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Locality Name:
Gwanda - Filabusi District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe


mindat Locality ID: 133618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gwanda - Filabusi District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Filabusi (Filibusi)
Gwanda
Horn Mine
Hydra Mine
Jessie Gold Mine
Lone Hand
Vubachikwe Mine

Latitude: 20°52'53"S
Longitude: 28°57'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.881388888889,28.950555555556
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: Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Fe H Li Mg O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBerylBismutiteCalciteClayCopperNickelineNone
OlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSpinelTalc

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Gold  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Talc  (*)
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)212954933419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212955013092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3295493,295498,2955019052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb22295499,29550073
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182295491,2954924286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12954971966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1295497716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)129550127770
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O40321
Gold  (*)CopperAu4295493,295495,295496,29550130554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4129550114899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22295493,29550139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82295493,2955019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24295491,295492,295493,29550161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12954934894
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O62295491,295492688
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212954933337


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