Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Benson No. 3 Pegmatite, Benson Mine, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe

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

mindat Locality ID: 204224
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204224.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benson No. 3 Pegmatite, Benson Mine, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Topaz

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Holmquistite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Simpsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Topaz ()*

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 F H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Sb Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be F H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Sb Si Sn Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Garnet Mica None Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Topaz

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2590.3	2583.1	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2590.3	2583.1	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2590.3	2583.1	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2590.3	2583.1	5171
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2590.3	2583.1	42
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2590.3	2583.1	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2590.3	2583.1	61156
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	2590.3	2583.1	16
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2590.3	2583.1	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2590.3	2583.1	688
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2590.3	2583.1	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2590.3	2583.1	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2590.3	2583.1	1476

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		Yes	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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