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Valleriite from
Onverwacht Mine, Steelpoort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Valleriite
Formula:(Fe2+,Cu)4(Mg,Al)3S4(OH,O)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Valleriite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Onverwacht Mine, Steelpoort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:113698
Long-form Identifier:1:3:113698:2
GUID (UUID V4):9b4b9b58-0752-4f81-84ff-7d1705d93b25
Nearest other occurrences of Valleriite
23.3km (14.5 miles) ā“˜Mooihoek Farm 255 KT, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Valleriite 4(Fe, Cu)S ā€¢ 3(Mg, Al)(OH)2 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data:... Z = [390] X-ray Powder Pattern: Loolekop, South Africa. 11.39 (100), 5.71 (100), 3.27 (60), 3.80 (50)...analyses. (2) Kaveltorp, Sweden. (3) Loolekop, South Africa. Occurrence: An alteration product of chalcopyrite...carbonatites, replacing magnetite (Phalaborwa, South Africa); in Cuā€“Ni sulfide-bearing serpentinized and...Kopparberg, from the Aurora mine, Ljusnarsberg [TL], and at Kaveltorp. In South Africa, in Transvaal, from the
Report (issue)
(Sb2.46 As0.54 )Ī£=3.00 . (2) Tweefontein Farm, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponding to (Pd7...)Ī£=8.02 (Sb2.67 As0.30 Sn0.03 )Ī£=3.00 . (3) Oktyabr mine, Russia; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...above massive cubaniteā€“mooihoekite ore (Oktyabr mine, Russia). Association: Gold, sperrylite, laurite...heazlewoodite, galena, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, valleriite, hauchecornite, parkerite, chromite. Distribution:...and at the Onverwacht mine, in the Merensky Reef, Bushveld complex, Transvaal, South Africa. From the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SteynsdorpGoldfield, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa R. P. VILJOEN',R. S^AGER,Aā€¢rD M. J. Vā€¢tJOEN...The Barberton Mountain Land of the Republic of South Africa representsa typical early Precambriangreenstonebelt...Tā€¢- Barberton Mountain Land of the Republic of South Africa, constitutesa typical early Precambrian greenstonebelt...of meta-volcanicsoverlain by sediments,the whole South African Upper Mantle Publication No. 12. succession...Middle M. J. Viljoen and R. P. Viljoen as part of South Marker. Above this marker, which constitutesthe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
generallybeconcentratecollectedfrom the Driekop mine in 1957 lieved that potholeswere formed by volatile...concentratewere of extremely large size, namely Driekop Mine (after Stumpfl,1961) from 100 g up to 1 mm (Tarkian...group element mineralogy in order to assistthe Valleriite metallurgistin assessing suitablerecoverytechniques...Acknowledgments Prentice,T. K., and Murdoch, R., 1929a, Onverwacht platinum metallurgy:SouthAfrican Mining Eng....from dunite rock at Onverwacht, Tvl.: Chemical, Metall. Mining Soc. South Africa The authorwishesto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tectonics, magmatism, and mineralisation of the South African Precambrian shield is discussed. A geosynclinal...five times as long as the post-Precambrian. The South African shield appears highly suitable for investigations...preserved and well exposed. The Precambrian in southern Africa comprises a more or less continuous suite ofmetasediments...of more than 35,000 m. Furthermore, in southern Africa the earth's history, at least in outline, appears...mineralisation. There is hardly anywhere else in Africa an orogenic zone to which this applies. Recent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
first described in the Norilā€™skā€“Talnakh mining district of northwestern Russia. We summarize previous...(platinum-group mineral) concentrate from the Norilā€™sk district. It is surrounded by cubanite and chalcopyrite...de minĆ©raux du groupe du platine provenant du district de Norilā€™sk. Ce grain est entourĆ© de cubanite...localities worldwide (the Norilā€™skā€“Talnakh ore district, the Bushveld, Duluth and Muskox complexes, and...Russian investigators of the Norilā€™skā€“ Talnakh district, as summarized by Cabri (1981, p. 183, 186). Most
Journal (issue)
P708324 geoniieuw ge ws w maandb blad va an de mine eralogiische kring k a antwer rpen v..z.w. 33 3(3)...Cloncurryite, a new mineral from the Great Australian mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, and its relationship...mines, New South Wales, and a comment on wattevilleite 47-49 Mineral news from Southern Africa 50-51 What's...Aurangabad 56-66 Tarbuttit von der Skorpion Zink mine, Namibia 67-72 Achat Magazin ā€¢ HONA 42(3), 10.07...maart 2008 55 De type-vindplaats is de Aurora mine (Auroragruvan), Kaveltorp, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg
Book (edition)
the group. Left: Tochilinite (orange, left) and valleriite (brown, right) belong to the same Strunz Group...07 grey Internal Twinning Reflect. Mineral Valleriite Lithiophorite yellow, red, brown Goethite...brownish grey; 14.00 brownish grey; 13.40 Mineral Valleriite extreme, light grey to dark brown to bluish... 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;
Report (issue)
studies of the mafic and felsic rocks of the Onverwacht Group of the Swaziland Sequence: Geologische...p. 57-70. 1971, The Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa a guide to the understanding of the Archaean...evolution of the early Precambrian crust of southern Africa: Royal Society of London Philosophical Transactions...359-388 1976, Archaean metallogeny in Southern Africa: p. 16-43. Economic Geology, v. 71, 1976, The...Land, South Africa, with particular reference to the Eureka syncline: Geological Society of South Africa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
platinum concentrates from the Driekop mine, Transvaal, South Africa. Conventional ore microscopy also proved...Driekop mine, Transvaal, South Africa, which the author collected during a visit to the mine in 1957...approximate. Geological environment. The Driekop platinum mine is situated in the norites of the critical zone...that the occurrence of platinum pipes (Driekop, Onverwacht, Mooihoek) in this part of the Bushveld complex...cannot be undertaken on dunite specimens, but only on mine concentrates. The ore paragenesis. As the main purpose
Book
t a t e d Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in Africa, Asia (exclusive of t h e U S S R ) a n d Australasia...him. I have tried to include all ore districts in Africa, Asia (exclusive of the U.S.S.R.)> and Australasia...incluir todos los distritos mineros conocido en Africa, Asia (con exclusion de la Union SoviĆ©tica), y...Greenland. This volume covers mineral deposits in Africa, Asia exclusive of the U.S.S.R., and Australasia...Philippines, and Japan are included with Asia. In South Africa, the deposits are arranged by provĀ­ inces, in
Report (issue)
___________________________________ _ Sudbury district _______________________ ~ Discovery and present...lacers-------------------------------Tulameen district __________________ _ Other placers ______________________...provinces ___________________________ _ Republic of South Africa ___ ------------- __ -----Transvaal and Orange...ores ____________ _ Placers of the Witwatersrand district __ History and production _____________ _ General...---------------N oril'sk district ____________ -----_---- _____ _ Petsamo district ___________________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1975 Platinum Mineralogy of the Driekop Mine, South Africa M. TARKIAN and E. F. STUMPFL* Hamburg, Germany...of concentrates from the Driekop platinum mine, South Africa, has resulted in significant additions to...of the critical zone of the Bushveld Complex. The mine is now dormant: it was in operation until 1961....recorded from the adjoining pipes at Mooihoek and Onverwacht. These differ from Driekop also in showing concentric...taken place since the mineralogy of the Driekop Mine was first described on the basis of electron probe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bornite, mackinawite, covellite, violarite, valleriite, and molybdenite. Platinum-group minerals Palladium...West and ā€œ(Pd,Ni)0.44(Te,Sb)0.56ā€ from the Thompson mine, Canada (dillonĀ­leitch et al. 1986, chen et al....steWart, J. M. (1977): Platinumgroup minerals from Onverwacht. II. Platarsite, a new sulfarsenide of platinum...minerals and gold in arsenic-rich ore at the Thompson mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada. ā€“ Mineral...Convention centre in the Gauteng province of South Africa; 09/2014, Vol. 702: 103. evstiGneeva, t. l.
Book (edition)
Meta/lurgical and Mineralogical Society o/ South Africa Journal of Chemical Phy ics Journal cif the...and Proceedings of the Royal Socief) 1 of Ne,v South Wales JPSJ Journal of rhe Physical Society of...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 ā–” Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza
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 on...Observations on Ore Rhythmites of the Trzebionka Mine, Upper Silesian-Cracow Region, Poland L. Fontbote
Book
in the algodonite group and in the section on valleriite. The writer has contemplated whether XV XVI...contents, say of lead or bismuth or uranium ? Is it a local, continuous, comparatively superficial cycle, t...places of extreme differentiation (e.g., at the Frood Mine and at Insizwa) bismuth and tellurium minerals are...(1940). 12 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 4 80 X Mouat Mine, Stillwater Valley, Montana RAMDOHR From a border...parallel texture seen in the photograph is only a very local feature 13 14 T H E ORE MINERALS 4. Deposits
Journal (issue)
Twenty-three, Number Three Ā® Articles Gold in South Africa ..............................................Cairncross & C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County, Iowa ............. 231 by P. L. Garvin...and this must have introduced him to many other local mineral collectors and possibilities for further...of this typically natrolite covered material for local dealers as well as himself. He used much of this...in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed
Journal (issue)
Mowry Place Tucson, AZ 85741 Articles Gold in South Africa ..............................................Cairncross & C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County,Iowa ..................... 231 by...and this must have introduced him to many other local mineral collectors and posĀ­ sibilities for further...of this typically natrolite covered material for local dealers as well as himself. He used much of this...in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed
Report (issue)
Platinum Symposium in Rustenburg, Republic of South Africa. The abstract volume for this meeting contained...mineralization, in countries like the Republic of South Africa, Canada, and Finland. Over the last five or...platinum-group minerals (PGM) beginning with a South African publication (Cabri, 1972) and culminating...of PGE deposits, ranging from the very important South African deposits to less well-developed PGE mineralization...of South Africa Lyndon, Washington College Park, Maryland Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa Kansas
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 ā€˜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 (article/letter/editorial)
its geochemistry. Thus in the descriptionof the local environmentrather than the orebodyitself. Scotiais...rocksand the overlying high Mg basaltsrepresent a mine collapse,in 1977. productsof a high Mg liquid and...this melt (Stolzand to form the easternlimb of a south-plunging syncline Nesbitt, in prep.). (Christie...der the orebodyand representsan important marker south(Fig. 2A). The positionof the ore in the ore- horizon...(lowerleft) and interpretedsurfaceoutcrop at the mine site. The expression of the komatiitesequenceis
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...charnockitic footwall of the Spruce Road deposit, South Kawishiwi intrusion, Duluth Complex, Minnesota,...Bushveld Complex in the vicinity of the Steelpoort fault, South Africa ā€“ petrogenetic implications .........alteration of the Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga, South Africa ..............................................the UG-2 chromitite, western Bushveld Complex, South Africa .........................................
Report (issue)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA An oblique aerial view, from the south-southwest, ofthe Kambaldanickel deposits. I n the...extent ofthe Lunnon and Hunt shoots which plunge south-southeast under the lake. In the middleground the...currently provides about 7 per cent of the worldā€˜s mine production of nickel (1978).It is the third largest...of sulphide nickel, supplying some 12 per cent of mine production, and possessing nearly 15 per cent of.... ................ .. Schmitz Well North and South prospects .....................................
Book
England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada...tried to retain local names for subdivisions within a given country. For some local names the anglicized...given name is included in parentheses although most local names lack this designation. For example we use...K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3
 
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