Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

Setup during HiTech AlkCarb: an online database of alkaline rock and carbonatite occurrences

Waza

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Occurrence number: 
030-00-001
Country: 
Cameroon
Location: 
Longitude: 14.33, Latitude: 11.35
Carbonatite: 
No

The Waza intrusion is surrounded by recent sediments. It is 4x1.5 km and consists of quartz-aegirine-riebeckite syenites containing aenigmatite with microsyenites and trachytes towards the western periphery.

References: 

LASSERRE, M. 1978. Mise au point sur les granitoides dits "ultimes" du Cameroun: gisement, pétrographie et géochronologie. Bulletin du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières. Paris, IV: 143-59.

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