Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Copper	Molybdenite	None	Quartz	Scheelite	Tourmaline

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:
Copper Molybdenite None Quartz Scheelite Tourmaline

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Dravite ()*	Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2600	2590	648
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2600	2590	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2600	2590	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2600	2590	494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2600	2590	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2600	2590	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2600	2590	2705

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Mo-00412	2590	2590	2590	Re-Os	molybdenite	RAN-61a	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205086	RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe	RAN-Mine	Frei et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2	GCA62_1925
Mo-00413	2590	2590	2590	Re-Os	molybdenite	RAN-61a	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205086	RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe	RAN-Mine	Frei et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2	GCA62_1925
Mo-00414	2600	2600	2600	Re-Os	molybdenite	RAN-61b	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205086	RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe	RAN-Mine	Frei et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2	GCA62_1925
Mo-00415	2600	2600	2600	Re-Os	molybdenite	RAN-61b	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205086	RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe	RAN-Mine	Frei et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2	GCA62_1925

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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