Locality type: | Mine |
Classification |
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Species: | Cassiterite |
Formula: | SnO2 |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Cassiterite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Nyamiumba Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 687173 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:687173:4 |
GUID (UUID V4): | f1918f48-f489-4190-8780-be832465dee3 |
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite |
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1.3km (0.8 miles) | āRutongo, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda |
10.2km (6.3 miles) | āNyakabingo Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda |
22.2km (13.8 miles) | āRuli pegmatite, Gakenke District, Northern Province, Rwanda |
27.6km (17.2 miles) | āRushashi, Gakenke District, Northern Province, Rwanda |
33.9km (21.1 miles) | āMusha-Ntunga, Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda |
37.4km (23.2 miles) | āNtunga, Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda |
40.1km (24.9 miles) | āNyamata pegmatite, Bugesera District, Eastern Province, Rwanda |
44.4km (27.6 miles) | āRusororo pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda |
44.5km (27.6 miles) | āRongi Amblygonite Pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda |
46.3km (28.8 miles) | āBuranga pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda |
References |
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Dewaele, S., De Clercq, F., Muchez, P., Schneider, J., Burgess, R., Boyce, A. J., and Fernandez-Alonso, M., 2010. Geology of the cassiterite mineralisation in the Rutongo area, Rwanda (Central Africa): Current state of knowledge. Geologica Belgica 13, 91-112. |
Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | host large amounts of mineral resources such as cassiterite, wolframite, gold, and columbite-group minerals...occurrences of economic interest, such as gold, cassiterite, wolframite, and (Nb-Ta) columbite-group minerals...belts, which extend over 700 km from the Katanga Province (Southeastern Congo) to Uganda, were formed by...KaragweAnkole Belt (KAB) to the northeast (Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda). The KIB is separated from the KVB...Ā± 23 Ma [30]. Furthermore, extensive dating in Rwanda, based on Rb/Sr, was invalidated in [17] using | | Tack, L., Wingate, M.T.D., De Waele, B., Meert, J., Belousova, E., Griffin, B., Tahon, A., Fernandez-Alonso, M. (2010) The 1375Ma āKibaran eventā in Central Africa: Prominent emplacement of bimodal magmatism under extensional regime. Precambrian Research, 180 (1) 63-84 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2010.02.022 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the SW, through Katanga and Kivu-Maniema (DRC), Rwanda and Burundi, up to SW Uganda and NW Tanzania in...Central African SnāNbāTaāW and Au metallogenic province, which was formed by the c. 970 Ma emplacement...rocks and subordinate maļ¬c rocks (Fig. 3). In W Rwanda, preliminary data suggest that the WD is underlain...(KAB) 3.1. Palaeoproterozoic basement In the WD of Rwanda, Fernandez-Alonso and Theunissen (1998) were able...invoked the presence of Rusizian basement in W Rwanda, e. g. near the town of Butare (Figs. 3 and 4; |
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