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Cassiterite from
Musha-Ntunga, Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda


Locality type:Mineral Occurrence Area
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musha-Ntunga, Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1488171
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1488171:2
GUID (UUID V4):d8182836-f846-4700-9294-01683e4ce97d
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
4.6km (2.9 miles) Ntunga, Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda
15.0km (9.3 miles) Rwamagana pegmatite, Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda
29.3km (18.2 miles) Ngara pegmatite, Ngoma District, Eastern Province, Rwanda
30.3km (18.8 miles) Rwinkwavu, Kayonza District, Eastern Province, Rwanda
33.9km (21.1 miles) Nyamiumba Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda
35.1km (21.8 miles) Rutongo, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda
41.1km (25.6 miles) Nyamata pegmatite, Bugesera District, Eastern Province, Rwanda
41.2km (25.6 miles) Nyakabingo Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda
54.3km (33.7 miles) Ruli pegmatite, Gakenke District, Northern Province, Rwanda
61.4km (38.1 miles) Rushashi, Gakenke District, Northern Province, Rwanda
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
origin of peribatholitic Sn vein-type deposits in Rwanda J. Van Daele, N. Hulsbosch, S. Dewaele, M.-C. Boiron...origin of peribatholitic Sn vein-type deposits in Rwanda, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi.org/10...origin of peribatholitic Sn vein-type deposits in Rwanda. Van Daele, J.a*, Hulsbosch, N.a, Dewaele, S.b...Keywords: leucogranite mineralization, pegmatites, cassiterite, quartz veins, fluid mixing, geochemical modelling...the Sn-mineralized Rwamagana-Musha-Ntunga pegmatite-quartz vein field in East Rwanda has been evaluated
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Geology and genesis of the Musha-Ntunga Sn-Ta-Li-Nb vein-pegmatite deposit, Rwanda: first results from deep...deep drilling of a coltan mine in Rwanda and first detailed description of Li minerals A. Goodshipa, A. Dacea...Artisinal production at the Musha and Ntunga concessions has mainly been of cassiterite and tantalite. Historical...mining at Musha is based on vein deposits hosting coarse grained cassiterite whereas Ntunga is from (<1...al. 2017). Only pegmatites are known from the Musha-Ntunga area where their distribution appears to be
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Sn, and Nb-Ta Based on Integrated Information in Rwanda, Central Africa Zhuo Chen 1,2 , Jianping Chen 2...Sn, and Nb-Ta Based on Integrated Information in Rwanda, Central Africa. Minerals 2023, 13, 189. https://doi...(Mn) and monazite (Mnz) have been discovered in Rwanda. The objective of this study was to present a regional...mapping (MPM) of W, Sn and Nb-Ta mineralization in Rwanda using the random forest (RF) method on the basis...the metallogenic regularity of W, Sn and Nb-Ta in Rwanda was summarized with the help of articles online
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granite crops out 4 km to the E. Drilling at Musha and Ntunga has shown that the two areas, although 4 km... late, cross cutting galenasphalerite phase at Musha. Tourmaline is common as a halo in the pelites....phases of interest are coarse cassiterite and columbite-tantalite. In Musha the dominant Nb-Ta phase is...as late inclusions in cassiterite whereas Nb-rich phases are present in the Ntunga pegmatites. Although...mineralisation found at the major Rutongo deposit in Rwanda (Dewaele et al. 2010) but dissimilar to the major
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology and genesis of the Musha-Ntunga Sn-Ta-Li-Nb vein-pegmatite deposit, Rwanda: first results from deep...deep drilling of a coltan mine in Rwanda and first detailed description of Li minerals A. Goodshipa, A. Dacea...Artisinal production at the Musha and Ntunga concessions has mainly been of cassiterite and tantalite. Historical...mining at Musha is based on vein deposits hosting coarse grained cassiterite whereas Ntunga is from (<1...al. 2017). Only pegmatites are known from the Musha-Ntunga area where their distribution appears to be
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and Fe/Ti deposits form a belt parallel to the eastern margin of the Kibaran towards the Tanzanian craton...southwest, through Zaire, Burundi, Tanzania, and Rwanda to southwest Uganda in the north northeast. Its...Rift and a northeastern province covering Burundi, Rwanda, the west lake district of Tanzania, and southwest...Irurnlde belt, Since the discovery of the first cassiterite deposits after the First World War, the Kibaran...commodities. Cumulative cassiterite production in the northeastern province, for example, may be estimated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
southwest, through Zaire, Burundi, Tanzania and Rwanda to southwestern Uganda in the NNE. Its overall...Rift and a northeastern province covering Burundi, Rwanda, the West Lake district of Tanzania and southwest...northeastern province is the main subject of this paper (Fig. 2 ). Since the discovery of cassiterite deposits...M--Mashonga Au; No---Nyamulilo W; Rh--Ruhiza W. Rwanda: B---Bugarama W; Bu--Buranga pegmatite; Mi--Miyove...(Shyorongi) W; Ny--Nyungwe Au; R--Rutongo Sn; M-T--Musha-Ntunga Sn. Burundi: Ci-Cibitoke/Mabayi Au; Bo--Buhoro
Journal (issue)
rare-element class pegmatites in the Borborema Province in NE-Brazil?...................................miarolitic granite of Cuasso al Monte, Varese province, (Southern Apls, Italy)…………………………………………………………………………………41...spodumene pegmatites in the Austroalpine unit (Eastern Alps): isotopic and geochemical investigations...………………………………………………………………117 SCHMIDT, C. Is cassiterite in pegmatites always magmatic? Constrains from...pegmatitic granite dykes in the central Grenville Province……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz veins: Evidence from the Karagwe-Ankole Belt (Rwanda) Niels Hulsbosch a,⇑, Marie-Christine Boiron b...Nyakabingo deposit of the Karagwe-Ankole belt in Central Rwanda. The vein system (992 ± 2 Ma) is spatiotemporal...Gatumba–Gitarama leucogranite– pegmatite field of Central Rwanda (Central Africa), which is spatiotemporally related...studied in the granite-associated system of Central Rwanda. Muscovite compositional data, supported by recent...granite system The granite-associated ore province of Rwanda forms part of the Mesoproterozoic Karagwe-Ankole
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Birimian (Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire) 4.2.2. North-eastern DRC (Ubendian, Orientale and northern North Kivu)...(Pan-African) 4.4.1. Rare metal granites of the Eastern Desert (Egypt) 4.4.1.1. Radiometric data 4.4.1...Radiometric data 4.4.2.2. Mineralogy 4.4.3. Alto-Ligonha Province (northern Mozambique) 4.4.3.1. Radiometric data...Craton D 5.1.3. Zimbabwe Craton 5.2.2. North-eastern DRC 5.3. Neoproterozoic 5.3.1. Kibara Belt AC...the Eastern Desert (Egypt) 5.4.2. Pegmatites of Ethiopia and Somalia 5.4.3. Alto-Ligonha Province (Mozambique)
Journal (volume)
Palynological Study in the Upper Precambrian from Eastern Kasai and Northwestern Shaba, Zaire: D. Baudet...Precambrian Gabbro- anorthosite Complexes, Tete Province, Mozambique: M. W. C. Barr and M. A. Brown .....Discussion with Reference to the Niger-Nigerian Province: J . Kinnaird and P. Bowden . . . . . . . . ....Geochemical Characteristics of the Nigerian Anorogenic Province: R. A. Batchelor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ 467 A Model for Rift Development in Eastern Africa: J. Chorowicz, J. Le Fournier and G. Vidal
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which reached the crystalline basement in the eastern part of the East European platform. The circulation...Metamorphogenic muscovitic pegmatites of north-eastern Karelia, localized in the Belomorsk complex can...relation to tectonism and plutonism in the Churchill province in Western Saskatchevan. In: Metamorphism in the...(Western Transbaikal, Tien Shan, East Mongolia, Eastern Sayan and others), in the median massifs of outcropping...autonomous activation in the Western Transbaikal and Eastern Sayan, Tien Shan and East Mongolia, as well as
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February 1987 in Luc Yen (a small city in Yen Bai province, N- Vietnam), this country is an important source...from Burma. On the way from the capital of the province, which is also named Yen Bai, to Luc Yen, a new...and rose quartz from the Borborema Pegmatitic Province (Brazil) irradiated with high gamma doses Barreto...granitic pegmatities located in Borborema Pegmatite Province (BPP, Brazil), it is common to find areas of rose...2009, the new deposit at Davib-Ost farm, Karibib District, was discovered. Miarolitic cavities within granite
 
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