Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Iridium at Midlands, Zimbabwe

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 531Ma - 491Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Alexandra-0254	531	491			Ta,Nb	4356	Somabula, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
EG105_1057_031	2710	2700			Ni,Cu,Pt,Pd,Rh,Ir,Os,Ru	21638	Shangani Mine, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Begg et al. (2010)	EG105_1057

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Alexandra-0254	531	491			Ta,Nb	4356	Somabula, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
DeepDive-Co-0043	2700	2700				231945	Epoch Mine, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Pirajno and González-Álvarez (2013)	OGR52_58
Michelle_703	2700	2700			Ni,Cu	231947	Hunters Road Deposit, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Hoatson et al. (2006)	OGR29_177
Michelle_704	2700	2700			Ni,Cu	21638	Shangani Mine, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Hoatson et al. (2006)	OGR29_177