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Locality Name:
Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2579

mindat Locality ID: 133617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bun's Luck
Cam Mine (Cam And Motor Mine)
Commoner Mine
Copper Duke Mine
Inez Mine
Mhondoro
Patchway & Brompton Mines
Perseverance Mine
Richmond
Sanyati Mine
Venice Mine

Latitude: 18°16'44"S
Longitude: 29°45'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.278888888889,29.757777777778
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryte
BismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteGypsumLepidocrociteMalachite
MarcasiteMatlockiteMelanteriteMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePharmacosiderite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStibniteTalc
TitaniteValleriiteVeszelyiteWurtzite

105 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bieberite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)
Hidalgoite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Legrandite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Litharge  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matlockite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)
Pentahydrite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rickardite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rouaite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Smythite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tenorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Veszelyite  (*)Violarite  (*)Weissite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22700270012953163419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)270027001295316254
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe270027001295307489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6270027001295316966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2700270012953162734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22700270012953163092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2270027001295316718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS270027003295307,295316,2953179052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2270027002295308,2953165509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2270027001295316172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6270027001295316132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6270027001295316413
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O27002700129531650
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2700270012953161966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)270027001295316716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42700270012953165516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62700270012953161633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27002700129531627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22700270012953165171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2700270012953164979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O270027001295316925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2700270012953165707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2270027004295307,295309,295314,29531627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42700270012953143902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2700270012953163531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2700270012953152600
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3270027001295316127
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS270027001295316966
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe270027001295307169
Copper  (*)CopperCu2700270012953163846
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4270027001295316175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16270027001295316227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS270027002295314,2953164165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3270027001295316802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2270027001295316327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2700270012953162970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2700270012953161027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22700270012953169895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)270027001295316220
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2700270012953168173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS270027002295307,29531624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)270027002295314,2953167437
Gold  (*)CopperAu270027006295305,295306,295307,295309,295313,29531730554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O270027001295316188
Graphite  (*)NoneC2700270012953162812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2700270012953166890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3270027003295307,295314,29531614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2700270012953161689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te270027001295307804
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O427002700129531673
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)627002700129531657
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32700270012953165433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62700270012953162228
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe427002700129530721
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O270027001295316149
Legrandite  (*)NoneZn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O27002700129531620
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)270027001295316581
Litharge  (*)NonePbO270027001295316139
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)270027001295316451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2700257901487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4270027002295314,29531614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2270027002295308,29531612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2270027002295314,2953165674
Matlockite  (*)MatlockitePbClF27002700129531629
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O270027001295316915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2270027001295307207
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2700270012953161107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227002700129531617380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)270027001295316492
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)627002700129531664
Pentahydrite  (*)ChalcanthiteMg(SO4)·5H2O27002700129531632
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82700270012953141512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2270027001295307409
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O270027001295316428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)627002700129531651
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6270027001295316477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2270027004295307,295309,295316,29531739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2700270012953161725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8270027002295314,2953169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270027004295309,295314,295315,29531661156
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe227002700129530752
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2270027001295316454
Rouaite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)327002700129531611
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22700270012953165614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2700270012953174894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2700270012953161153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)270027002295314,2953166417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)227002700129531692
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2700270012953162473
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)27002700129531477
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS270027002295307,29531621482
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O27002700129531679
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3270027002295309,2953173418
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)27002700129530792
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4270027001295307337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22700270012953163337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe270027001295307190
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2700270012953161101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2700270012953164899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22700270012953162562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]270027001295316237
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O27002700129531620
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4270027001295314380
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe27002700129530731
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2700270012953161025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_702Stratabound PGEs-Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-0005327002700 Pb-Pb     ColoradoiteHg10977Commoner Mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe Twemlow (1984) G82_469 
Michelle_702259525792587±8 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu31182Ngezi Mine, Mhondoro, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, ZimbabweGreat DikeHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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