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Locality Name:
Shamva District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe


mindat Locality ID: 247166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shamva District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dodge Mine
Shamva Mine

Latitude: 17°23'41"S
Longitude: 31°32'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.394722222222,31.536666666667

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTalc

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Microcline  (*)Polydymite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212952623092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12952629052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)129526111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)129526227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2129526227198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212952629895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS129526224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu129526230554
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12952624924
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S41295262131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2129526239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812952629056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2129526261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS129526221482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212952613337



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070377Shamva Mine, Shamva District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwehttps://rruff.info/R070377


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