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Locality Name:
Goromonzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe


mindat Locality ID: 247221
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247221.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goromonzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Arcturus Mine
Devera Delta Prospect
Ope Mine
Pope Claims

Latitude: 17°46'48"S
Longitude: 31°15'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.78,31.261944444444
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 Be Bi C Cu F Fe Mo O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerylBismutiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteStibniteTopaz

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12952669052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812952694286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12952681966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1295268716
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2129526627198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312952671797
Gold  (*)CopperAu129526630554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212952665800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2129526639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812952669056
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312952663418
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212952691476


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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