1	-	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).

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Haute Ruvubu Complex, Kayanza Province, Burundi

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1421905

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1421905:8

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Zircon

22.0km (13.7 miles)

ⓘ Matongo Carbonatite, Matongo, Kayanza Province, Burundi

56.2km (34.9 miles)

ⓘ Ruhanga, SW Cibitoke B, Cibitoke Province, Burundi

89.6km (55.7 miles)

ⓘ Twangiza Mine, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo

91.0km (56.6 miles)

ⓘ 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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Zircon from Haute Ruvubu Complex, Kayanza Province, Burundi

Zircon from
Haute Ruvubu Complex, Kayanza Province, Burundi