Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 19612
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19612.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Renco Mine, Chiredzi Mining District (Hartley Mining District), Masvingo, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°37'32"S
Longitude: 31°9'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.625555555556,31.166388888889

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Scapolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*
Meionite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Scapolite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	88
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	176
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	510

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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