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Locality Name:
Benson No. 4 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: 246165
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246165.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benson No. 4 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

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 Be Bi C Ca Cs Cu F H K Li Mn Na O P Si Ta Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Cs Cu F H K Li Mn Na O P Si Ta Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteFeldsparMalachiteMicaNonePyroxene
QuartzZircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismutite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Margarite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pollucite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Spodumene  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2590.32583.108803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F2590.32583.10244
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182590.32583.104286
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2590.32583.10716
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22590.32583.1012537
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)22590.32583.10168
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2590.32583.104924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)2590.32583.10200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22590.32583.1017380
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O2590.32583.10140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22590.32583.1061156
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O62590.32583.10688
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O62590.32583.10211
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2590.32583.105251



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
Alexandra-02072590.32583.12586.7 ± 3.6U-PbAge of Nb-Ta mineralizationwodginite98 YesWodginite Ta, Nb8650Benson Mine, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, ZimbabweBensonMelcher et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003OGR64_667 


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