Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Enterprise Tin Field, Harare, Zimbabwe

mindat Locality ID: 258675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Enterprise Tin Field, Harare, Zimbabwe": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Elizabeth Claim
Patronage Claim
Pope Tantalum Mine

Latitude: 17°45'29"S
Longitude: 31°11'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.758055555556,31.199722222222

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.

Beryl	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Topaz

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 F Li Na O Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Feldspar None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Topaz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Petalite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spodumene ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	295161	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	295161	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	295161	5171
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	1	295161	124
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	295161	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	295161	688
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	295161	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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