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Locality Name:
RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2590

mindat Locality ID: 205086
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205086.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°17'32"S
Longitude: 31°20'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.292222222222,31.345555555556

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 Au B Ca Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au B Ca Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperMolybdeniteNoneQuartzScheeliteTourmaline

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Dravite  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)260025900648
Gold  (*)CopperAu26002590030554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22600259005800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)260025900494
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226002590061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2600259004894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2600259002705



4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00412259025902590Re-Os molybdeniteRAN-61a  MolybdeniteMolybdenite, PowelliteMo205086RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, ZimbabweRAN-MineFrei et al. (1998)10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2GCA62_1925 
Mo-00413259025902590Re-Os molybdeniteRAN-61a  MolybdeniteMolybdenite, PowelliteMo205086RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, ZimbabweRAN-MineFrei et al. (1998)10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2GCA62_1925 
Mo-00414260026002600Re-Os molybdeniteRAN-61b  MolybdeniteMolybdenite, PowelliteMo205086RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, ZimbabweRAN-MineFrei et al. (1998)10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2GCA62_1925 
Mo-00415260026002600Re-Os molybdeniteRAN-61b  MolybdeniteMolybdenite, PowelliteMo205086RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, ZimbabweRAN-MineFrei et al. (1998)10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2GCA62_1925 


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