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Guruve District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwei
Regional Level Types
Guruve DistrictDistrict
Mashonaland CentralProvince
ZimbabweCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
247892
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:247892:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
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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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘMolybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Chrome-Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘScheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Oⓘ Quartz var. Chrome-ChalcedonySiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Quartz var. Chrome-ChalcedonySiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
WTungsten
Wⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu

Fossils

There are 7 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences17
Youngest Fossil Listed145 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed237 Ma (Middle Triassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Kadzi13152.1 - 145 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Karoo - Upper Karroo Sandstone1201.3 - 174.1 Ma (Jurassic)
Karoo - Pebbly Arkose3237 - 228 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Hyperodapedon
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchosauria : Rhynchosauridae : Hyperodapedon237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Sauropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropoda152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Barosaurus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Diplodocidae : Barosaurus152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Dicraeosaurus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dicraeosauridae : Dicraeosaurus152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Brachiosaurus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Brachiosauridae : Brachiosaurus152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Camarasaurus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Camarasauridae : Camarasaurus152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Amphicoelias
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Amphicoelias152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Plantae
kingdom
Plantae152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Titanosauria
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Titanosauria152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Massospondylus carinatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Massospondylidae : Massospondylus : Massospondylus carinatus201.3 - 174.1 Ma
Jurassic
Saturnalia
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Saturnalia237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Ceratosauria
suborder
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Ceratosauria152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 7 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guruve_District
Wikidata ID:Q1708967
GeoNames ID:890599

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