Guruve District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Guruve District | District |
| Mashonaland Central | Province |
| Zimbabwe | Country |
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Other Languages:
Cebuano:
Guruve District, Mashonaland Central Province
Dutch:
Guruve District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe
Japanese:
グルヴェ地区, 中央マショナランド州, ジンバブエ
Lithuanian:
Guruvės rajonas, Vidurio Mašonalandas, Zimbabvė
Zulu:
Guruve District, Mashonaland Central
Guruve is one of eight districts in the Mashonaland Central province of Zimbabwe. The district capital is the town of Guruve. It has 2 districts which are Upper Guruve Rural District and the Lower Guruve Rural District which is locally known referred to as Mbire District. Mbire District can be traced back to the Munhumutapa Dynasty. Guruve is demarcated into 2 constituencies which are Guruve-North Constituency and Guruve-South Constituency.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chrome-Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Chrome-Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chrome-Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chrome-Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Fossils
There are 7 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 17 | ||||||||||||
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| Youngest Fossil Listed | 145 Ma (Late Jurassic) | ||||||||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 237 Ma (Middle Triassic) | ||||||||||||
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| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | ||||||||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 7 fossil localities |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guruve_District |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q1708967 |
| GeoNames ID: | 890599 |
Localities in this Region
- Mashonaland Central
- Guruve District
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
AfricaContinent
African PlateTectonic Plate
- Middle and Lower Zambezi basinBasin
- Zambezi BeltOrogenic Belt
- Zimbabwe CratonCraton
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