Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2700

mindat Locality ID: 231945
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231945.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Epoch Mine, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°25'"S
Longitude: 29°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.416666666667,29.25

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Digenite	Milarite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Spinel	Talc

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Milarite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Talc ()*	Vaesite ()*

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 Be Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Digenite Milarite Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite
Spinel Talc

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2700	2700	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2700	2700	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2700	2700	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2700	2700	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2700	2700	1027
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2700	2700	249
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	2700	2700	156
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2700	2700	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2700	2700	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2700	2700	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2700	2700	9056
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2700	2700	3337
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	2700	2700	106

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	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
	EG105_1057_031	2710	2700	2710-2700							Yes			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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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