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Locality Name:
River Ranch Mine, Beitbridge District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe


mindat Locality ID: 61043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61043.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "River Ranch Mine, Beitbridge District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°10'6"S
Longitude: 29°53'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.168333333333,29.883333333333
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 Ca Ce Cr Fe Mg Na Nb Ni O S Si Sr Th Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Cr Fe Mg Na Nb Ni O S Si Sr Th Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChevkiniteCorundumDiamondGarnetNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyroxene
RocksaltSapphirineSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Diamond  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Polyakovite-(Ce)  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rhönite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Tausonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Diamond  (*)DiamondC0697
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Perovskite(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)2O6057
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO0114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Polyakovite-(Ce)  (*)Chevkinite(Ce,Ca)4MgCr2(Ti,Nb)2Si4O2202
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)30341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rhönite  (*)SapphirineCa4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]047
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Tausonite  (*)PerovskiteSrTiO305


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