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⇱ Ferberite from Kirwa Mine, Kisoro, Western Region, Uganda


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Ferberite from
Kirwa Mine, Kisoro, Western Region, Uganda

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Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ferberite
Formula:FeWO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ferberite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kirwa Mine, Kisoro, Western Region, Uganda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:397022
Long-form Identifier:1:3:397022:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ferberite
15.2km (9.4 miles) Mpororo W Deposit, Kisoro, Western Region, Uganda
20.0km (12.4 miles) Bjordal Mine (Nyamuliro Mine), Kabale, Western Region, Uganda
20.0km (12.4 miles) Nyamulilo Mine, Kabale, Western Region, Uganda
23.0km (14.3 miles) Kagogo deposit, Kagogo, Burera District, Northern Province, Rwanda
23.7km (14.7 miles) Bugarama Mine, Kagogo, Burera District, Northern Province, Rwanda
32.5km (20.2 miles) Ruhengeri, Northern Province, Rwanda
42.7km (26.5 miles) Gifurwe Mines, Gifurwe, Rusarabuge, Burera District, Northern Province, Rwanda
80.9km (50.3 miles) Lutsiro, Rutsiro District, Western Province, Rwanda
81.4km (50.6 miles) Nyakabingo Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
its numerous deposits extends from southwestern Uganda (Kigezi district) and Rwanda to eastern Zaire (Maniema...and Kivu districts). The Fe-rich members of the ferberite-huebnerite series constitute virtually the sole...without traces of alteration. On the other hand, ferberite forms fine-grained masses of a dull-black color...reflect different generations. The dull-black ferberite is an example of reinite. The name reinite applies...applies to a variety of polycrystalline ferberite which is pseudomorphic after scheelite, the Ca of scheelite
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Zaire, Burundi, Tanzania, and Rwanda to southwest Uganda in the north northeast. Its overall length is nearly...the west lake district of Tanzania, and southwest Uganda. The latter area is the main subject of this paper...localities mentioned in the text: Uganda: Bj-Buhweju plateau; Ka-Kaniena Fe; Ki-Kirwa W; Ke-Karenge G 4 granite;...exceptionally well exposed at its northern end in southwest Uganda, where the lower Proterozoic Buganda-Toro system... and as 'Karagwe-Ankolean' or 'Muva-Ankole' in Uganda and Tanzania. The name 'Kibaran' was coined in
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Report (issue)
133(2) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kootenay Belle mine, Canada. 3.463 (100), 5.36 (80), 2.556 (50), 1.731...81 99.90 100.00 (1) Kootenay Belle mine, Canada. (2) Calacalani mine, Bolivia. (3) WO3 • H2 O. Occurrence:...tungsten minerals, especially wolframite and ferberite, in hydrothermal tungsten-bearing deposits. Association:... wolframite, ferberite, scheelite. Distribution: In the USA, from Lane’s bismuth mine, Monroe, north... Connecticut; in the Boriana mine, Mohave Co., and the Black Pearl mine, Camp Wood district, Yavapai
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Report (issue)
Fe2+ WO4 Ferberite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group:...Colfax Co., New Mexico; at the Monarch tungsten mine, Ubehebe district, Inyo Co., California. From Mundo...crystals from Kirwa, Kigezi, Uganda. At Gejui, Hunan Province, China. At the Tae wha mine, Chungju, North...and C. Escobar (1968) The crystal structure of ferberite, FeWO4 . Zeits. Krist., 127, 61–72. (3) Ülkü
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Report (issue)
= 8.700(5) c = 7.070(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Uganda. 3.405 (100), 2.273 (52), 6.83 (36), 1.767 (21)...4.80 4.13 Total 99.97 100.00 (1) Nyamulilo mine, Uganda; RE = La 5.5%, Ce 41.8%, Pr 6.0%, Nd 24.8%,...tungsten deposits. Association: Ferberite. Distribution: In the Kirwa and Nyamulilo mines, Kigezi district...district, southwestern Uganda. Name: For CERium and TUNGSten in the composition. Type Material: University...Cerotungstite, a cerian analogue to yttrotungstite, from Uganda. Bull. Geol. Soc. Finland, 42, 223–228. (2) (1972)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
both within the belt and in foreland troughs. The western molasse and the whole belt were again orogenically...Zaire, Burundi, Tanzania and Rwanda to southwestern Uganda in the NNE. Its overall length is nearly 1500 km...the West Lake district of Tanzania and southwest Uganda. The northeastern province is the main subject...Reviews 9 (1994) 105-130 )6 215ll 3IO° --.?"- I UGANDA ...... ; 7 ; . . , 315° ~ • ;,;Ruwenzori:Fold"...localities mentioned in the text: Uganda: Bj--Buhweju plateau; Ka--Kamena Fe; Ki Kirwa W; Ke--Karenge G4-granite;
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Article Mineralogy and Trace Element Chemistry of Ferberite/Reinite from Tungsten Deposits in Central Rwanda...series (ferberite) and in the particular form of reinite, which represents a pseudomorph of ferberite after...after scheelite. Primary ferberite, reinite and late secondary ferberite are characterized by their trace...scheelite by ferberite is also documented in the trace element composition. Primary ferberite shows high...Sr and Ba contents. Reinite and late secondary ferberite display an uncommon trace element composition
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approximately parallel to the modern Central African or "Western" Rift, which intersects the Kibara belt as well...exposure, mainly along the uplifted borders of the Western Rift, allows the observation of metamorphic grades...even granulite facies, thus indicating the source region of the synorogenic granites. These events were...bedding and schistosity planes. The Nyakabingo ferberite mine at Shyorongi/Rwanda was studied as a representative...and later grey quartz with platy ferberite, reinite (spongy ferberite formed by replacement of original
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W) and gold metallogeny of the Central Africa Region: a review W. L. Pohl*1, M. Biryabarema2 and B....significance in the Central Africa or Great Lakes region, i.e. gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten, are part...roof rocks above parental granites; mainly in its western part, the zone of mineralisation retracts into...author, email walter@walter-pohl.com 66 A wide region in Central Africa is marked by abundant tin, tantalum... W) and gold metallogeny of the Central Africa Region Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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East Africa Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda Bruce Cairncross Published by Struik Nature...12 Burundi 13 Kenya 14 Rwanda 16 Tanzania 17 Uganda 20 Gemological properties 21 A to Z of minerals...countries are among the finest in the world. The region and its gems are particularly dear to my family...most renowned gemstones from East Africa, this region is also host to some of the world's finest examples...several other varieties of gemstone occur in the region and, while perhaps not as popular, these too have
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............... 93 by A. Falster The Rock Candy mine, British Columbia ................................Schoten COVER: ELBAITE on albite, from the Jonas mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keith Proctor specimen; photo...specimens are still recoverable from the dumps or in the mine work­ ings. LOCATION, ACCESS AND REGIONAL SETTING...Laranjeiras and, after a short slope, reaches the mine at the eleva­ tion of 250 m. The Baixio road runs...600 m.y. 67 Figure 1. The Boa Vista property. Mine dumps are white in the thalweg below the cliff.
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and so-called granite gneiss domes, which deter­ mine many of the characteristic features of the geologic...segregations in the geologic structures of the Bindal region of Northern Norway (27). 1 - biotite and biotite-hornblende...tung­ sten mineralization. in the Karelia-Kola region of the USSR. Ac­ cording to Skaarup ( 27), scheelite...scheelite mineraliza­ tion in the Bindal region of Northern Norway (fig. 1) has been developed in skarned...oc­ curring in quartz veins and veinlets. In this region, several scheelite-bearing segregations are known
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(moldanubikum, Česká republika) Occurrence of secondary ferberite at the Pekelný vrch hill near Jihlava (Moldanubicum...was replaced and pseudomorphed by almost pure ferberite (0.07 - 0.17 hm. % MnO) - variety reinite. Pseudomorphs...of porous fine crystal aggregates of secondary ferberite with minor amount of monazite-(Ce), xenotime and...and Bi rich plumbojarosite. Keywords: secondary ferberite, greisen, Pekelný vrch near Jihlava, Moldanubicum...Sannotake, Kibosan a Otome mine (Horn 1930), Ugandě - Ruhizha, Nyamalilo, Kirwa (Reedman 1973; Sahama 1981)
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REPORTS FROM THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS Kenya • • Uganda • • Tanganyika British Territories • • 111...189 189 COLONIAL GEOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS Part 2.-Uganda . • • • • • • • 191 BOOK REVIEWS Africa...endeavours to appraise the total water resources of a region and to dev-elop the maximum supplies for all purposes...knowledge of the available water resources of a region is a pre-requisite to wise planning and successful...example, in the arid and semi-arid regions of the western United States, that part of precipitation which
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FROAt/ THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS Kenya . • • • • • Uganda • • • • • • • Tanganyika • British Territories...Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of Uganda for the Years 1929 to 1949 ♦ ♦ Outline of the Geology...a strip, narrowing in the south, bordering the western edge of the Plateau. To the east is the desert-arid...TRANS-JORDAN 87 (b) the Rift Valley slopes; (c) the Western Hill country; (d) the Eastern desert; (e) the Southern...are observable in terraces and shoulders. The Western Hill Country is discontinuous. The Jebel 'Ajlun
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Fleet, 1974; Nickel, 1973). The nickel deposits of Western Australia’s Yilgarn Craton have deep weathering...seen in aragonite (light and dark orange). (A þ D) Region A exhibiting polycrystalline calcite within the...calcite overgrowth crystal in the inset. (B þ E) Region B with a crack running through the crystal with...observed in the outer parts of the fracture. (C þ F) Region C shows calcite crystals (light blue color) extending...orientation of the reaction front in that particular region. The crystallographic directionality of the apatite
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FRO.NI THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS Kenya • • • • Uganda • • • Tanganyika • • Northern Rhodesia • Swaziland...this Range is not yet fully understood. In the western sector beds clip dominantly to the south, as already...Maloney fault respectively. In addition, in the region of the Moruga road, it seems to be interrupted...be seen at Galfa Point and in the Sangre Grande region. 299 GENERAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF TRINIDAD...sh.oals in these Ranges and also in the Naparima region. These shoals afforded favourable conditions for
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Fleet, 1974; Nickel, 1973). The nickel deposits of Western Australia’s Yilgarn Craton have deep weathering...seen in aragonite (light and dark orange). (A þ D) Region A exhibiting polycrystalline calcite within the...calcite overgrowth crystal in the inset. (B þ E) Region B with a crack running through the crystal with...observed in the outer parts of the fracture. (C þ F) Region C shows calcite crystals (light blue color) extending...orientation of the reaction front in that particular region. The crystallographic directionality of the apatite
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Mineralization in the Migori Greenstone Belt, Macalder, Western Kenya: J. S. Ogola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Goedynamic Significance of Alkaline Magmatism in the Western Mediterranean Compared with West Africa : B. Bonin...429 Post - Hercynian Tectonics in Northern and Western Africa: R. Guiraud, Y. Bellion, J. Benkheli l an...Tertiary Alkaline Lavas from the Kahuzi- Biega Region, Western Rift, Kivu, Zaire: R. T. Lubala, A. B. Kampunzu...deposit, located to the western end of the Migori greenstone belt in western Kenya at the northern margin
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On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Greece 22:303-308 ALBERTA Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson)...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
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Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO
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K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©... eda i oo A “1 6 hat Neteny Wang Peet Se Mine Carre seh Ranier ee AAP “i : ened’ en Plt...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely
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Obshchestva xiv A □ Abclsonite, CJ1H32N4 Ni, tric., Western Oil Shale Corporation drill core WOSCO, Sec 36...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza...AgardJte-(Ce), CeCu.(AsO4)i(OH).-3H1O, hex., Clara mine, central Black Forest, Gennany,A1ifSS(2004),17-23...(Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO.)i(OH).-3H1O. hex., Bou-Skourcoppcr mine, Ouarzazatc. Morocco,SS, 1447 □ Mixite group AgrelUte
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County; at the Double...MODE OF OCCURRENCE: Found in waste piles in a coal mine in the L'vov-Volynskii basin, USSR. It is found
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