Ages of Some Uranium and Thorium Minerals from East and Central Africa

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1961 · Mineralogical Magazine

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1961.032.252.05· OSTI ID:4801093

Darnley, A. G.

method were accepted for minerals from a number of localities: uraninite, Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, 522 plus or minus 15 million years (m.y.); brannerite, Kansanshi, Northern Rhodesia, 503 plus or minus 15 m.y.; uraninite, Shinkolobwe, Katanga, 642 plus or minus 20 m.y.; davidite, Mavuzi, Mozambique, 578 plus or minus 15 m.y.;, monazite, Monkey Bay, Nyasaland, 597 plus or minus 25 m.y.; and samarskite, north-west Kenya, 635 plus or minus 25 m.y. The significance of the results is considered.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey of Great Britain, London
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-16-027458
• OSTI ID: 4801093
• Journal Information: Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 32, Issue 252; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62; ISSN 0026-461X
• Publisher: Mineralogical Society
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

58 GEOSCIENCES
AFRICA
AGE ESTIMATION
BRANNERITE
DAVIDITE
DISTRIBUTION
LEAD ISOTOPES
MINERALS
MONAZITES
NIOBIUM OXIDES
SAMARSKITE
TANTALUM OXIDES
THORIUM
TITANATES
URANINITES
URANIUM MINERALS