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Pegmatite from
Haute Ruvubu Complex, Kayanza Province, Burundi


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Type:Pegmatite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pegmatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Haute Ruvubu Complex, Kayanza Province, Burundi
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1421884
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1421884:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pegmatite
70.7km (43.9 miles) ⓘMasenga hill, Gakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi
71.6km (44.5 miles) ⓘGakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi
73.7km (45.8 miles) ⓘGasagwe deposit, Gakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi
74.8km (46.5 miles) ⓘGashirwe occurrence, Gakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi
86.0km (53.4 miles) ⓘNyarusange pegmatite, Nyarusange, Muhanga District, Southern Province, Rwanda
87.6km (54.4 miles) ⓘKibingo pegmatite, Nyarusange, Muhanga District, Southern Province, Rwanda
90.8km (56.4 miles) ⓘPegmatite 1159, Gitarama pegmatite field, Nyamabuye, Muhanga District, Southern Province, Rwanda
91.0km (56.6 miles) ⓘGitarama pegmatite field, Nyamabuye, Muhanga District, Southern Province, Rwanda
95.7km (59.5 miles) ⓘNyamata pegmatite, Bugesera District, Eastern Province, Rwanda
96.9km (60.2 miles) ⓘPegmatite 1161, Gitarama pegmatite field, Nyamabuye, Muhanga District, Southern Province, Rwanda
References
Van den Haute, P., Jonckheere, R. & Mombers, K. 1985. Fission-track dating and thermal history of the alkaline plutonic complex of the Upper Ruvubu (Burundi). In: 13th Colloquium of African Geology (St. Andrews). Occasional Publication, International Centre for Training and Exchanges in the Geosciences, 147.
TACK, L., & PAEPE, D. (1981). LE MASSIF INTRUSIF DE SYENITES FOIDALES DE LA HAUTE-RUVUKU, BURUNDI. Rapport Annuel pour l'annee 1980 du Department de Geologie et de Mineralogie du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, 173-178.
Tack, L., & De Paepe, P. (1983). Le volcanisme du Sud-Kivu dans le nord de la plaine de la Rusizi au Burundi et ses relations avec les formations géologiques avoisinantes. Rapport Annuel du Departement de Geologie et de Mineralogie du Musee Rayal de l'Afrique Central Annees 1981 et 1982, Tervuren, Belgique, 137-145.
Cahen, L.; Snelling, N. J.; Delhal, J.; Vail, J. R.; Bonhomme, M.; Ledent, D. (1984) The geochronology and evolution of Africa. Clarendon Press.
Tack, L., De Paepe, P., Deutsch, S., & Liégeois, J. P. (1984). The alkaline plutonic complex of the Upper Ruvubu (Burundi): geology, age, isotopic geochemistry and implications for the regional geology of the Western Rift. In Géologie africaine (pp. 91-114).
Lubala, R. T., Kampunzu, A. B., & Makutu, M. N. (1985). Un inventaire des complexes anorogéniques du Burundi, du Ruanda et du Zaïre. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 3(1-2), 169-174. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(85)90034-X
Kurtanjek, M. P., & Tandy, B. C. (1989). The igneous phosphate deposits of Matongo-Bandaga, Burundi. In Phosphate deposits of the world. Phosphate rock resources (pp. 262-266).
 
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