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Locality Name:
Silverside Cu-Ag Deposit (incl. Old Hat Mine; Manchester Mine; Shebaside Mine), Makonde District (Lomagundi District), Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1250
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1250

mindat Locality ID: 212969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silverside Cu-Ag Deposit (incl. Old Hat Mine; Manchester Mine; Shebaside Mine), Makonde District (Lomagundi District), Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°56'40"S
Longitude: 30°17'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.944444444444,30.295833333333

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: Ag Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDigeniteMolybdeniteNoneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41250125005516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212501250027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1250125004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1250125001027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12501250024243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21250125005800
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212501250061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1250125005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12501250021482



1 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
sedcu-0078212501250Mid Proterozoic       Cu212969Silverside Cu-Ag Deposit (incl. Old Hat Mine; Manchester Mine; Shebaside Mine), Makonde District (Lomagundi District), Mashonaland West, ZimbabweSilversideCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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