conditions
Catalog/List
DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...matrix. 60x35x30mm. £58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided group of pale...£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
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...the carbonatite- alkalic rock intrusives of the region point up the importance of detailed evaluation...known in the carbonatites of Group VII in this region (Table 1, Fig. l), particularly Catalao I, Tapira
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
Catalog/List
y box.-i}x-i}",:t.14.00~ and AZURITE. Tsumcorp Mine,Otavi,S.W.Africa. These 3 specimens are inexpensiye...about ¾11 face. 2~x2}x1" ,s8. oo. CALCITE. Buick Mine, Reynolds Co. , U. S .A. Choice twinned twinned... u 24. CASSITERITE/B0RNITE/CHALC0CITE. Geevor Mine, Pendeen, 1·/"Cornwall. ally rich cryEtalline mass...richly carpcting Malachite CERUSSITE. Tsuli]corp Mine,0tavi,S,H.Africa. Very attractivc bright group of...lcite~2x1¾x1-J- 11 1 :t,7,00. 30. CHALC0CITE. Levant Mine,Pendeen 1 WuCornwall. Rich blue-grey matallic mass
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
Book
concentration in the W a n geosyncline of the eastern Alps H.-J. SCHNEIDER (Munich, Germany) . . . ....diagenetic fissures in algal carbonate rock, Elvins Mine, 71 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...sediment may now also be found even in the intertidal region and not, as might be expected, only in deep water...l’encontre L’industrie siderurgique franGaise ne tira-t-elle pas, au sikcle dernier, l’essentiel de ses...CONCENTRATION IN THE LADINIAN GEOSYNCLINE OF THE EASTERN ALPS HANS-JOCHEN SCHNEIDER Institut fur allgemeine
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
Report (issue)
noms: par exemple la célèbre mine de La Calamine est fréquemment appelée mine de Moresnet, de la Vieille-Montagne...fois dédommagé, n'avait plus aucun contrôle sur la mine. Les Minières concernaient notamment les exploitations...minerai de fer en filon ou en couche était "réputé mine" tandis que le minerai de fer d'alluvion était "réputé...d'exploitations réunissant tous les caractères d'une mine concessible: ce sont les "exploitations libres"...de sphalérite, 98 500 t de galène. Au total, la mine de Bleiberg aurait produit 257 500 t de concentré
Journal (issue)
fosfati secondari, zeoliti, minerali argillosi, goethite e in alcuni casi anche carbonati. Queste ultime...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
Report (volume)
industry in nontraditional areas of the Andean region of Bolivia. Bolivia has long been known for the...covered 150,000 km 2 of the Western Andean region of Bolivia, a region between 3,500 to 6,000 m in elevation...assessed the potential of industrial minerals in the region. This important publication will not be the only...to dramatically increase its involvement in the region over the past three years. As economic and commercial...the time has come for the mining sectors of the region to expand their cooperation. It is TDP's sincere
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 (edition)
1314 nm * WG CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION to acid mine drainage), affect water quality, and impact environmental...often found in very fine-grained minerals (as in goethite). Granular—mineral grains that are of approximately...radiate from acentral point (as in wavellite and goethite; Plate Ill, no. 3). Dendritic—a mineral exhibiting...aggregates of very fine-grained materials (as in goethite and limonite). SULA NOOR RNIN LARS LETS LEEDLEELA...and resulting fluorescence in the visible light region. Excited state Fluorescence (visible light) Intermediate
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,
Book
neo's v tare aietose,» Pee 77 79 88 96 99 101 REGION......... LE. R. Buckley. . 103 The southeastern...eset dacaemNiadioe «ticle LEU VsDLCCUNIGAUION We tira «,p.4.0-<0 siege yo ditbree Thiele midges Detrital...Sketch of a Part of the Workings of the Enterprize Mine, Platteville, WEIS CONST MM Maer cohenU NSNRM aicosie...ccevers Ground-Plan and Cross-Section of Empress Mine, Benton, Wisconsin.. Disseminated Galena Metasomatieally...Ores of Missouri......... Outline Map of the Ozark Region Showing Areas Included in Several DiS tULGUS mare
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
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
Book (volume)
(Fictitious character) UF Lingua Franca (Mediterranean region) Lingua francas Indian reservations — Oklahoma...California USE Delta Region (Calif.) Sacramento River Delta (Calif.) USE Delta Region (Calif.) Sacramento...Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Calif.) USE Delta Region (Calif.) — SA names Sacramento-San Joaquin...RT Villa Orsini (Bomarzo, Italy) Sacrococcygeal region — [QMlll] Sacrifice BT Back NT Chatur-masya...Fortress Site (Peru) BT — Indonesia Sacrococcygeal region Vertebrae Sacsahuamin Fortress Site (Peru) USE
Book
plano-convex ingots in the area: one in the Varilongo mine (Santa Comba) and another in Ríal (Cuns, Coristanco)...closest match located at Pyrenean deposits (Cabrieres mine?) (Rohl & Needham 1998). 23 POVOAMENTO E EXPLORAÇÃO...granitic mountain of Monchique (900 m a.s.l.); a region to where people and things can came in or out through...as the Serra da Mina (Fig. 3.1). In the Pendões mine, the miners excavated circular shafts and gallery...is said to have been found prior to 1867 inside a mine near Odemira (Oleiro 1963 apud Alarcão 1988, p.
Book (edition)
installed in a large underground copper mine where it breaks run-of-mine ore with compressive strengths up...Verschle1ssversuch de surface. au iour. carreau (d'une mine) au-dessus du n1veau de la mer au-dessus oe I'eau...aktivering aktivator brottbelastning 169 170 171 active mine actual evaporation actuatism gruva I drift verkhg...lodo act1vado act1vac16n ac1Ivante carga de rotura mine en actlVlte evaporation reelle actualisme. 1heo11e...arg1ll0,calcareous arg1ll0-ferruginous argyrod1te and region arxose arm leqord leqiirnsten Ieng sandsten lerskiffer
Book
Sea-Floor Topography and Morphology of the Superswell Region ......... 9 COCUCHON as lod. ox Se, oiunds oceans...Sthuctures<..... a Ee ee CONCLUSION Sk as crace tira eS OS Oa Ee CeO er ee 95 96 102 109 112 116 120...cactus wanes hon 6 cng Poem 5.2.1 Abyssal Hill Region and Limits of Hotspot Volcanism .................eeeene cceeeee nent nen from the Pitcairn Hotspot Region .................5...c eee Ieee ocean eminence...ridges are prevalent throughout the Polynesian region of the South Pacific. Their origins, which are
Report (volume)
Neoproterozoic glacial records in the Yangtze Region, China 357 ZHU, M. & WANG, H. Neoproterozoic... The Kingston Peak Formation in the eastern Death Valley region 449 PETTERSON, R., PRAVE, A. R. & WERNICKE...Peak Formation in the Panamint Range, Death Valley region, California 459 CARTO, S. L. & EYLES, N. The...Neoproterozoic glacial deposits of the Kimberly Region and northwestern Northern Territory, Australia...discuss the history of basin development in the region. The stratigraphy section was meant to provide
Report (edition)
erable amou11t of work in the Grampian Highlands region (which here is taken to include the Sot1th-west...staff) , and other parts of BGS. The Grampians region is mostly one of uplands and mountains, and includes...such as the Spey and the Dee. In the north of the region, however, the cot1ntryside along the southern side...at present. It is only at the rnargi11s of tl1e region that there are large developments of yot1nger rocks...and wild scenery which is the very heart of the region. It is also essential if we are to understand the
Book
GHC ESE AB ORS Se Hess a a 133 Table 69.—Value of mine and quarry products and manufactures thereof, by... -5bs-scece en ceke cece leececen 134 Table 71.—Mine and quarry products and the chief manufacturing...value of lead and zinc ore, Census and Missouri mine inspector’s returns: 1902 ........----------------452...lead and zinc mines, by states and character of mine __......--.---eee eee eee-c---enn eee nee eeee 454...smelted by owner, cost of reduction, and value at mine, by states and territories: 1902. Ot: OF TECMWICHOM
 
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