Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

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

Lotukei

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Occurrence number: 
170-00-010
Country: 
Uganda
Location: 
Longitude: 33.87, Latitude: 4.1
Carbonatite: 
No

Lotukei is shown by Nixon and Clark (1967, Fig. 1) as an alkaline rock occurrence lying on the border with Sudan immediately to the west of Zulia (No. 11). Do details have been traced.

References: 

NIXON, P.H. and CLARK, L. 1967. The alkaline centre of Yelele and its bearing on the petrogenesis of other eastern Uganda volcanoes. Geological Magazine, 104: 455-72.

Location: 
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