Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

mindat Locality ID: 247681
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247681.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Augustus Pegmatite
Iron Duke Mine
Mazowe Gold Field
Mistress Mine
O'Brian Prospect (O'Briens)
Ruia Falls Estate
Thorny Mine (Thorney Mine)

Latitude: 17°26'44"S
Longitude: 30°59'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.445555555556,30.985555555556

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Corundum ()*	Cosalite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Ingodite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Talc ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ca Co Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Titanite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	295242,295250	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	295251	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	295246,295247,295249	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	295248	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	295242,295250,295252	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	295247,295250	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	295247	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	295245,295246,295247,295249	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	295245,295246,295247,295248,295249,295250	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	295247	966
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	295251	1797
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	295247	344
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	295251	481
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	295247	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	295245,295246,295247,295248,295249	30554
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS	1	295247	30
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	1	295247	50
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	295248	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295251	168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	295242,295250	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	295248	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	295242,295247,295249,295250,295251	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295251	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	295246,295247,295249	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	295245,295246,295247,295249	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	295242,295245,295246,295247,295249,295250,295251	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5	295245,295246,295247,295249,295251	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4	295246,295247,295248,295249	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	295246,295247,295248,295249	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	3	295242,295250,295252	688
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295244	3337
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	295247	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	295249	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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