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Vaesite from
Epoch Mine, Insiza District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vaesite
Formula:NiS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vaesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Epoch Mine, Insiza District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:950501
Long-form Identifier:1:3:950501:8
GUID (UUID V4):bd07f992-34f4-4655-b3f2-29075758d482
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ultramafic rocks can be divided into two stages: pyrite-vaesite-native gold and gersdorffite-violarite stages.... nickel-bearing sulfides (e.g., gersdorffite, vaesite) can occur in the mineralized ultramafic rocks...nickel-bearing minerals, including gersdorffite, vaesite, and violarite. Although the geological setting...Orogen (Fig. 1a), tectonically connects the Yangtze-South China block to the east and the Indochina block...porphyry. The main strata exposed in the Laowangzhai mine are composed of the Upper Devonian Kudumu Formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
although the Cu-rich ores of the Noril’sk-Talnakh district, Russia could have evolved through a complex sequence...Transkei (LIGHTFOOT et al., 1984), Noril’sk-Talnakh district, Russia (DUZHIKOV and DISTLER, 1992; CZAMANSKE...sulfide ores and mineral assemblages of the Sudbury district, Canada (NALDRETT et al., 1982; LI et al., 1992)... an uncharacterized solid solution (xss), and vaesite (Table 1). Coexisting mss + liquid dominated the...solution, xss is unknown solid solution, vs is vaesite; SQ075 and SQ078 have quench bornite solid solution
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alteration assemblage Metal budget UltramaïŹc schist Epoch Pyrite, millerite, bravoite, and minor chalcopyrite...Paleoproterozoic Black schist schist belt, Finland South China, Yangtze Platform Early Cambrian East European...Black shales Maluhe deposit, Sancha, MoSC, pyrite, vaesite, bravoite, Organic matter, reaching up to ïŹne-grained...Geology Reviews 52 (2013) 1–3 Neoproterozoic Zimbabwe, Filabusi Greenstone belt Late Devonian Tasmania...and GonzĂĄlez-Álvarez re-appraise the Epoch Ni deposit, Zimbabwe, for the possibility of re-classifying
Journal (issue)
crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...central Africa to the north of the South African craton, the so-called South Equatorial polymetallic ore province...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...Scottish preacher with a passion for exploration, left South Africa to explore central Africa in 1852. He sent...reports on the potential wealth of this mining district, and thus the desirability for Great Britain of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Gonzålez-Álvarez et al., 2013b). For example, the Epoch nickel deposit in Zimbabwe was improperly classified as a magmatic...deposit. 2. Geological setting Separated from the South Qinling Orogen by the Mianlue Suture Zone (Fig....intrusions emplaced into the Bikou Terrane and the South Qinling Orogen following the closure of the Mianlue...meters in thickness. These ore bodies dip to the south at 68 to 75°. Tabular ore bodies and ore lenses...listwaenite were collected from outcrops in the ore district (Fig. 2) for trace elements analysis. The samples
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ultramafics 1971). As in the Archean terrains to the south,suites (>88% MgO‱) of volcanicand intrusivetypes...Norseman o**O FLYING NEW MORNING ‱BELT DIGGER SOUTH in.‱- Fig. b ROCKS DIGGER AND ROCKS o 0 I...pyrrhotite,polyd= polydmite,py = pyrite, vs -- vaesite;rockstermsusedare definedby volatile-freeMgO contentas...fromlow-pressure fraeite, godlevskite, polydymite,vaesite,awaruite,bra- tionalcrystallization of a liquid...mid-amphibolite mid-amphibolite mid-amphibolite Windarra (South) 4.5 Carr Boyd Rocks 0.77 1.49 $ low amphibolite
Book
block I experienced recently when visiting a gold mine in virtually unmetamorphosed ground. A fault cuts..."common sense" observations described from the gold mine with the chert and the organic matter. Another potent...Alterations of Conglomeratic Uranium Ores, Pronto Mine, Ontario, Canada E.Wm. Heinrich (With 1 Figure)...Pre-Witwatersrand and Witwatersrand Conglomerates in South-Africa: A Mineralogical Comparison and Bearings...Observations on Ore Rhythmites of the Trzebionka Mine, Upper Silesian-Cracow Region, Poland L. Fontbote
Book
block I experienced recently when visiting a gold mine in virtually unmetamorphosed ground. A fault cuts..."common sense" observations described from the gold mine with the chert and the organic matter. Another potent...Alterations of Conglomeratic Uranium Ores, Pronto Mine, Ontario, Canada E.Wm. Heinrich (With 1 Figure)...Pre-Witwatersrand and Witwatersrand Conglomerates in South-Africa: A Mineralogical Comparison and Bearings...Observations on Ore Rhythmites of the Trzebionka Mine, Upper Silesian-Cracow Region, Poland L. Fontbote
Corporate Document
Kochbulak-Kairagach ore field 9.5.1 Kochbulak deposit 10. SOUTH AFRICA 10.1 Western Deeps 10.2 Fairwiew 10.3 Renco...16 Corinthia 13.17 Edward's Find 13.18 Polaris South 14. Intermediate and felsic igneous host rocks 14...collapse and stabilisation (1.79-1.77 Ga). The first epoch includes collision of the Kola and Karelian cratons...hinterland of subduction in the west (epoch 2). The third epoch is defined by the collision of Fennoscandia...latter being later rifted away). The 1.79-1.77 Ga epoch was a period of thermal resetting and post-orogenic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bodies as shown at Palabora, South Africa, and implied at Olympic Dam, South Australia. The smaller Paleoproterozoic...Basin (Pinheiro and Holdsworth, 1997), and to the south, it is in contact with the Rio Maria granitoid–greenstone...pyrite, magnetite, bravoite, cobaltite, millerite, vaesite and gold are the main ore minerals. The resource...metasomatism Chalcopyrite ± pyrite, bravoite, millerite, vaesite Native Au (+Ag) Fe-oxide Cu–Au (±Mo ± Ag ± U ±...and small size of Neoproterozoic stocks in the district. Given that the Formiga Granite stock hosts Au–(Cu)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(BGNM) Resources of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonmous District have carried out extensive geological investigations...history of the Tianshan orogen. Regional Geology The South China, North China, and Tarim cratons compose the...the tectonic framework of China (Fig. 1). The South China craton consists of two major blocks: the Yangtze...orogen is separated from the Tarim craton on the south by the Kangguer ductile suture zone that extends...distinct tectonic belts can be recognized north and south of the Kangguer fault. The north belt is interpreted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(BGNM) Resources of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous District have carried out extensive investigations on the...The South China, North China and Tarim cratons compose the tectonic framework of China. The South China...orogen is separated from the Tarim craton to the south by the Kangguer ductile suture zone, and extends...metallogentic deposits (Zhang et al., 2002). The south belt is located between the Kangguer and Aqikekudouke...amellite suites were emplaced in the north and south Jueluotage area at the conver gent stage (Allen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to Huanggang-Ganzhuer’miao metallogenic belt of south Great Xing’an Rang. In this study, the molybdenite...e.g. sulfur, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, vaesite, polydymite, dobschauite, millerite, blucite and...stone-coal bearing formation and polymetallic sulfide in South China. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2010 ...will be used to determine variability within (1) a mine/locality, (2) a geographic region, (3) a tectonic...Chenghuangshan granite-porphyry body of Indo-Chinese epoch and in the skarn body near contact belt between
Book (volume)
Dinaric metallogenic province The western Macedonian district Iron ore deposits . Manganese ore deposits Molybdenum...merallGeeuie epoch The Hercynian metallogenic epoch. The Early Alpine metallogenic epoch The Alpine metallogenic...metallogenic epoch Lead—zinc deposits Antimony ore deposits Copper ore deposits Iron ore deposits . Molybdenum...Serbia) The Pre-Devonian metatlogeni epoch The Hercynian metallogenic epoch. Hydrothermal mineral associations...associations The Early Alpine metallogenic epoch The Alpine metallogenic epoch The Ridanj—Krepoljin zone The Bor
Journal (issue)
on p. 327 COVER: BARITE, 17 cm, from the Miekle mine, Nevada. (See the article in the previous issue...rediscovered the Moctezuma mine that was first opened for gold in 1937. This mine, though small, provided...Dr. Gaines wrote a compre­ hensive review of this mine for The Mineralogical Record early in its first...swimming in Mozambique. Luis moved to Pretoria, South Africa, where he ran a mineral business, Mara Gems... Angola, Morocco, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and South-West Africa (Namibia), where he discovered
Book
born hills appear parallel to Mahagiri range due to mine-waste dumping. Unpaved roads serve the movement...The sky is gloomy throughout the day due to the mine and road dust. Social evils, crime, alcoholism,...education, counseling, and training. Making stringent mine-safety rules is not the solution—it has to be implemented...Bushveld chromite–platinum group metals (PGMs), South Africa, Sudbury nickel–copper, Canada, and a few...ines of six continents: Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Oceania (including Australia), and
Corporate Document (Series)
Adelaide mine, Dundas {Photo: A Wright] Rear cover: Bismuthinite on quartz and siderite, Princess mine {Photo:...Mount Bischoff {Photo: A. Tuma] Siderite, Renison mine {Photo:]. Leeming] While every care has been taken...Szomolnokite Tacharanite to Turquoise Ullmannite to Uvite Vaesite to Vonsenite Wagnerite to Wurtzite ... Xanthoconite...and mine locations, Dundas mineral field Geology and major deposits, Heazlewood mineral district ......silver mine are considered unconfirmed, as the authors and other recorded investigations of the mine have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jinjiwo copper deposit is located in the Jiurui ore district of the Middle-Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt...(MLYMB) (Fig. 1b) and represents the southernmost district of the seven ore clusters (Xu et al., 2014). Intrusion-related...area and ore deposit locations in the Jiurui district, South China (modified after Yang et al., 2011). 2...systems, mainly the Yangxin-Changzhou Fault in the south, the Tancheng-Lujiang Fault in the northeast and...the Qinling-Dabie Orogenic belt. It bulges to the south and north in Jiujiang and Zhenjiang, respectively
Book
and at the same ti1ne reserves in the Union of South Africa \1/ere estimated a~ over 1 billion tons..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black Ilills Area, South D akota and Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . .. . .. . .. . ......... .. ...... . . . South Carolina .......... . ....... . ........ . ......... . .... . .. . . . ... ... ... . ....... . . South America .. ............. . ... . ...... . . .. ...Witwatersrand gold-pitchblende deposits in the Union of South Africa. The production of a , golden tint in sorne
Book
4.1. Mafic dyke swarms in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa 189 3.4.2. The Mackenzie dyke swarm, Canada...intraplate magmatism around the Vredefort Dome, South Africa 6.3.4. Metamorphism and fluid generation;...Dyke, Zimbabwe 8.2.2. The Bushveld lgneous Complex, South Africa 8.2.3. Molopo Farms Complex, South Africa...of Primary Irrdustries and Resources, Adelaide, South Australia Acknowledgments I am indebted to several...mesothermallodes, such as those of Pilgrim's Rest in South Africa). This book consists of two parts. Part One
Book (volume)
apparently homogeneous cassiterite from Westland, South Island, New Zealand (in Hutton, 1950). Spectrographic...occurrence of a pleochroic variety of cassiÂŹ terite from South Africa. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa, vol. 48, p...Bancroft areas in Ontario, or in the Coimbatore district of Madras. Although originally believed to be...pegmatites in the northern Transvaal. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa, vol. 49, p. 51. Carlson, H. D., 1957. Origin...metamorphosed bauxite in Namaqualand. Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa, vol. 28, p. 199 (M.A. 8-320). Denning, R
Book (edition)
beginning with “northern”, “eastern”, “northwestern”, “south-central”, etc., is limited. However, other such...SA eucrite SA iron meteorites SA stony irons acid mine drainage Before 1978, also search drainage AND mines...SA acids SA drainage SA environmental geology SA mine drainage SA mines SA pollution SA sulfuric acid...tertiary recovery acidity use pH SA SA SA acid mine drainage acidic composition amino acids SA compounds... activity, igneous use igneous activity Adamow Mine In W central part of country. BT Poznan Poland Adams
Journal (issue)
and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ......plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego...Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed in the Little Three main dike, one...material produced from the Mursinka-Alabashka District, Urals, and the Volyn pegmatites in the Ukraine
Report (issue)
complex mineralogy (such as the California-Vetas district) would be useful, not only for exploration in...Guayana Shield. (2) The sub-Andean basins east and south of the Andes of Colombia and Venezuela (analogous...Basin), and along the Caribbean margin (Sinu belt, South Caribbean deformed belt). (9) Complex ranges and...the Eastern Cordillera at the California-Vetas District (Domain 23) (Sillitoe and others, 1982). Undiscovered...deposit may exist at the locality of Santo Domingo south of Ibague in Domain 8 (Buitrago and Buenaventura
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND T. PICHLER Department of Geology, Univ. of South Florida, Tampa (royprice42@hotmail.com; pichler@chuma...differences between Yellowstone’s acid waters and acid mine waters A. CARACAUSI1, M. DITTA1, F. ITALIANO1,...organisms such as these have never been found in acid mine waters of identical pH. In Brimstone Basin, Yellowstone...acid drainages at Norris by Park naturalists. Acid mine waters of the same pH have never been observed to...fly larvae. The most complex life forms in acid mine waters have been ciliates and rotifers living at
 
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