Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Perseverance Mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2700

mindat Locality ID: 302747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perseverance Mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°58'5"S
Longitude: 29°48'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.968055555556,29.8075

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Quartz
Spinel

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Covellite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smythite ()*	Violarite ()*

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: C Cr Cu Fe H Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cr Cu Fe H Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Marcasite Nickeline None Pentlandite Quartz
Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2700	2700	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2700	2700	3902
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2700	2700	4165
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2700	2700	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2700	2700	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2700	2700	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2700	2700	5674
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2700	2700	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2700	2700	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2700	2700	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2700	2700	6417
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	2700	2700	77
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2700	2700	380

1 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
	Hg-00053	2700	2700		Pb-Pb						Yes		Coloradoite	Hg	10977	Commoner Mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe		Twemlow (1984)		G82_469

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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