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Locality Name:
Kamativi Mine, Dete (Dett), Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1042
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1023

mindat Locality ID: 31358
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31358.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kamativi Mine, Dete (Dett), Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°19'5"S
Longitude: 27°3'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.318055555556,27.050555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayColumbiteFeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRutileZircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Petalite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spodumene  (*)Wodginite  (*)
Zabuyelite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1042102308803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F104210230244
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21042102305171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6104210230518
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)104210230200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210421023017380
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O10104210230124
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210421023061156
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6104210230688
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O810421023078
Zabuyelite  (*)NoneLi2(CO3)10421023011
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1042102305251



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Alexandra-0247103910231031±8U-PbAge of Nb-Ta mineralizationcolumbite-(fe), columbite-(mn)786   Ta, Nb31358Kamativi Mine, Dete (Dett), Hwange District, Matabeleland North, ZimbabweKamativiMelcher et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003OGR64_667 
Alexandra-0248104210321037±5U-PbAge of Nb-Ta mineralizationcolumbite-(fe), columbite-(mn)786   Ta, Nb31358Kamativi Mine, Dete (Dett), Hwange District, Matabeleland North, ZimbabweKamativiMelcher et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003OGR64_667 


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