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Gallite from
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gallite
Formula:CuGaS2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Renieriteⓘ11 photos of Gallite associated with Renierite at this locality.
Sphaleriteⓘ8 photos of Gallite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Tennantite-(Zn)ⓘ4 photos of Gallite associated with Tennantite-(Zn) at this locality.
Tennantite Subgroupⓘ3 photos of Gallite associated with Tennantite Subgroup at this locality.
Tungsteniteⓘ2 photos of Gallite associated with Tungstenite at this locality.
Briartiteⓘ1 photo of Gallite associated with Briartite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gallite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5535
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5535:2
GUID (UUID V4):f96639d9-3bef-40df-b10b-5e68ecabc74d
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LETTER Concordant ages for the giant Kipushi base metal deposit (DR Congo) from direct Rb–Sr and Re–Os dating...carbonate-hosted Kipushi base metal (+Ge) deposit in the Neoproterozoic Lufilian Arc, DR Congo. This is the...independent isotopic methods. The 451 Ma age for Kipushi suggests that the ore-forming solutions did not...that both Cu–Ge- and Zn-rich orebodies of the Kipushi deposit formed contemporaneously from the same...dating of sphalerite. Keywords Kipushi . Base metals . Copperbelt . Congo . Rb–Sr isotopes . Re–Os isotopes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
UniversitĂ© de Lubumbashi, B.P.1825, Lubumbashi, Congo Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, ARC...Marinoan/Varanger glacial events. The Kaponda, Kakontwe, Kipushi and Lusele Formations are interpreted as cap-carbonates... Kamoto, Nchanga) and massive Pb–Zn–Cu (e.g., Kipushi) ore deposits hosted within the Katangan sedimentary...belt is bordered to the northwest by the Archean Congo Craton and the Mesoproterozoic Kibaride belt, to...where they host Pb–Zn–Cu deposits, such as at Kipushi, Kengere and Lombe (Fig. 1; e.g., Intiomale and
Report (issue)
c = 10.5506(8) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kipushi, Congo. 3.06 (100), 1.87 (80), 1.595 (60), 2.65 (30)...(2) 7.3 0.5 2.0 32.6 Total 99.02 99.7 (1) Kipushi, Congo; corresponds to (Cu10.67 Zn0.88 )ÎŁ=11.55 Fe4...Prince-Léopold mine, Kipushi, 28 km southwest of Lubumbashi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province...M’Passa, 150 km west of Brazzaville, Niari Province, Congo Republic. From Tsumeb, Namibia. At Kabwe (Broken...Pazardzhik. From Akhtala, Armenia. At the San Giovanni mine, Iglesiente, Sardinia, Italy. In the Repparfjord
Report (issue)
Gallite CuGaS2 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Tetragonal. Point Group:...phases. (2) Do.; by electron microprobe. (3) Kipshi, Congo. (4) CuGaS2 . Mineral Group: Chalcopyrite group...Namibia [TL]. In Congo (Zaire), at Kipushi, 28 km southwest of Lubumbashi, Katanga (Shaba) Province....seine Verbreitung in den Erzen der Tsumeb- und Kipushi-Mine. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 241–264 (in...investigations into germanite, renierite, briartite, and gallite. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 435–441. (4)
Journal (issue)
Three Articles Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Z a ir e ....................................J. Lhoest P.O. Box 141 B-4000 Liege, Belgium Kipushi is famous as a rich pipe-like deposit o f zinc...Crescent, it has yielded many valuable specimens. Kipushi is the type locality fo r renierite and kipushite...type locality (with Tsumeb) fo r briartite and gallite. It was also among the first known occurrences...situated at a higher stratigraphic level in the Katanga System or its equivalents. This province includes
Journal (issue)
net NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2022 Articles The Laohuan mine, Goncheng, Zhuang, Guangxi, China.................Type Mineralogy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...................................................yellow pyromoprhite crystals, 9 cm, from the Laohuan mine, Gongcheng County, Guangxi, China. Federico Pezzotta... Hickox, Jr. Wally Mann Keith and Diane Brownlee Dr. Nikolas Golosow William B. (Bill) Wray Herb & Monika...w w.FineMineral.com Copper Pearl Handle Pit Ray Mine, Arizona 13 cm Copper has been an essential metal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralizing Fluids of the Kipushi Zn-Cu Deposit, Katanga, Democratic Repubic of Congo: Quantitative Fluid Inclusion...Zn-Cu deposit of Kipushi, central African copper belt, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, have been subjected...and the origin of the mineralizing fluids. The Kipushi deposit is hosted in carbonates and partly in siliciclastic...geothermometry framed the formation temperature of the Kipushi Cu-Zn deposit between ~290° to 380°C. Younger fluids...of barite and the occurrence of Ba silicates at Kipushi indicates that sulfide mineralization occurred
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW MINERAL NAN,{ES Gallite H. SrnuNz, B. H. Grran, exo E. Snnr,rcrn. Gallit, cuGaS:, das erste selbstandige...seine verbreitung in den Erzen der Tsumeb- uncl Kipushi-Mine. NeuesJahrb. Mineral , Monotslt- 1958, No. 1l-1'2...galena, or tennantite these lamellae or gallite may remain. Gallite contains exsolution lamellae of sphalerite...ulrtgnbogsardt from the Prince Leopold Mine, Kipushi, Belgian Congo, in a similar mineral assemblage The...en provenance de la pegmaLite de Kobokobo (Kivu-Congo Belge). Soc. bel'gegeotr,paleontol,,et hydrol.,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African...region of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). The 232Th/204Pb isotope ratios...from the carbonatehosted Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn massive sulphide deposit in the Congo also has homogeneous lead...mantle component, and the isotopic age of the Kipushi deposit (456 Ma) suggests that the emplacement...compared to those of the Kipushi Cu-Zn-Pb deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo which occurs in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and the rarer ones: renierite, germanite, and gallite. Nearly all of them are of microscopic size the...enclosed in renierite (rn); both surrounded by gallite (ga); tiny grains of Feuermineral (fi) are present...associates are: bornite, chalcocite, renierite, and gallite (Fig. l a). 2. Germanium Bearing Sulvanite The...The two outlying prospects of the Tsumeb Mine show in a predominantly copper mineral paragenesis grains...Fig. 2. "Maigruen" intergrown with germanite and gallite. Scanning-photos, magnification 350 x cut by numerous
Report (issue)
..........................................H19 Kipushi Polymetallic Type............................................................................H22 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................H25 Mine Closure...........................................microgram of manganese per liter Å angstrom AMD acid mine drainage ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and...Cameroon province Guyana Shield province 45° Kipushi 45° 90° Indian province Russian province 135°
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for this ternary system at both temperatures. Gallite, the only reported mineral in the system, is located...digenite, phases , , , GaS, X and and sulfur. Gallite shows essentially no solid solution with the other...as stoichiometric CuGaS2. On the join between gallite and Ga2S3, a new phase, named X, was found. It...temperatures. The phases , , and  are connected to gallite with tie lines, and the phases , , and gallium...system Cu–Ga–S, phase equilibria, dry synthesis, gallite, phase X. SOMMAIRE Nous avons Ă©tudiĂ© les Ă©quilibres
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
size on corroded germanite containing gallite, at the Tsumeb mine, S. W. Africa. G 3.84 (measured),3.847...of the Cu-Co deposit of Musonoi, near Ko|vezi, Katanga associatedlvith cuprosklodowskite, kasolite, malachite...the geological department, Union Miniire du Haut Katanga. The mineral was approved before publication...microprobe analyses were made of 3 samples from Kipushi, Katanga (nos' 1-3) and from'fsumeb, S. W. Africa (no...The mineral occurs at the Prince Leopold Mine, Kipushi, Katanga, and at Tsumeb, in size up to 1 2 mm, mostly
Report (issue)
Brazzaville, Congo Republic. From Kipushi, 28 km southwest of Lubumbashi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province...Province, Zaire). In the USA, at the Inexco #1 mine, Jamestown, Boulder Co., Colorado; and in the Ruby...Dastakert, Armenia. At Bor, Serbia. From the Bancairoun mine, Alpes-Maritimes, France. At Weisloch, ??, Germany...Sibai deposits, Ural Mountains. In the Shakanai mine, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Name: For the germanium...investigations into germanite, renierite, briartite, and gallite. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 435–441. (4)
Report (volume)
Germanium-Gallium Mine, Washington County, Utah Geology and Mineralogy of the Apex Germanium-Gallium Mine, Washington...Geology and mineralogy of the Apex GermaniumGallium mine, Washington County, Utah (U.S. Geological Survey...Abstract 1 Introduction 1 Germanium and gallium 1 Apex Mine 1 Acknowledgments 3 Methods 3 Geologic setting 3...References 8 FIGURES 1. Map showing location of Apex Mine and generalized geology of surrounding region 2...2 2. Photograph showing main adit of Apex Mine and gently dipping beds of the Callville Limestone 3
Report (issue)
vtou/p fre). GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE APEX MINE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH 'B R af t by Lawrence...Apex mine 10 Table 2. Chemical analyses of some nearly monomineralic samples from the Apex mine 11...FIGURES Figure 1. Map showing location of the Apex mine and generalized geology of the surrounding region...Figure 2. Photograph showing main adit of the Apex mine and gently dipping beds of the Callville Limestone...crystals from the 5330 level, Apex mine 14 Abstract The Apex mine, in Washington County, Utah about
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
As-bearing èŹ™ 菊 è°· è‹Ł 朚 renierite from the Furutobe mine, prefecture, 侀 Japan 郎(Ken‑ichiro Hayashi)*...Higashimatazawa Kuroko deposit of the Furutobe mine, Akita prefecture, occurs as microscopic grains...consists of the lines corresponding to from the Kipushi mine, Zaire, and is indexed on a tetragonal cell...0m) level of the Higashimatazawa deposit, Furutobe mine. よれ ă°è„ż æ–č に 戆 枃 す る 瀫 状 鉱 ćșŠ ず,東 æ–č に 戆 枃 す るçȘ 鉱...renierite from the Furutobe mine comparing with renierite of the Kipushi mine (Murdoch, 1953) 腐 食 è©Šéš“ ă‚’èĄŒ
Book (edition)
Germany Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash Prof. Dr. Rainer Altherr & Dr. rer. nat. Michael Hanel Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter...Joachim Lorenz Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik Dr. Frank Melcher☆ & Dr. Simon Goldmann & Dr. Thomas OberthĂŒr Dipl...-Min. Sebastian Möller Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Peter Röper☆ Prof. Dr. Supriya Roy✝ Dr. Thomas Seifert Dipl...-Geol. Jana Wazeck & Prof. Klaus Thalheim Dr. Thomas Witzke Prof. Dr. Fathi Zereini Mitteljörn 14a, D-24536...blue yellow, polysynbrown thetic Anatase brown Gallite Pseudobrookite Erdite pink to orange 22 Rutile
Report (issue)
\ \I Cover: The De Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia)...Tsumebite Gaitite Minrecordite Warikahnite Gallite* Molybdofornacite Zincrosasite Gebhardite Namibite...from the Tsumeb deposit (Namibia) and the Clara mine, Schwarzwald (Germany). At Tsumeb, the phase occurs...zone along 30 Level. The material from the Clara mine is a sulphate-rich variety. 13 --, Type mineralogy...has also recently been described from the Clara mine, Schwarzwald, Germany (Walenta, 1990). The phase
Report (issue)
bodies of Tsumeb, Kombat and Abenab. The Tsumeb Mine produced germanium in 1922 and from 1950 to 1968...2. Occurrences 2.1. Germanium 2.1.1. The Tsumeb Mine 2.1.2. Other occurrences 2.2. Gallium 3. References...The Tsumeb Mine The only mine in Namibia that has ever produced germanium is the Tsumeb Mine. A comprehensive...6% (Geier & Ottemann, 1970). Ore from the Tswneb Mine contains on average 50 ppm germanium. The distribution...quantities in the sulphide ores of the dormant Abenab Mine in the Grootfontein District (Verwoerd, 1957).
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Tsumeb, Namibia, and Kipushi, DR Congo; Strunz et al., 1958), including primary gallite and a number of its...eschweizerbart_xxx 7 den Erzen der Tsumeb- und Kipushi-Mine. N. Jb. Mineral. Mh., 1958, 241–264. Taran,...Strunz, H., Geier, B.H., Seeliger, E. (1958): Gallite, CuGaS2, das erste selbstĂ€ndige Galliummineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral species from the C u - P b - Z n deposit at Kipushi (Zaire), where it had formerly been called "orange...of renierite from Ruby Creek (Alaska) and Inexco mine (Jamestown, Colorado) as well as comparisons with...investigation into germanite, renierite, briartite, and gallite. N Jb Miner Mh 436-441 Vaes JF (1948) La reni6rite...sulfure germanif6re provenant de la Mine Prince-L6opold, Kipushi (Congo Beige). Ann Soc G6ol Belgique 72:20-32
Book (edition)
03-10 Eskebornite II/C.03-20 Lenaite II/C.03-25 Gallite II/C.03-30 Roquesite II/C.03-40 Isocubanite II/C... Germany Bundesanstalt fĂŒr Geowissenschaften und Dr. Frank Melcher & Rohstoffe (BGR), Stilleweg 2, D-30655...D-30655 HanDr. Thomas OberthĂŒr nover, Germany Dr. Thomas Kenkmann Museum fĂŒr Naturkunde der Humboldt-UniversitĂ€t... Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik & Ludwig-Maximilians UniversitĂ€t...cengeologie, Luisenstr. 37, D-80333 MĂŒnchen, Germany Dr. Thomas Seifert TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National Science Foundation. The translation was done by Dr. Donald E. McGannon, Jr., Department of Geology,...especially for technical details other than geological, by Dr. D.W. Pearce of the General Electric Company, Richland...U.S.A. United States Africa, SW Uganda, Belgian Congo Higazy, 1954 Africa Europe N. America Finland' ...rarity, known only from ores of the Tsuineb and Kipushi deposits in Africa. It is quite possible, however...mineral. The mineral was thoroughly studied, named gallite, and its formula determined to be CuGaS2. Chemical
Report (volume)
of Documents. ANCHORAGE, Alaska--4230 University Dr., Rm. 101 ANCHORAGE, Alaska--605 West 4th Ave., Rm...Virginia--National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125...Joseph A. Briskey 32c 224 Descriptive model of Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn, by Dennis P. Cox and Lawrence R. Bernstein...based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes
 
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