| 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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Meulenbeld, Paul M. P. B., Grote, Wiebke, Verryn, Sabine (2014) The Albert Silver Mine and Trippkeite Occurrence, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Rocks & Minerals, 89 (5) 416-423 doi:10.1080/00357529.2014.926177 |
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| Locality map of the Albert Silver mine, Mpumalanga, South Africa, prepared by William Besse. Downloaded... The ALBERT Silver Mine and TRIPPKEITE Occurrence Mpumalanga South Africa Figure 3. Plan of the...the underground workings at the Albert Silver mine based on Van Zijl (1965), prepared by William Besse...Department of Water Affairs PO Box 1745 Bela Bela, South Africa meulenbeldp@dwa.gov.za Department of Geology...Pretoria Private Bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028 South Africa wiebke.grote@up.ac.za XRD Analytical & Consulting |
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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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Pohwat, Paul W. (2014) Connoisseur's Choice: Bornite, Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan. Rocks & Minerals, 89 (6) 530-537 doi:10.1080/00357529.2014.949171 |
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| Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Bornite Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan S ...as exsolution occurs, evidenced by lamellae of chalcocite, chalcopyrite, and digenite. As the temperature...quartz veins in pegmatites. Bornite may alter to chalcocite, digenite, acanthite, chalcopyrite, and covellite...been found as intergrowths with chalcopyrite, chalcocite, wittichenite, linnaeite, digenite, covellite...cm across and associated with quartz, calcite, chalcocite, and pyrite. For silver collectors as well as |
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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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(2018, December) Geobulletin Vol. 61 (4) Geological Society of South Africa |
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| Medical Geology 24 The Waterberg’s first platinum mine 26 Thermal remote sensing for mineral and hydrocarbon...Tanzania Mineral Scene 44 Ajoite from Messina Mine, South Africa The Geotraveller 46 Geology and Mining... Box 91230 Auckland Park 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: +27 11 358 0028 e-mail: info@gssa.org.za...for Geoscience Private Bag X112 Pretoria South Africa 0001 Tel : + 27 (0) 12 841 1149 General Fax:...CORNER RUSTENBURG & CARLOW ROADS, MELVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA. Classifieds Front Cover: The Cradle of Humankind |
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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...outer pyrite, through chalcopyriteand bornite, to chalcocite and occasional nativecopperzonesat the center...sequenceof complexly foldedmetasediments of the Limpopo Group. Table 1 showsa broad outline of the regional |
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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...downwards to chaleopyrite-bornite and then bornite-chalcocite at deeper levels. The nature of the fragmentation |
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(2020) Montreal Mine!. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 51 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The |
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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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Coomer, P.G., Coward, M.P., Lintern, B.C. (1977) Stratigraphy, structure and geochronology of ore leads in the Matsitama Schist belt of Northern Botswana. Precambrian Research, 5 (1) 23-41 doi:10.1016/0301-9268(77)90021-3 |
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| southwest of the Rhodesian cration and north of the Limpopo mobile belt. Stratigraphic, structural and lead...equivalent to the Shashi metasediments in the Limpopo belt. There is strong evidence that the Matsitama...a shallow-water facies that occurs only in the Limpopo area. There is no structural evidence that the...There is a major ductile shear zone of F 4 age, south of which F 4 folds are tight, while to the north...belt to the east and in the northern part of the Limpopo mobile belt. Lead isotope evidence suggests that |
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Cook, Robert B. (2006) Connoisseur's Choice: Covellite, Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado. Rocks & Minerals, 81 (4) 296-300 doi:10.3200/rmin.81.4.296-300 |
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| exposed to near-surface weathering environments: chalcocite and the somewhat less abundant covellite. Both...discovery in an active mine makes them briefly available to collectors. Chalcocite has been featured in...chalcopyrite, chalcocite, enargite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, and bornite. Excellent chalcocite pseudomorphs...description of the fundamental chemistry of covellite, chalcocite, and related secondary copper minerals and of...sulfide minerals or intimately associated with chalcocite in a somewhat sooty, fracture-filling mixture |
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McCarthy, T. S., Jacobsen, J. B. E. (1976) The mineralizing fluids at the Artonvilla copper deposit; an example of a silica-deficient, alkaline hydrothermal system. Economic Geology, 71 (1) 131-138 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.1.131 |
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| replacementcopperorebodiesknown as the Artonvilla mine, Messina,South Africa. Gangue and ore minerals exhibit a distinct...ecularite-born- ite-chalcocite to goethite-prehnite-albite-chlorite-_chalcocite_-native copperassemblages...on in the Emery Lode copper deposit, Artonvilla mine, was described to speculariteand finally goeth...goethite-bearingassemblagesin the centralparts. The bornite-and _chalcocite_-bearing portionsform completely closedenvelopes...estimated, inwardby chalcopyrite, bornite,and chalcocite zones and the average compositionsof the various |
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Macintosh, E. K. (1983) Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa - A Collector's Guide (2nd ed.) Struik Publishers, Cape Town. |
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| Southern Africa a Collector’s Guide ■ Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa & — - ... T ~ '' .rats en&nes L of Southern Africa A Collector’s Guide - Struik Publishers (an operating...typical accessory mineral from the world famous Tsumeb mine Overleaf: Crystalline incrustations of vanadinite...suggestions and advice. Author’s Preface Southern Africa has much to offer the amateur geologist, whatever...best plan is to take local advice wherever you are. 9 In small places try the local police station first |
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Laughton, C. A. - Ed. (1968) Annotated Bibliography and Index of the Geology of Botswana to 1966. Geological Survey Department, Republic of Botswana. |
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| that the former part of the Territory lying to the south of the Molopo River, known as Bechuanaland or British...part of the Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa, is not included. The compiler would gratefully...Afr. Proceedings of the Geological Society of South Africa. Johannesburg. Proc.Rhod.sci.Ass. Proceedings... Leeds. S.Afr.J.Sci. South African Journal of Science. Johannesburg. South African Mining and Engineering...Engineering Journal. Johannesburg. South African Mining and Engineering Yearbook. Johannesburg. S.Afr.Min |
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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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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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Baldock, J. W., Hepworth, J. V., Marengwa, B. S. (1976) Gold, base metals, and diamonds in Botswana. Economic Geology, 71 (1) 139-156 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.1.139 |
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| have been proved at Pikwe and Selebi within the Limpopo mobile belt. Two medium-sizednickel-copperdepositsare...more-or-less linear metamorphic belts, the ancient Limpopo belt in eastern Botswana and the much later Damaran...km Archean cratons through stabilizationof the Limpopo belt and by cratonizationof the Irumide/ Phanerozoic(Karroo)...Namaqua-Natalbelts. p Proterozoic/Lr Phanerozaic ) The Limpopo mobile belt, separatingthe RhoProterozoic platform...(AKI: Orapa diamondmine; NC 4 Pikwe nickel-copper mine; Cu 6 Ngwako Pan copperoccurrence). lite facies) |
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Sawkins, F. J., Rye, R. O. (1980) Additional geochemical data on the Messina copper deposits, Transvaal, South Africa; reply. Economic Geology, 75 (3) 481-482 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.75.3.481 |
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| latter model and country rocks at Artonvilla mine, South Africa: Inst. Mining Metallurgy Trans., v. 83,...isotopes,D/H hydrothermal copper deposit at Messina, South Africa: ratios are in the magmaticrange, 8•4S looks...Elder observednearly two thousandyears ago, "Ex Africa semperaliquid novi." ADDITIONAL GEOCHEMICAL TRANSFAAL...copper-bearingbreccia pipes of the Messina district, South Africa: Mineralium Deposita,v. 11, p. 33-45...Fluid inclusion studiesof the Messina copper deposits, Transvaal, South Africa: ECON. GEol.., v. 72, p. 619-631 |
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(2020) Mineral Collections in Texas III. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 51 (6.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler |
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Cairncross, Bruce (2001) The Geological Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa. Rocks & Minerals, 76 (2) 120-127 doi:10.1080/00357520109603206 |
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| country should he on view in the “city of gold.” South Africa is not well known for its institutional or statefunded...treasures of the earth. not only from South Africa but also from southern Africa as a whole and other regions...Mines and the Museum of the Geological Society of South Afiicil (Kennedy 1970). The Chamber of Mines collection...secretary and treasurer of the Geological Society of South Africu.) Several years later, in 1904, the collection...mammal-like reptiles from the famous Karoo region of South Africa, Cretaceous ammonites, Permian and Triassic |
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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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MOORE, J. M. (2010) COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ONGANJA COPPER MINE, NAMIBIA: A LINK BETWEEN NEOPROTEROZOIC MESOTHERMAL CU(-AU) MINERALIZATION IN NAMIBIA AND ZAMBIA. South African Journal of Geology, 113 (4) 445-460 doi:10.2113/gssajg.113.4.445 |
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| MOORE 445 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ONGANJA COPPER MINE, NAMIBIA: A LINK BETWEEN NEOPROTEROZOIC MESOTHERMAL...University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa Corresponding author: e-mail: j.moore@ru.ac...ac.za © 2010 December Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The Onganja copper deposit is hosted...517 + 3 and 518 + 3 Ma. Late-stage supergene _chalcocite_-brochantite enrichment is related to the African...Southern Zone. Introduction The Onganja copper mine is located within the Southern Zone of the Damara |
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Cairncross, Bruce, Mccarthy, Terence (2015) Understanding Minerals & Crystals. Penguin Random House South Africa. |
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| Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07 The Estuaries...Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South Africa Note: The authors and the publishers cannot |
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Cairncross, Bruce, Mccarthy, Terence (2015) Understanding Minerals & Crystals. Penguin Random House South Africa. |
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| Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) 1953/000441/07 Reg. No. The Estuaries...Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South Africa Note: The authors and the publishers cannot |
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