Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

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

Unnamed

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Occurrence number: 
155-00-101
Country: 
Sudan
Location: 
Longitude: 33.88, Latitude: 4.3
Carbonatite: 
No

This occurrence is listed as granite by Vail (1978) but shown as syenite on the accompanying 1:2,000,000 geological map.

References: 

VAIL. J.R. 1978. Outline of the geology and mineral deposits of the Democratic Republic of the Sudan and adjacent areas. Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources, Institute of Geological Sciences, 49: 1-66.

Map: 
Fig. 3_293 Distribution of occurrences 155-00-092 - 155-00-102 in southern Sudan (based principally on various maps in Hunting Geology and Geophysics, 1980).
Location: 
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith