Kapata claims, Dete (Dett), Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwei
Regional Level Types | |
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Kapata claims | Group of Claims |
Dete (Dett) | - not defined - |
Hwange District | District |
Matabeleland North | Province |
Zimbabwe | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
18° 22' 44'' South , 26° 50' 34'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Group of Claims
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Kamativi Mine | 1,575 (2012) | 23.7km |
Dete | 2,993 (2013) | 26.5km |
Hwange | 33,210 (2014) | 36.3km |
An abandoned tin and tantalum mine which is occasionally worked by local small scale miners for tantalite. Between 1936 and 1960, 73 tonnes of cassiterite concentrate, 2.29 tonnes of tantalite concentrate and 4.32 tonnes of amblygonite were produced.
There are seven flat dipping pegmatites and 25 vertical pegmatites. Host rocks are tourmaline-garnet-biotite-muscovite schists belonging to the Precambrian Kamativi Formation.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β Amblygonite Formula: LiAl(PO4)F Reference: Lockett, N.H. (1979): The Geology of the Country around Dett.- Rhodesia Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 85; Salisbury; 199 pages. |
β Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 Reference: Lockett, N.H. (1979): The Geology of the Country around Dett.- Rhodesia Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 85; Salisbury; 199 pages. |
β 'Tantalite' Formula: (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 Reference: Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey (1959). Tantalum and Niobium. Zimbabwe Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Survey No. 4 |
β Tantalite-(Fe) Formula: Fe2+Ta2O6 Reference: Wolfgang Hampel, site visit May 2016 |
β 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z Reference: Lockett, N.H. (1979): The Geology of the Country around Dett.- Rhodesia Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 85; Salisbury; 199 pages. |
β 'Wolframite Group' Reference: Lockett, N.H. (1979): The Geology of the Country around Dett.- Rhodesia Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 85; Salisbury; 199 pages. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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β | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
β | Tantalite-(Fe) | 4.DB.35 | Fe2+Ta2O6 |
β | 'Wolframite Group' | 4.DB.30 va | |
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
β | Amblygonite | 8.BB.05 | LiAl(PO4)F |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'Tantalite' | - | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
β | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Li | Lithium | |
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Li | β Amblygonite | LiAl(PO4)F |
B | Boron | |
B | β Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Tantalite | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
O | β Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
O | β Amblygonite | LiAl(PO4)F |
O | β Cassiterite | SnO2 |
O | β Tantalite-(Fe) | Fe2+Ta2O6 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | β Amblygonite | LiAl(PO4)F |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Amblygonite | LiAl(PO4)F |
P | Phosphorus | |
P | β Amblygonite | LiAl(PO4)F |
Mn | Manganese | |
Mn | β Tantalite | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Tantalite | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
Fe | β Tantalite-(Fe) | Fe2+Ta2O6 |
Nb | Niobium | |
Nb | β Tantalite | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | β Cassiterite | SnO2 |
Ta | Tantalum | |
Ta | β Tantalite | (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
Ta | β Tantalite-(Fe) | Fe2+Ta2O6 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey (1959) Niobium and Tantalum and Niobium. Zimbabwe Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Survey No. 4.
Lockett, N.H. (1979) The Geology of the Country around Dett. Rhodesia Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 85; Salisbury; 199 pages.
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Kapata claims, Dete, Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe