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Locality Name:
Perseverance Mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

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

mindat Locality ID: 302747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perseverance Mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°58'5"S
Longitude: 29°48'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.968055555556,29.8075

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: C Cr Cu Fe H Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cr Cu Fe H Ni O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeMarcasiteNickelineNonePentlanditeQuartz
Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Covellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smythite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227002700027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42700270003902
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2700270004165
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2700270007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O327002700014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427002700014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22700270005674
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82700270001512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82700270009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227002700061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2700270006417
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)27002700077
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4270027000380



1 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    YesColoradoiteHg10977Commoner Mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe Twemlow (1984) G82_469 


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