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Locality Name:
Mazowe Gold Field, Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe


mindat Locality ID: 205098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mazowe Gold Field, Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Alice Mine
Bernheim Mine
Mazowe Mine (incl. Jumbo Mine)
Scheelite King Mine
Stori's Golden Shaft

Latitude: 17°28'38"S
Longitude: 30°54'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.477222222222,30.912222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TalcTetradymiteTitanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Ingodite  (*)Joséite-A  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3295246,295247,2952499052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212952485509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12952471966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312952471935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4295245,295246,295247,29524927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25295245,295246,295247,295248,29524927198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1295247966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51295247344
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS129524724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5295245,295246,295247,295248,29524930554
Ingodite  (*)TetradymiteBi2TeS129524730
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS2129524750
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4129524814899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212952485800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22295247,29524917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23295246,295247,29524939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84295245,295246,295247,2952499056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24295245,295246,295247,29524961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24295245,295246,295247,2952495614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4295246,295247,295248,2952494894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4295246,295247,295248,29524921482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1295247510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12952494899


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