Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Benson Mine, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2590.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2583.1

mindat Locality ID: 8650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benson Mine, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Benson No. 1 Pegmatite
Benson No. 2 Pegmatite
Benson No. 3 Pegmatite
Benson No. 4 Pegmatite
Benson No. 5 Pegmatite

Latitude: 17°'59"S
Longitude: 32°16'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.016388888889,32.270277777778

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	Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar
Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Topaz
Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Holmquistite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*
Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Simpsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Spodumene ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F Li Mn O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Feldspar
Garnet Malachite Mica None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Topaz
Zircon

25 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2590.3	2583.1	5	295274,295275,295276,295277,295278	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2590.3	2583.1	2	295276,295277	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2590.3	2583.1	5	295274,295275,295276,295277,295278	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2590.3	2583.1	1	295277	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2590.3	2583.1	1	295275	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2590.3	2583.1	1	295276	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2590.3	2583.1	1	295275	27198
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2590.3	2583.1	0		2740
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2590.3	2583.1	1	295276	42
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2590.3	2583.1	0		155
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2590.3	2583.1	1	295277	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	2590.3	2583.1	1	295277	168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2590.3	2583.1	4	295274,295275,295277,295278	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2590.3	2583.1	2	295275,295277	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2590.3	2583.1	5	295274,295275,295276,295277,295278	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2590.3	2583.1	1	295277	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2590.3	2583.1	1	295275	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2590.3	2583.1	5	295274,295275,295276,295277,295278	61156
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	2590.3	2583.1	1	295276	16
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2590.3	2583.1	1	295276	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2590.3	2583.1	4	295274,295275,295276,295277	688
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2590.3	2583.1	1	295276	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2590.3	2583.1	2	295276,295277	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2590.3	2583.1	2	295274,295276	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2590.3	2583.1	1	295277	5251

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
	Alexandra-0207	2590.3	2583.1	2586.7 ± 3.6	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		wodginite	98			Wodginite		Ta, Nb	8650	Benson Mine, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe	Benson	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

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