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:
Zambezi Belt, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 558
Youngest recorded age at locality: 524

mindat Locality ID: 284392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zambezi Belt, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kadunguri Whiteschists

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Clay	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Talc	Tourmaline

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 B Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Corundum None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Talc Tourmaline

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Dravite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Talc ()*	Yoderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	558	524	1	295368	648
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	558	524	1	295368	178
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	558	524	1	295368	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	558	524	1	295368	1507
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	558	524	1	295368	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	558	524	1	295368	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	558	524	1	295368	3337
Yoderite ()*	None	(MgAl₃)(MgAl)Al₂O₂(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	558	524	1	295368	2

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_078	526	524	525±1	U/Pb			monazite							284392	Zambezi Belt, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe	[Zambezi Belt]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	Bradley_2012_084	558	556	557±1	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			284392	Zambezi Belt, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe	[Zambezi Belt]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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