Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mutare District (Umtali District), Manicaland, Zimbabwe

mindat Locality ID: 30087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mutare District (Umtali District), Manicaland, Zimbabwe": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Bepe Hills
Cairndhu Mine
Champion Mine
Chiadzwa
Clutha Mine
Copper King Mine
Falcon Mine
Golden Quarry Mine
Kandemwa Deposit
Monte Carlo Mine
Neardy Mine
Odzi Copper Mine
Odzi Gold Belt
Penhalonga (Penchalonga; Panhalonga)
Portree Pegmatite
Spruit

Latitude: 19°2'57"S
Longitude: 32°22'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.049166666667,32.381944444444

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diamond
Feldspar	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Talc

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Crocoite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diamond ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Laumontite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Be C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diamond
Feldspar Mica Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Talc

25 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)	1	295211	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	295208	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	295193,295194,295207,295209	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	295192,295201,295211	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	295208	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	295197,295200,295202,295203,295208	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	295206,295207,295208,295209	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	295199,295204	3846
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	2	295206,295207	81
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	295204	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	295196	697
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	295206,295207,295208,295209	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	295207,295208,295209,295210	30554
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	295208	1271
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	295211	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295211	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	1	295211	124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	295206,295207,295208,295209	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	295208	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	295208,295209	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	295201,295206,295207,295208,295209,295211,295212	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	295193	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	295208	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	295206,295207,295209	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295206	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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