Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dete (Dett), Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1042
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1023

mindat Locality ID: 233076
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233076.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dete (Dett), Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gwaai Claims
Gwayi River Mine
Kamativi Mine
Kapata Claims
San Claims

Latitude: 18°23'3"S
Longitude: 26°59'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.384166666667,26.998333333333

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Malachite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Zabuyelite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1042	1023	1	295438	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	295437	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1042	1023	2	295438,295439	244
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	295437	718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	295437	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	295437	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1042	1023	2	295438,295439	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	295437	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1042	1023	2	295438,295440	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	295437	1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	295437	327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	295437	8173
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	295437	12537
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1042	1023	1	295438	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1042	1023	1	295438	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	1042	1023	1	295438	124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	295437	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	295437	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1042	1023	1	295438	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1042	1023	1	295438	688
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	295439	99
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	295437	2562
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1042	1023	1	295438	78
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)	1042	1023	1	295438	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1042	1023	1	295438	5251

2 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-0247	1039	1023	1031±8	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		columbite-(fe), columbite-(mn)	786					Ta, Nb	31358	Kamativi Mine, Dete (Dett), Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe	Kamativi	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
	Alexandra-0248	1042	1032	1037±5	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		columbite-(fe), columbite-(mn)	786					Ta, Nb	31358	Kamativi Mine, Dete (Dett), Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe	Kamativi	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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