Kowun Volcano, Turkana County, Kenyai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Kowun Volcano | Volcano |
| Turkana County | County |
| Kenya | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
1° 40' North , 36° 0' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Forms a low shield overlying basalts and basement gneiss and is itself overlain by Miocene basalts. The shield has max thickness of 300 m and consists mostly of trachyte lavas with trachyte pyroclastic, including welded and air fall tuffs, associated with the few eruptive centres.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Aenigmatite Formula: Na4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36] |
| ⓘ 'Alkali Feldspar' |
| ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group' Formula: ADSi2O6 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ 'Sodic amphibole' |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Aenigmatite | 9.DH.40 | Na4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36] |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Alkali Feldspar' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Pyroxene Group' | - | ADSi2O6 |
| ⓘ | 'Sodic amphibole' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Aenigmatite | Na4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36] |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Aenigmatite | Na4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36] |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Aenigmatite | Na4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36] |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Aenigmatite | Na4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36] |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Aenigmatite | Na4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36] |
Geochronology
Mineralization age: Miocene : 15.2 ± 0.2 Ma to 15.0 ± 3.4 MaImportant note: This table is based only on rock and mineral ages recorded on mindat.org for this locality and is not necessarily a complete representation of the geochronology, but does give an indication of possible mineralization events relevant to this locality. As more age information is added this table may expand in the future. A break in the table simply indicates a lack of data entered here, not necessarily a break in the geologic sequence. Grey background entries are from different, related, localities.
| Geologic Time | Rocks, Minerals and Events | |||||||||
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| Phanerozoic | ||||||||||
| Cenozoic | ||||||||||
| Neogene | ||||||||||
| Miocene |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
AfricaContinent
- East African Rift System (EARS)Zone (Tectonic)
African Plate
- East African Rift
- East African Rift-eastNarrow Rift
- North-Central Gregory Rift basinBasin
Kenya
- Turkana County
- Maralal volcanic areaVolcanic Province
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