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Covellite from
Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Valleriite2 photos of Covellite associated with Valleriite at this locality.
Bornite2 photos of Covellite associated with Bornite at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Covellite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:104413
Long-form Identifier:1:3:104413:3
GUID (UUID V4):ae9d0cda-0c01-4274-bed0-bf8644205fa2
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elements in Cu-sulfides from the Loolekop pipe, Phalaborwa: implications for ore-forming processes Loic...mineralization within the Loolekop pipe of the Phalaborwa Igneous Complex has been extensively studied...with chalcopyrite exsolution and local traces of chalcocite and covellite related to fluid alteration, whereas...Carbonatite-phoscorite series . Cu-sulfides . LA-ICP-MS . PGE . Phalaborwa Introduction Editorial handling: W. D. Maier...Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa 2 Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
P ARAGENETICAL ORE MINERALOGY OF THE LOOLEKOP-PHALABORWA CARBONATITE COMPLEX, EASTERN TRANSVAAL By I...ABSTRACT The paragenesis of the ore minerals of the Phalaborwa Complex is described. The properties of two unknown...radioactive and sulphide ore minerals of the Iloolekop-Phalaborwa Carbonatite Complex. The general geological and...iron hydroxides, pyrite, spinel, chalcocite, covellite, zincblende, galena, ilmenite, and at least two... 360 TRANSACTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA bably a nickel-bearing mineral, and the other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa, South Africa Lorenzo Milani 1 & Robert Bolhar 1 &...of the phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa. We trace the behavior of the compatible elements...Witwatersrand, PVT Bag 3, Wits,, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa 2 Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Stellenbosch University, PVT Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa 3 Department of Earth Sciences, University...the Western Cape, PVT Bag X17, Bellville 7530, South Africa revealing an evolutionary trend of decreasing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphides from the 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa phoscorite-carbonatite Complex, South Africa Robert Bolhar a,∗ , Martin...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa d Department of Geology, University of Maryland...Oxidation Event sulphur isotopes lead isotopes Phalaborwa Complex sub-continental lithospheric mantle magmatic...and carbonatites of the ca. 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa Complex in South Africa. Additionally, sulphide mineral separates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:17 17 August 2017 of PALABORA Limpopo Province South Africa MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...Gauteng Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za A Figure 1. The abandoned Palabora open pit, photographed...bottom of the pit 300 meters below sea level. The Palabora* Igneous Complex (PIC) is located some 450 kilometers...kilometers northeast of Johannesburg in Limpopo Province, South Africa, just below the Tropic of Capricorn...and vermiculite from the complex. In 1956 the Palabora Mining Company was set up to develop the large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
e complexes of the Kovdor (Russia) and Palabora (South Africa) alkaline-ultrabasic massifs have comparable...and Loolekop phoscorite-carbonatite pipes in the Palabora massif have similar sequences of sulfide formation...formation, and the copper specialization of the Palabora massif can be caused by higher water content in...phoscorite-carbonatite pipe in the Palabora (Phalaborwa) massif, South Africa (RSA) is a typical example of...Kovdor massif is one of the richest. Like the Palabora massif, the Kovdor massif predominantly concentrates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PalaboraIgneousComplex' A Brief Review PALABORA •{INING COMPANY LIMITED AND MINERALOGICAL MINE GEOLOGICAL STAFF Abstract...innumerable primitiveworkingson Loolekop, 177 178 PALABORA MINING COMPANY 15' LIMITED P..5' 35' ,...•...,..•" • • "..-.. PALABORA I,GNEOUS"---•._ ,.-.• s o ur • L,. AFRICA ! ..'• • • .", i J -"...1. Location map of the Palabora Igneous Complex in the Republic of South Africa. from which the Bantu...Corporationand NewmontMining Corporation. The Palabora Mining Company Limited was consequently formed
Report (issue)
the giant Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag-REE deposit in South Australia in 1975, a conception developed of an...essential resources of PGE, Ni, Se, Te, Zr, As, B, Ba, Cl, Co, Mo, Mn and W. The IOCG classes are generally...ore. The giant and famous Olympic Dam deposit in South Australia is the world’s fourth largest Cu deposit...Billiton. The Phalaborwa deposit in South Africa is the world’s second largest Cu mine and largest vermiculite...vermiculite mine and has by-products of Au, Ag, PGE, magnetite, P, U, Zr, Se, Te and Bi, according to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonatites and phoscorites from Sokli, Siilinjärvi, Phalaborwa, Jacupiranga and Fen, which contain Mg-rich calcites...Russel et al., 1954; Zaitsev & Bell, 1995) from Phalaborwa (PA3) and Sokli (SO2), and a glimmerite from...during emplacement (Zhabin, 1978). Sövites from Phalaborwa and Siilinjärvi contained irregular exsolutions... Apatite sövite Söve Mine, Fen, Norway FE5 Apatite sövite Söve Mine, Fen, Norway AL1 Pegmatitic...Loolekop, Phalaborwa, South Africa PA2 PA3 Sövite with Cu-sulphide Loolekop, Phalaborwa, mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Medal (gold) and gold-and-quartz specimen, Paymaster mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Royal Ontario Museum...Brookite, Anatase, & Rutile from the Silver Link Mine, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 327-30...Choice, R.B. Cook: Beryl, Variety Emerald, Chivor Mine, Chivor, Colombia, 332-34; Demantoid, Val Malenco...Fluorapatite, Inna Nala, near Fighar Village, Nagar District, Pakistan, 112-14; Microcline, Variety Amazonite...Park County, Colorado, 248-50; Pyrite, Park City District, Utah, 394-96; Rhodochrosite, Alma, Park County
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Olympic Dam in South Australia (Oreskes and Einaudi, 1990), Palabora in South Africa (Groves and Vielreicher...860 420 430 370 2200 3000 1200 550 410 1900 1800 Ba (ppm) 3 227 141 34 138 256 173 35 450 433 62 18...Ontario; samples no. 7 to 20 were analyzed by INAA (As, Ba, Br, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, Hf, La, Lu, Na, Nd,...qualitative EDS analysis showed subordinate peaks of P, Ba, Al, and K. Rare crystals of yttrium phosphate (xenotime...few samples were taken from several drill cores south of the open pit (Fig. 2, Table 1). This mineralization
Book (edition)
is cross-cut by a crack filled with secondary covellite (blue). Optically Similar Minerals of comparable...increasing oxidation potential: bornitechalcocite/covellite-tenorite and/or malachite plus azurite; native...orange to brown Vonsenite strong, orange shades Covellite strong, yellowish brown to bluish violet grey... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;
Book (edition)
OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations, the Economic...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry;
Journal (issue)
Nineteen, Number Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt...........221 COVER: ANGLESITE from the Touissit mine, Morocco. The large crystal measures 4.5 cm. This...Chichibu mine” (by Kuniaki Kato and Hidemichi Hori), “ Collecting report: Hikagezawa gold mine, Shizuoka...Avenue Sun City, Arizona 85351 he Tonopah-Belmont mine is a micromounter’s paradise. An un­ common suite...sulfates, molybdates and chromates can be found at the mine. The abundance of species makes it an ideal introduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcopyriteare valleriite, mackinawite, chalcocite,covellite,and euhedralmagnetite.The troilite has altered...formula(Coo.orNio.orFe6.eu)1.s2S1.66. Chalcocite,covellite, chalcopyrite,and bornite are presentin the ore...ore, although in very minor amounts. Covellite was found only as a veinlet, while chalcocite occurc as...locality) Kaveltorp, . South Aflica Palabora New rmperial Yukon, Mine, Canada Norilrsk, WestetnSiberia...unpublished (Springer, South Africa . 1.56(Me. (a..8rt"r.13Sz). lHarlis, Palabora Loolekop, 19Sz) 1
Book (edition)
Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Angola and South-West Africa, i.a. Carbonatites are now the major sources...Canada Brazil Greenland, Europe, and the U.S.S.R. Africa India APPENDICES REFERENCES LOCALITY INDEX SUBJECT...Society of South Africa and C. A. Strauss and F. C. Truter (1950A) : Geological Society of South Africa and...Society of South Africa and R. L. Johnson (1961) 6-12: Geological Society of South Africa and R. L. Johnson... Figure Figure 10-1: Geological Society of South Africa and S.J. Shand (1921A) 10-5: American Journal
Book
A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...ct RIGHT: Round brilliant-cut white diamonds, South Africa and Canada « 2.00 ct and 3.06 ct leaves the...for cutting other minerals. Tale, Mpumalanga, South Africa * 19 x 6 x 83cm Hardness 1 Hardness 4 Talc...Hardness 10 Quartz Diamond Diamond, Kimberley, South Africa * 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm | 19 MINERALS: PRODUCTS...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22
Book
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dip, locallyof up area to 20 ø. of the On a local scale the rocks are folded into shallow domes and...occursalongbeddingplanesin the sediments abutting (Taylor, 1966). Ba is generallyenrichedrelativeto the pipes,indicatingpossiblelateral...dolomite,rutile, clay marcosite, sphalerite. and covellite. Galena is a minerals,Fe-oxides,apatite,and zircon...more pyrite. pyrite, marcasite,and, more rarely, covellite stronglydevelopedadjacentto veins. Veins and and...higher of chalcopyrite,calcite,barite, pyrobitumen,covellite, stratigraphic levels by (2). chalcocite, apatite
Book (edition)
Polarite Sobolevskite Cherepanovite Millerite Covellite Klockmannite Idaite Valleriite Tochilinite Vyalsovite...(light cream); West Driefontein, Johannesburg, South Africa [c]; Nic. // Irregular gold grain (yellow) between...between stibnite (light grey); Murchison Range, South Africa [g]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum (yellowish white)...white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum (yellowish...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum
Journal (issue)
85740. Front cover: COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick...Tucson Mineralogical Symposium on the Minerals of Africa: Abstracts Chairmen: Robert B. Cook & Susan Erickson...sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite, colusite, covellite, digenite, djurleite, and enargite rank among...the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes . . . the holes, some...located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote a trainee miner, Jerry Dolph, concerning
Report (issue)
.............................................. South America................................................... 158 Africa.................................................. 175 South Africa, Republic of............................. 175 Namibia (South West Africa)........................ ZaTre, Republic of...Witwatersrand basin area in the Republic of South Africa (average grade 0.025 percent U308), where uranium...uranium ores of the United States included Ag, As, B, Ba, Be, Cd, Cs, Co, Cr, Cu, Dy, Er, Ga, Gd, Ge , Li
Journal (volume)
complexes with a pronounced enrichment of p. F, Sr, Ba, RE (especially Ce group), Zr and Nb. The radiometrie...carbonatites all over the world, especially in Africa. The recognition of carbonatite complexes is facilitated...The relief of the Siilinjärvi area is rather low, local differences in elevation ranging up to the order...subvertical tabular body which lies approximately north-south. The entire complex, about 16 km long and up to...by the carbonate-bearing rock specimens sent by local inhabitants to the Geological Survey of Finland
Book
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