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Locality Name:
Chiredzi, Chiredzi Mining District (Hartley Mining District), Masvingo, Zimbabwe


mindat Locality ID: 132746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chiredzi, Chiredzi Mining District (Hartley Mining District), Masvingo, Zimbabwe": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hartley Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ce Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K La Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAuricuprideCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCrichtonite
CubaniteEpidoteFeldsparMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlandite
PerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetradymite
UllmanniteWurtzite

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)
Atokite  (*)Braggite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Empressite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laurite  (*)Loveringite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maslovite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Platarsite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Violarite  (*)Volynskite  (*)
Vysotskite  (*)Zvyagintsevite  (*)
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)212953933419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12953938803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1295393489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212953933092
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8129539367
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn129539329
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S41295393101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)129539327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2129539327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412953933902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1295393966
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS1295393124
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31295393802
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe129539343
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12953938173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS129539324243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3070
Gold  (*)CopperAu129539330554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1295393804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS1295393119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312953935433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS1295393154
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)1295393116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS21295393226
Loveringite  (*)Crichtonite(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)18O3812953939
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1295393451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4129539314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212953935674
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe129539323
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe21295393207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe21295393155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe1295393114
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212953935800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)21295393133
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1295393471
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1295393767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812953931512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212953932273
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS129539344
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1295393485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2129539339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812953939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2129539361156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4129539364
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn129539334
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212953935614
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21295393337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS129539321482
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2129539375
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212953933337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31295393276
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212953932562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe1295393100
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S41295393380
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2129539364
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS129539353
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb129539332


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