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

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

mindat Locality ID: 108736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108736.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 17°31'1"S
Longitude: 29°18'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.516944444444,29.316111111111
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 As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryte
BismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteGypsumLepidocrociteMalachite
MarcasiteMatlockiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteTalcTitaniteValleriiteVeszelyiteWurtzite

85 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bieberite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Legrandite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Litharge  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matlockite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Osarizawaite  (*)Pentahydrite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rouaite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Veszelyite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)22700270003419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)270027000254
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6270027000966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2700270002734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22700270003092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2270027000718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2700270009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22700270005509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2270027000172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6270027000132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6270027000413
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O27002700050
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2700270001966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)270027000716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42700270005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62700270001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27002700027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22700270005171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2700270004979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O270027000925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2700270005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227002700027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2700270003531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3270027000127
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS270027000966
Copper  (*)CopperCu2700270003846
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4270027000175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16270027000227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2700270004165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3270027000802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2270027000327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2700270002970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2700270001027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22700270009895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)270027000220
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2700270008173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27002700024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2700270007437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O270027000188
Graphite  (*)NoneC2700270002812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2700270006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O327002700014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2700270001689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O427002700073
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)627002700057
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32700270005433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62700270002228
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O270027000149
Legrandite  (*)NoneZn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O27002700020
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)270027000581
Litharge  (*)NonePbO270027000139
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)270027000451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427002700014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)227002700012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22700270005674
Matlockite  (*)MatlockitePbClF27002700029
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O270027000915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2700270001107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227002700017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)270027000492
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)627002700064
Pentahydrite  (*)ChalcanthiteMg(SO4)·5H2O27002700032
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O270027000428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)627002700051
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6270027000477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227002700039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2700270001725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82700270009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227002700061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2270027000454
Rouaite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)327002700011
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22700270005614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2700270001153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2700270006417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)227002700092
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2700270002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27002700021482
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O27002700079
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22700270003337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2700270001101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2700270004899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22700270002562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]270027000237
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O27002700020
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2700270001025


1 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
Hg-0005327002700 Pb-Pb    YesColoradoiteHg10977Commoner Mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe Twemlow (1984) G82_469 

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