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M'Passa Mine, Boko Songho District, Bouenza Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)



Detailed Mineral List:
Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
Habit: Tabular-prismatic crystals to several cms
Reference: P Haas collection
Photo: © Peter Haas. Chalcocite from M'Passa Mine, Boko Songho District, Bouenza Department, Republic of Congo
Galena
Formula: PbS
Reference: Buffet, G., Amosse, J., Mouzita, D., & Giraud, P. (1987). Geochemistry of the M'Passa Pb-Zn deposit (Niari syncline, People's Republic of the Congo). Arguments in favor of a hydrothermal origin. Mineralium Deposita, 22(1), 64-77.
Germanite
Formula: Cu13Fe2Ge2S16
Reference: Handbook of Mineralogy
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: Buffet, G., Amosse, J., Mouzita, D., & Giraud, P. (1987). Geochemistry of the M'Passa Pb-Zn deposit (Niari syncline, People's Republic of the Congo). Arguments in favor of a hydrothermal origin. Mineralium Deposita, 22(1), 64-77.
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Reference: Buffet, G., Amosse, J., Mouzita, D., & Giraud, P. (1987). Geochemistry of the M'Passa Pb-Zn deposit (Niari syncline, People's Republic of the Congo). Arguments in favor of a hydrothermal origin. Mineralium Deposita, 22(1), 64-77.


5 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.

References

- Mining Annual Review (1985): 436.

Buffet, G., Amosse, J., Mouzita, D., & Giraud, P. (1987). Geochemistry of the M'Passa Pb-Zn deposit (Niari syncline, People's Republic of the Congo). Arguments in favor of a hydrothermal origin. Mineralium Deposita, 22(1), 64-77.

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