Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2590.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2583.1

mindat Locality ID: 133612
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133612.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Goromonzi District
Marondera
Mudzi District
Murehwa District
Mutoko District (Mtoko District)
UMP District (Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe District)
Wedza District

Latitude: 17°35'55"S
Longitude: 31°50'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.598611111111,31.840277777778

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Iron
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	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 Be Bi C Ca Cr Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Iron
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Topaz Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bityite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Copper ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Grayite ()*	Holmquistite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*
Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Simpsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stibiotantalite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Thorite ()*
Topaz ()*	Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2590.3	2583.1	7	295274,295275,295276,295277,295278,295290,295292	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	295286	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2590.3	2583.1	3	295273,295276,295277	244
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	295289	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	295266	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2590.3	2583.1	12	295269,295273,295274,295275,295276,295277,295278,295286,295289,295290,295291,295294	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	295268	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2590.3	2583.1	3	295268,295273,295277	716
Bityite ()*	Mica Clay	CaLiAl₂(Si₂BeAl)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	295290	31
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2590.3	2583.1	1	295275	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2590.3	2583.1	4	295273,295276,295289,295290	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2590.3	2583.1	2	295266,295275	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	295284	3902
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	295290	289
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	295284	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	295289	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	295267,295272	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	295290	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	295284	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2590.3	2583.1	4	295270,295273,295282,295293	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	295290	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	295266	30554
Grayite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO₄)·H₂O			2	295290,295297	17
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2590.3	2583.1	2	295273,295276	42
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	295284	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	295284	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃			1	295284	191
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O			1	295292	198
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	295289	1507
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2590.3	2583.1	1	295273	155
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2590.3	2583.1	1	295277	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	2590.3	2583.1	1	295277	168
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	295290	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2590.3	2583.1	5	295274,295275,295277,295278,295290	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	295266	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2590.3	2583.1	2	295275,295277	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2590.3	2583.1	6	295274,295275,295276,295277,295278,295290	17380
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	295290	144
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O			1	295290	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2590.3	2583.1	2	295273,295277	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2590.3	2583.1	2	295266,295275	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	295266	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2590.3	2583.1	8	295274,295275,295276,295277,295278,295290,295291,295294	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			1	295287	353
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	295284	374
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	2590.3	2583.1	2	295273,295276	16
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2590.3	2583.1	2	295276,295290	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	295290	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	295284	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2590.3	2583.1	6	295273,295274,295275,295276,295277,295290	688
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2590.3	2583.1	2	295273,295276	53
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	295266	3418
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	295284	703
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2590.3	2583.1	3	295273,295276,295277	211
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	295290,295292	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2590.3	2583.1	4	295269,295273,295274,295276	1476
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	295284	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2590.3	2583.1	4	295273,295277,295290,295292	5251

1 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
	Alexandra-0207	2590.3	2583.1	2586.7 ± 3.6	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		wodginite	98			Wodginite		Ta, Nb	8650	Benson Mine, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe	Benson	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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