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Locality Name:
Hartley Mine, Chiredzi, Chiredzi Mining District (Hartley Mining District), Masvingo, Zimbabwe


mindat Locality ID: 61023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hartley Mine, Chiredzi, Chiredzi Mining District (Hartley Mining District), Masvingo, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K La Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K La Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAuricuprideCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCrichtonite
CubaniteEpidoteFeldsparMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlandite
PerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetradymite
UllmanniteWurtzite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)
Atokite  (*)Braggite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Empressite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laurite  (*)Loveringite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maslovite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Michenerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Platarsite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Violarite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)
Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8067
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn029
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S40101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe043
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Loveringite  (*)Crichtonite(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)18O3809
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe023
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe20207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe20155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe0114
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS044
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4064
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn034
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2075
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te30276
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe0100
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2064
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS053
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb032


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