| Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa I t...originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed was originally...originally named Messina but was renamed Musina after the 1994 political dispensation in South Africa. The registered...registered mine name remains Messina.) Since the early 1950s, the Messina mine has produced spectacular...original type-locality specimens from the New Cornelia mine, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States have |
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(1991) May - June 1991. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 22 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| 0026-4628 ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ..............................J. P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica .............................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because...More than 30 minerals have been identified from the mine and studies continue on the sulfosalt mineralogy |
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Rajesh, H.M., Safonov, O.G., Basupi, T.O., Belyanin, G.A., Tsunogae, T. (2018) Complexity of characterizing granitoids in high-grade terranes: An example from the Neoarchean Verbaard granitoid, Limpopo Complex, Southern Africa. Lithos, 318. 399-418 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.08.019 |
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| the Neoarchean Verbaard grantioid, Limpopo complex, Southern Africa Rajesh Hariharan, Oleg Safonov, Thembiso...the Neoarchean Verbaard grantioid, Limpopo complex, Southern Africa. Lithos (2018), doi:10.1016/j.lithos...the Neoarchean Verbaard grantioid, Limpopo Complex, Southern Africa 3 Korzhinskii Institute of Experimental...Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa US 4 Graduate School of Life and Environmental...highlights this issue from the Limpopo Complex high-grade terrane in CR southern Africa. The Beit Bridge Complex |
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Perchuk, L. L., van Reenen, D. D., Smit, C. A., Boshoff, R., Belyanin, G. A., Yapaskurt, V. O. (2008) Role of granite intrusions for the formation of ring structures in granulite complexes: Examples from the Limpopo belt, South Africa. Petrology, 16 (7) 652-678 doi:10.1134/s0869591108070023 |
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| Granulite Complexes: Examples from the Limpopo Belt, South Africa L. L. Perchuka, b, c, D. D. van Reenenb...PO Box 524, 2006 Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa e-mail: dirkvr@uj.ac.za c Institute of Experimental...four such structures from the Central Zone of the Limpopo complex, which were formed during granulite exhumation...within the whole area of the Central Zone of the Limpopo complex. This implies that the rocks were metamorphosed...Neoarchean stage of the development of the Limpopo granulite complex. Local mineral equilibria and fluid inclusions |
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(2016) Berezovsk, Russia!. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 47 (4) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa .........................know, we supplied a DVD on the famous Pederneira mine with the May-June issue. This DVD is a supplement...staff of the British Museum (Natural History) in South Kensington on October 1, 1957, as Assistant Scientific... and he was in constant demand as a speaker at local clubs and societies. Three of his most popular talks--delivered |
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Rajesh, H. M., Belyanin, G. A., Safonov, O. G., Kovaleva, E. I., Golunova, M. A., Van Reenen, D. D. (2013) Fluid-induced Dehydration of the Paleoarchean Sand River Biotite-Hornblende Gneiss, Central Zone, Limpopo Complex, South Africa. Journal of Petrology, 54 (1) 41-74 doi:10.1093/petrology/egs062 |
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| Biotite^Hornblende Gneiss, Central Zone, Limpopo Complex, South Africa H. M. RAJESH1*, G. A. BELYANIN1, O....JOHANNESBURG, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG 2006, SOUTH AFRICA 2 INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY RAA...PUBLICATION SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 A clear case study of _local_-scale, fluid-induced dehydration of the Paleoarchean...biotite^hornblende gneiss from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex is presented here. Field and petrographic...adjacent zonesçdarker Sand River orthogneiss with local occurrence of orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene, a |
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Saggerson, E.P, Turner, L.M (1976) A review of the distribution of metamorphism in the ancient Rhodesian craton. Precambrian Research, 3 (1) 1-53 doi:10.1016/0301-9268(76)90002-4 |
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| Department of Geology, University of Natal, Durban (South Africa) (Received August 15, 1973, revision accepted...margin particularly within the Zambezi and the Limpopo belts. The distribution of the associated early...development were due to thermal highs centred on the Limpopo mobile belt and possibly the Zambezi belt. INTRODUCTION...of the international metamorphic map of southern Africa b a s e d o n t h e c o n c e p t o f m e t a m...post-Shamvaian. (4) The granites and granitic gneisses. (5) Limpopo Group metasediments. ANCIENT BASEMENT RELICS -- |
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Jacobsen, J. B. E., McCarthy, T. S., Laing, G. J. (1976) The copper-bearing breccia pipes of the Messina district South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 11 (1) 33-45 doi:10.1007/bf00203093 |
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| Copper-Bearing Breccia Pipes of the Messina District South Africa J. B. E. Jacobsen and T. S. McCarthy...Johannesburg, South Africa G. J. Laing The Messina (Tvl.) Development Company (Pry.) Limited, Messina, South...South Africa The Messina Copper Mines comprise a group of breccia pipes, disseminated replacement andfissure...emplaced within high-grade metamorphic rocks of the Limpopo mobile belt. Breccia pipes as well as associated...recognised in the M e s s i n a district near the northern border of South Africa. Of these, three are mineralized |
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Chetty, T. R. K., Kehelpannala, Wilbert (2021) Atlas of deformed and metamorphosed rocks from proterozoic orogens. Elsevier. |
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| 214 222 228 233 Proterozoic orogens of Southern Africa 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 v Mahanadi shear zone Nagavali-Vamsadhara...Aravalli-Delhi Orogenic Belt 2.5.1 Introduction 2.5.2 South Delhi Terrane 2.5.3 Sandmata Terrane 2.5.4 Sirohi...References Introduction The Limpopo Belt The Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt The Mahalapye Complex 4...Proterozoic orogens of India, Sri Lanka, Botswana, South Africa, East Antarctica, and Western Australia. All...Antarctica, Western Australia and some parts of the Limpopo Belt. We thank profusely the Geological Survey |
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Jacobsen, J. B. E., McCarthy, T. S. (1976) An unusual hydrothermal copper deposit at Messina, South Africa. Economic Geology, 71 (1) 117-130 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.1.117 |
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| An UnusualHydrothermal CopperDepositat Messina, South Africa J. B. E. JACOBSEN' ANDT. S. •{CCARTHY Abstract...ne passingthrough the Artonvilla mine. The orebodiesin the district include breccia pipes, fissure deposits...the latter being best developedin the Artonvilla mine, where four separatelodesare developed. The EmeryLodeis...sequenceof complexly foldedmetasediments of the Limpopo Group. Table 1 showsa broad outline of the regional...regional stratigraphic sequence and lithologyaround Messina. Rocks in the immediatevicinityof the minesrevealgranulite |
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Hor, A.K., Hutt, D.K., Smith, J.V., Wakefield, J., Windley, B.F. (1975) Petrochemistry and mineralogy of early Precambrian anorthositic rocks of the Limpopo belt, southern Africa. Lithos, 8 (4) 297-310 doi:10.1016/0024-4937(75)90013-4 |
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| Precambrlan anorthositic rocks of the Limpopo belt, southem Africa. Lithoa ~8, ~97-310. T w o sections...l~e anorthosite ,complex' were examined at Messina. South Afdca and at Pikwe, Botswana. Thirty XRF whole-rock...in stratigraphic order show that alkalies a t Messina increase upwards from leuco-gabbros to anorthosites...decrease and increase, respectively, with height at Messina, but 22 analyses from Pikwe show no such trends...Fe-rich. also like the Fiskenaesset ones. The Limpopo anorthositic rocks belong to a layered igneous |
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Beukes, N. J. (1973) Precambrian Iron-Formations of Southern Africa. Economic Geology, 68 (7) 960-1004 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.68.7.960 |
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| 960-1004 Precambrian Iron-Formations of Southern Africa N.J. BEUKES Abstract From existing information...1966) and Ierru#inous SOUTHERN Africa is definedas that part of Africa sedimentary rockslessthan 15 percentiron...percentiron. In this southof approximately16ø _south_-latitude and in- paper,the 15 percentboundaryis not...contentbecauseof a generallack of chemicalanalyses. South West Africa, and Mozambique. This rela(2) Iron-formationis...commonlithologic detailedstudyon iron-formation in southern Africa variety of iron-formationand consistsof chert mesoare |
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Klemd, R. (2003) P-T path constraints from calc-silicate metapelitic rocks east of the Venetia kimberlite pipes, Central Zone, Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Have these rocks seen granulite-facies conditions?. South African Journal of Geology, 106 (2) 129-148 doi:10.2113/106.2-3.129 |
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| Venetia kimberlite pipes, Central Zone, Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Have these rocks seen granulite-facies...Park 2006, South Africa. e-mail: jmb@na.rau.ac.za © 2003 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...event (M3) in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt of southern Africa is considered to have occurred at ~2...the Central Zone. Introduction The Limpopo Belt of southern Africa is an Archaean to Paleoproterozoic...reworked rocks of the respective Cratons. The Limpopo Belt was long regarded as an orogen resulting from |
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Buick, Ian S., Hermann, Jörg, Maas, Roland, Gibson, Roger L. (2007) The timing of sub-solidus hydrothermal alteration in the Central Zone, Limpopo Belt (South Africa): Constraints from titanite U–Pb geochronology and REE partitioning. Lithos, 98 (1) 97-117 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2007.02.002 |
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| hydrothermal alteration in the Central Zone, Limpopo Belt (South Africa): Constraints from titanite U–Pb geochronology...the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, South Africa Received 9 September 2006; accepted 13 February... Abstract In the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt (South Africa), Palaeoproterozoic granulite-facies...Titanite; Geochronology; Retrogression; Central Zone; Limpopo Belt 1. Introduction Titanite is a particularly...metabasite from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt (South Africa) that has been hydrothermally altered |
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Key, Roger M., Litherland, Martin, Hepworth, John V. (1976) The evolution of the archaean crust of northeast Botswana. Precambrian Research, 3 (4) 375-413 doi:10.1016/0301-9268(76)90028-0 |
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| Rhodesian Craton, and part of the Limpopo Mobile Belt in the south. The cratonic area includes the whole...developed in the Limpopo Mobile Belt, is imposed throughout the whole area. The Limpopo Belt cuts across...across the area in the south as a large ductile shear zone and affects rocks largely similar to those of...although anorthosites are not known outside it. The Limpopo Belt has its own style of deformation -- interference...cataclasis. Metamorphism is similar throughout Limpopo Mobile Belt and Craton, each event being recognized |
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Sawkins, F. J., Rye, R. O. (1979) Additional geochemical data on the Messina copper deposits, Transvaal, South Africa. Economic Geology, 74 (3) 684-689 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.74.3.684 |
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| Chamberlin, R. M., 1974, Geology of the Council Rock district, Socorro Country, New Mexico: M.S. thesis, Nexv...Geology and ore deposits of the Magdalena mining district, New Mexico: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 200...thehighlydeformed, granulitegrade metamorphic rocks of the Limpopo Mobile The Messinacopperdepositshavebeenthe subject...deposits, villa mineat the easternextremityof the district,all of the samples.Basedlargelyon investigations...Sample 74-M-3 _Mine_• Artonvilla Generation• Late 74-M-23 Artonvilla Very 74-M-5 Messina Early Mineral |
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Anhaeusser, C. R. (1976) Archean metallogeny in southern Africa. Economic Geology, 71 (1) 16-43 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.1.16 |
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| illustrating the nature of Archean volcanismin southern Africa and elsewhereare made available for purposesof...mineralization. The Archean mineralization of southern Africa is briefly compared and contrasted with that of...the easternpart southern Africa. of Botswana, the northeasternsegment of South The purposes of this paperare...paperare, briefly,to consider Africa, and Rhodesia,the shield consistsof two crathe nature and distribution...GREENSTONE BELT LITHOLOGICAL UNITS RHODESIA/BOTSWANA SOUTH AFRICA/SWAZILAND Sedimentary unit ShamraJah Mafic-to-l'el$ic |
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Tsunogae, T., Miyano, T., Ridley, J. (1992) Metamorphic P-T profiles from the Zimbabwe Craton to the Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe. Precambrian Research, 55 (1) 259-277 doi:10.1016/0301-9268(92)90027-l |
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| P - T profiles from the Zimbabwe Craton to the Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe T. Tsunogae a, T. Miyano a and J...P - T profiles from the Zimbabwe Craton to the Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe. In: D.D. van Reenen, C. Roering...Ashwal and M.J. de Wit (Editors), The Archaean Limpopo Granulite Belt: Tectonics and Deep Crustal Processes...profiles in the eastern and western parts of the Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe, were examined on the basis of mineralogic...Craton adjacent to the northern boundary of the Limpopo Belt is calculated to be 650-680°C for amphibolite |
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Kröner, A (1999) Single zircon ages for granitoid gneisses in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, Southern Africa and geodynamic significance. Precambrian Research, 93 (4) 299-337 doi:10.1016/s0301-9268(98)00102-8 |
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| gneisses in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, Southern Africa and geodynamic significance A. Kröner...Geoscience, P.O. Box 620, Pietersburg 0700, South Africa d Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University...throughout the Central Zone (CZ) of the Limpopo mobile belt, South Africa define three broad age groups, namely...metamorphism previously dated at 2027±6 Ma in the Messina area. The second period of granitoid magmatism...the Northern and Southern Marginal Zones of the Limpopo belt. Broad contemporaneity of extensive granitoid |
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McCarthy, T. S., Jacobsen, J. B. E. (1980) Additional geochemical data on the Messina copper deposits, Transvaal, South Africa; discussion. Economic Geology, 75 (3) 478-481 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.75.3.478 |
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| /t.4L, SOUTH ON THE MESSIN.4 .4FRIC.4--/! COPPER DEPOSITS, DISCUSSION Sir: The Messina copper...isotopestudies. In the orebodiesat (1977) contained Messina,the early ore fluid reactionsinvolvedesilica- concludedthat...1. A /ID vs /i•sOplot for late solutionsat the Messina positionsproducedduring ore fluid reaction. This...temperature. This is the inward retrogressive of the Messina orebodies,calculated on the basis of the reactionmodel...minthat the ax8Ox-x2o valuesdeterminedfor the Messina erals" (Sawkinsand Rye, 1979, p. 688). The proorebodiesare |
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Stagman, J. G. (1979) An Outline of the Geology of Rhodesia. Bulletin 80. Rhodesia Geological Survey |
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| American Corporation of South Africa for views of Wankie Colliery and the Trojan nickel mine, and to the Photographic... The Great Dyke and Satellites 24 24 42 The Limpopo Mobile Belt . Northern Marginal Zone Central Zone...Karoo 85 86 86 Page 89 Upper Karoo Sabi-Limpopo Basin Lower Karoo Upper Karoo Coalfields Karoo...near Salisbury. facing page 23 IV Trojan Nickel Mine, near Bindura. facing page 33 V The Great Dyke...Complex. VI Chrome seam in the Great Dyke, Vanad Mine. VII Lower Karoo Landscape. No. 1 Colliery, Wankie |
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Rigby, M., Mouri, H., Brandl, G. (2008) P-T conditions and the origin of quartzo-feldspathic veins in metasyenites from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 111 (2) 313-332 doi:10.2113/gssajg.111.2-3.313 |
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| metasyenites from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa Martin Rigby Department of Geology, University...University of Pretoria, 0002, South Africa e-mail: martin.rigby@up.ac.za Hassina Mouri Department of...of Geology, University of Pretoria, 0002, South Africa Present address: Department of Geology, University...Johannesburg, South Africa e-mail: hassinam@up.ac.za Günther Brandl Council for Geoscience, Limpopo Unit, Polokwane...Polokwane, South Africa e-mail: gbrandl@geoscience.org.za © 2008 September Geological Society of South Africa |
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Bernasconi, A. (1983) The Archaean terranes of central eastern Brazil: a review. Precambrian Research, 23 (2) 107-131 doi:10.1016/0301-9268(83)90032-3 |
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| of ~ 2.7 Ga, equivalent to the Liberia--Limpopo events in Africa. The differentiated mafic to ultramafic.../ ~ / 20 25'- ACiD TO INTERMEDIATE LAVAS (QZ-SERICITE SCHIST) METATHOLEIITIC BASALTS (GREENSTONE) v...concealed b y the Arax~ rocks m the north, and in the south it is flanked by the Mantiqueira belt (Figs. 1 and...west of the Morro do Nlquel mine, although it is also exposed in the south as a relatively small tongue...basic--ultrabasic rocks. The dominant types are quartz--sericite schist, chlorite schist and phyllite, with frequent |
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Sawkins, Frederick J. (1990) Metal Deposits in Relation to Plate Tectonics (2nd ed.) - Minerals and Rocks No. 17. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-08681-0 |
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| fruition and where they develop depends on a host of local factors, but the broad environmental controls in...and possibly enrage some of those with first-hand local knowledge. To such people I can only offer an advance...their willingness to share freely of their time and local expertise with an itinerant academic. Without their.................. . 83 The Fresnillo Ag-Pb-Zn District, Zacatecas, Mexico .............................Massive Sulfide Deposits of the BathurstNewcastle District, New Brunswick, Canada Discussion of Tectonic |
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MAIER, W. D., ANDREOLI, M. A. G., GROVES, D. I., BARNES, S.- J. (2012) PETROGENESIS OF CU-NI SULPHIDE ORES FROM O'OKIEP AND KLIPRAND, NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRAINTS FROM CHALCOPHILE METAL CONTENTS. South African Journal of Geology, 115 (4) 499-514 doi:10.2113/gssajg.115.4.499 |
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| ORES FROM O’OKIEP AND KLIPRAND, NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRAINTS FROM CHALCOPHILE METAL CONTENTS...maier@oulu.fi M.A.G. ANDREOLI South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, South Africa; School of Geosciences...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa e-mail: marco.andreoli@necsa.co.za D.I. GROVES...Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The petrogenesis of sulphide ores in the O’okiep district has remained...additional IOCG deposits elsewhere in southern Africa. The model also predicts an enhanced potential |
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