Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Silverside Cu-Ag Deposit (incl. Old Hat Mine; Manchester Mine; Shebaside Mine), Makonde District (Lomagundi District), Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1250
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1250

mindat Locality ID: 212969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silverside Cu-Ag Deposit (incl. Old Hat Mine; Manchester Mine; Shebaside Mine), Makonde District (Lomagundi District), Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°56'40"S
Longitude: 30°17'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.944444444444,30.295833333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Molybdenite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Digenite Molybdenite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galena ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1250	1250	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1250	1250	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1250	1250	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1250	1250	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1250	1250	24243
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1250	1250	5800
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1250	1250	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1250	1250	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1250	1250	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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
	sedcu-00782	1250	1250	Mid Proterozoic										Cu	212969	Silverside Cu-Ag Deposit (incl. Old Hat Mine; Manchester Mine; Shebaside Mine), Makonde District (Lomagundi District), Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe	Silverside	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

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