Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 491

mindat Locality ID: 26397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Blockade Mine
Clare Mine
Connemara
Damba Deposits
Epoch Mine
Hunters Road Deposit
Lower Gwelo Deposit
Mvuma (Umvuma)
Noel Deposit
P. And P. Claims
Selukwe Deposit
Shangani Mine
Somabula

Latitude: 19°45'20"S
Longitude: 29°33'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.755555555556,29.566388888889

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Digenite	Mica	Milarite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Staurolite	Stibnite	Talc	Topaz	Tourmaline	Valleriite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diamond ()*
Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gaspéite ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Kyanite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Milarite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Talc ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Valleriite ()*
Violarite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Diamond Digenite Mica Milarite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel
Staurolite Stibnite Talc Topaz Tourmaline Valleriite Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2710	2700	1	295539	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	531	491	1	295543	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	295538	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2710	491	0		11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	531	491	2	295543,295544	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	295538	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2700	2700	1	295534	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2710	2700	1	295539	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2710	2700	2	295533,295534	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2710	2700	3	295533,295534,295538	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2710	491	2	295533,295543	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	531	491	2	295543,295544	321
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	531	491	2	295543,295544	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2700	2700	1	295534	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	531	491	3	295530,295543,295544	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2700	2700	1	295534	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	295538	24243
Gaspéite ()*	Calcite	Ni(CO₃)	2710	2700	1	295533	22
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	531	491	3	295532,295538,295543	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	531	491	1	295543	121
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	531	491	1	295543	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	531	491	1	295543	162
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	531	491	2	295543,295544	1507
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2700	2700	1	295534	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2710	2700	1	295533	14899
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	2700	2700	1	295534	156
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2710	2700	2	295533,295534	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	295532	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2710	2700	1	295539	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	2710	2700	1	295539	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2710	2700	2	295533,295538	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2700	3	295533,295534,295542	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	531	491	1	295543	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2710	2700	5	295532,295533,295534,295538,295542	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2710	2700	4	295533,295534,295538,295542	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	531	491	3	295532,295538,295543	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	531	491	2	295543,295544	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	531	491	1	295543	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	295538	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	531	491	2	295543,295544	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2710	2700	3	295533,295534,295538	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	531	491	2	295543,295544	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2710	2700	2	295533,295538	2562
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	2700	2700	1	295534	106
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	2710	2700	1	295533	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2710	2700	1	295533	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	531	491	1	295543	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_703	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_704	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
DeepDive-Co-0043	2700	2700	2700						231945	Epoch Mine, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Epoch	Pirajno and González-Álvarez (2013)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.11.005	OGR52_58
Michelle_703	2700	2700	2700		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province			Ni, Cu	231947	Hunters Road Deposit, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Hunter's Road	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See 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).
EG105_1057_031	2710	2700	2710-2700					Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	21638	Shangani Mine, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Tati, Shangani, etc	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Michelle_704	2700	2700	2700		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province			Ni, Cu	21638	Shangani Mine, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Shangani	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See 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).
Alexandra-0254	531	491	511±20	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tapiolite, columbite-(fe), tantalite-(fe)	27	Ta, Nb	4356	Somabula, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Somabula	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

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