Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2590

mindat Locality ID: 190455
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190455.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Asp Mine
Atherstone Mine
Bonzo Mine
Connaught Mine
Earle Mine
Falous Mine
Freda Rebecca Mine
Hastie Mine
Hill Top Mine
Kimberley Mine
Kingsley Hoard Mine
Little Slam Mine
Madziwa Mine (Dry Nickel Mine)
Matloui Mine
Phoenix Prince Mine
Prince Of Wales Prospect
RAN Mine
Rane Mine
Topsman Mine
Trojan Nickel Mine

Latitude: 17°19'38"S
Longitude: 31°15'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.327222222222,31.258888888889

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Violarite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	295223	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	295223,295226	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	295223	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	295223	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	295223,295226,295229	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	295223	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	295223	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2600	2590	3	295223,295226,295233	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	295223	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	295223	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2600	2590	5	295220,295223,295226,295231,295233	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	295223	5433
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	295223	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2600	2590	1	295233	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	295223	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	295223	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	295223	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	295229	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄			1	295229	131
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2600	2590	1	295233	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	295223,295229	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	295223,295226,295229	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2600	2590	3	295223,295226,295233	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	295223	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2600	2590	2	295226,295233	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2600	2590	2	295226,295233	2705
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	295223	92
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	295223	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	295223	4899
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	295229	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	295223	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	295223	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_705	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Mo-00412	2590	2590	2590	Re-Os		molybdenite	RAN-61a	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205086	RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe	RAN-Mine	Frei et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2	GCA62_1925
Mo-00413	2590	2590	2590	Re-Os		molybdenite	RAN-61a	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205086	RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe	RAN-Mine	Frei et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2	GCA62_1925
Mo-00414	2600	2600	2600	Re-Os		molybdenite	RAN-61b	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205086	RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe	RAN-Mine	Frei et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2	GCA62_1925
Mo-00415	2600	2600	2600	Re-Os		molybdenite	RAN-61b	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205086	RAN Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe	RAN-Mine	Frei et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2	GCA62_1925
Michelle_705	2700	2700	2700		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province					Ni, Cu	298078	Trojan Nickel Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe	Trojan	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050609	Madziwa Mine (Dry Nickel Mine), Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe	https://rruff.info/R050609

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