Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bushman Group, Tutume District, North-East District, Botswana

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1942
Youngest recorded age at locality: 900

mindat Locality ID: 228258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bushman Group, Tutume District, North-East District, Botswana": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°30'"S
Longitude: 26°33'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.5,26.558333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Chalcopyrite	None

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: C Cu Fe S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite None

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Graphite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	27198
Graphite ()*	None	C	1942	900	2812

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
JAES18_87_0001	1938	1910	1924 ± 14	Rb-Sr	mineralization	muscovite	Muscovite		228258	Bushman Group, Tutume District, North-East District, Botswana	Bushman Group	Barton (1994)	JAES18_87
JAES18_87_0002	1942	1914	1928 ± 14	Rb-Sr	mineralization	muscovite	Muscovite		228258	Bushman Group, Tutume District, North-East District, Botswana	Bushman Group	Barton (1994)	JAES18_87
sedcu-00063	900	900	U. Proterozoic					Cu	228258	Bushman Group, Tutume District, North-East District, Botswana	Bushman Group	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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