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Gold from
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachiteⓘ12 photos of Gold associated with Malachite at this locality.
Uraniniteⓘ4 photos of Gold associated with Uraninite at this locality.
Vandenbrandeiteⓘ4 photos of Gold associated with Vandenbrandeite at this locality.
Libetheniteⓘ2 photos of Gold associated with Libethenite at this locality.
Digeniteⓘ2 photos of Gold associated with Digenite at this locality.
Guilleminiteⓘ2 photos of Gold associated with Guilleminite at this locality.
Torberniteⓘ1 photo of Gold associated with Torbernite at this locality.
Baryteⓘ1 photo of Gold associated with Baryte at this locality.
Cuprosklodowskiteⓘ1 photo of Gold associated with Cuprosklodowskite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (16 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20295
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20295:4
GUID (UUID V4):89297435-44a6-4c8f-a14a-a6d06c530006
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘKamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘMutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
95.0km (59.0 miles) ⓘSwambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ........... 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott Rudolph collection;...Charelle Webb (2012-2018) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Dr. and Mrs. Don Lum (2017) Bryan Swoboda (2012-2017)...Schreiber (2013-2017) Richard Nahas (2018) (2009-2018) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013-2017) Kulin Pandey (2018)...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's
Report (issue)
Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. This is not too bad a match for the locality designation...Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Repulic of Congo. Weinrich Minerals specimen and photo. Elbaite...Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Repulic of Congo. Weinrich Minerals specimen and photo. Elbaite,...Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Repulic of Congo. Weinrich Minerals specimen and photo. In his three-page...thumbnails of cerussite attributed to the Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Book
in every language, for instance: gold, goud (Dutch), or (French), Gold (German), oro (Spanish), or silver...Buttgenbach H. (1 947) Les Mineraux de Belgique et du Congo Beige. 573 p. Paris: Ed. Dunod. Cesbron, F. (1985)...the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo introduced a new admin istrative subdivision for...Province, the Lualaba Province and the Haut-Loma mi Province. What formerly was called the Bas-Congo Province...abbreviated (B = Belgium; D.R. Congo = Democratic Republic of the Congo; F = France). 4. The biographical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Musonoi Cu-Co-Mn-U mine, near Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo A. C. ROBERTS1...from the Musonoi Cu-Co-Mn-U mine, near Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Additional...native gold, chrisstanleyite Ag2Pd3Se4, oosterboschite(?), unnamed Pd2HgSe3 and cerussite. At Musonoi, altered...honours Dr Théodore Verbeek (1927 1991) who was the first geoscientist to study the Musonoi palladium...palladium mineralization in the Democratic Republic of Congo (1955 1967) and who co-discovered this new mineral
Journal (issue)
Smithsonietkristallen van Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australië...potassic-fluoro-hastingsiet (27 karakters) van de Greenwood mine, Town of Tuxedo, Orange County, New York, USA. 23...worden nog lage scores (4 karakters) behaald door gold (gedegen goud), iron (gedegen ijzer), lead (gedegen...mijnontginningen in Kolwezi in het zuidoosten van de Democratische Republiek Congo. Het mineraal werd...kobalthoudende calciet op matrix uit de Kolwezi-mijn, DR Congo. Beeldbreedte 7 cm. Verzameling en foto
Journal (issue)
crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...great mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f...locally, particularly nickel, vanadium, uranium, gold, silver and the platinum group metals. This province...nearly 50 km in width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium
Journal (issue)
Six Articles Hubeite, a new mineral from the Daye mine near Huangshi, Hubei Province, China . . . . . ...for minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . 473 by R. H. Currier The Nueva Vizcaya mine, Burguillos del Cerro Badajoz, Spain . . . . . ...specialization, such as the minerals of a certain state or mine, the minerals of a particular metal or compositional...Karl von Haidinger (1795–1871) with 63. Figure 1. Dr. Pete J. Dunn, U.S. National Museum of Natural History
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 18:27 10 November 2014 Musonoi, Democratic Republic of Congo T he current emphasis on nonpetroleum...The specimen selected comes from the famous Musonoi mine, a locality that produces the world’s finest...sklodowskite. Some analyses show traces of Pb, Fe, and Ca. Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant geochemist in the mining...minerals formed in the oxide zone of mineral deposits. Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals...3 mines, Elk Ridge district; and the Happy Jack mine. Cuprosklodowskite is apparently widespread throughout
Report (issue)
60 c = 14.43 Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 2.647 (100), 2.600 (80), 1.847 (80), 2.736...(2) 44.1 16.7 39.2 Total 100.8 100.0 (1) Musonoi mine, Congo; by electron microprobe, corresponds to (Pd4... Occurrence: In the zone of oxidation (Musonoi mine, Congo). Association: Verbeekite, trogtalite, selenian...selenian digenite, covellite (Musonoi mine, Congo); gold, chrisstanleyite, verbeekite (Hope’s Nose, England)...Distribution: From the Musonoi Cu–Co mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)
Book
INTRODUCTION TO ROBERT LAUF, PH.D. ._._...OUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Robert Laut holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering...information contact the publisher: Copyright © 2008 by Dr. Robert Laut, Ph.D. Library of Congress Control Number:...............................................36 Congo .. ................. .............................uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical
Report (issue)
a = 5.87(2) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 2.64 (100), 2.419 (90), 1.788 (80), 2.95...77 (2) 27.18 100.55 100.00 72.82 (1) Musonoi mine, Congo; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...bornhardtite, selenium, gold (Trogtal quarry, Germany); oosterboschite (Musonoi mine, Congo). Distribution: From...Germany [TL]. At the Musonoi Cu–Co mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)
Catalog/List
and masses. 3x4Âœx2Âœ" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...q11;,,_r\~matrix. 2Âœx4xl2 " 324 grams. $175.00. 5. GOLD in URANINITE Virgi.n mb~€, Pl2.~cro de G~dalupe...fr~ ...'l a new locality. lÂœx2ÂŒ" $75. 00. 11 6. GOLD Que Que, Rhodesia. Select ~·ich golden sheets c:overing...tale slickenside matrix. 2x2Âœxt!' $125. 00. 7. GOLD Mina St. Georges, Province of Antonio) Chile. vein...~150. 00. Choice dense dull golden ÂŒx2" 8. GOLD Gold Hill, Rowan Co., North Carolina. Solid lustrous
Catalog/List
and masses. 3x4Âœx2Âœ" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...q11;,,_r\~matrix. 2Âœx4xl2 " 324 grams. $175.00. 5. GOLD in URANINITE Virgi.n mb~€, Pl2.~cro de G~dalupe...fr~ ...'l a new locality. lÂœx2ÂŒ" $75. 00. 11 6. GOLD Que Que, Rhodesia. Select ~·ich golden sheets c:overing...tale slickenside matrix. 2x2Âœxt!' $125. 00. 7. GOLD Mina St. Georges, Province of Antonio) Chile. vein...~150. 00. Choice dense dull golden ÂŒx2" 8. GOLD Gold Hill, Rowan Co., North Carolina. Solid lustrous
Journal (issue)
row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalå mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacå Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...from the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino
Journal (issue)
the L'Etoile du Congo Mine Lumbumbashi, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...copper minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been available for many years. Although production...other species less so. The L'Etoile du Congo (Star of the Congo) Mine is the type locality for cornetite...become Zambia (and not to be confused with the other Congo on the African west coast!) See figure 1. Perhaps...clarification is needed, since older names such as Belgian Congo and Zaire also apply to the locality: The 1870s
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in gold-bearing carbonate veins at Hope’s Nose, Devon, England (Paar et al. 1998) and the Musonoi Cu-Co-Mn-U...Cu-Co-Mn-U mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Roberts et al. 2002). § This phase is a Pd analogue...PdSe2) is considered to be a primary mineral at Musonoi and at Hope’s Nose. According to Roberts et al...up to 120 °C. Associated Se-bearing minerals at Musonoi are Cu and Pd-bearing trogtalite (Co,Cu,Pd)Se2...of Au-Pd mineralization, as at the CauĂȘ iron-ore mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Karup-MĂžller et al. (2008)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Rudashevskiy et al. 1995). Chrisstanleyite was found in gold-bearing carbonate veins in Middle Devonian limestones...reported from the Musonoi Cu-CoMn-U mine of the Shaba province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Roberts et...its type locality, the Musonoi Cu-Co-Mn-U mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Roberts et al. 2002)...Lehmann (2007). In the CauĂȘ iron mine in Itabira palladseite, palladian gold, and arsenopalladinite were formed...verbeekite is rather rare; it was reported from the Musonoi deposit (Roberts et al. 2002) and Hope’s Nose (Paar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found in the wastes of Musonoi Cu–Co–Mn–U mine, Demo cratic Republic of Congo, which contains secondary...Gerais gold deposit, Brazil [3]. At present, verbeekite and paladseite were found in the goldbearing...from the Musonoi Cu–Co–Mn–U Mine, Near Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo,” Mineral...M. El Ghorfi, Th. OberthĂŒr, F. Melcher, et al., “Gold–Palladium Mineralization at Bleda Far West, Bou
Journal (issue)
San Diego County, CA Rhodochrosite – Sweet Home Mine, Colorado Amethyst – Due West, SC All are Smithsonian...Gem and Mineral Show. PbMoO4 is LOVE Red Cloud Mine PbMoO4 is LOVE Four mineral stamps designed by...Americans mined wulfenite and silver at the Red Cloud Mine in Arizona from the 1860’s until 1890, and then... Galena Native Gold Sodalite (polished) Garnet (grossular) Colonial Copper Mine, Cap D’Or, Nova Scotia...Ontario Gold, Klondyke District, Yukon Princess Mine, Hastings Co., Ontario Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos
Report (issue)
Total 100.35 99.6 100.00 (1) American Eagle mine, Utah, USA; remnant is quartz. (2) Las Animas, Sonora...and in the Old Gunnislake mine, Calstock, Cornwall; from the Brandy Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria...district, Juab Co., and the Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah; at the Majuba Hill mine, Antelope district, Pershing...In Chile, at Chuquicamata, and the Emma Luisa gold mine, Guanaco district, about 100 km east-northeast...from Collahuasi, Tarapacá. At Musonoi, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In
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...(deceased) Peter L. Via (deceased) SENIOR FELLOWS Gold Level Scott A. Rudolph (2021) Paradise Woods (2019)... Hickox, Jr. Wally Mann Keith and Diane Brownlee Dr. Nikolas Golosow William B. (Bill) Wray Herb & Monika
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
umangite and aguilarite. Mercurian silver, native gold, and two unnamed compounds, chemically (Ag,Cu)6Hg2Pd2Se3...which is the closest settlement to the El Chire mine. Both the mineral and the mineral name were approved...rappelle le village de JaguĂ©, le plus proche de la mine El Chire. La nouvelle espĂšce et son nom ont reçu...Tinogasta (scale 1:250000), sheet 2969–II (1986), the mine is situated 30 km west of the small JAGUÉITE,...Hg, S and Se is present in trace amounts. Native gold with no detectable content of palladium is especially
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...many new mineral species. Dr. Gaines wrote a compre­ hensive review of this mine for The Mineralogical Record...influenced his life’s work. Toward the end of 1966, Dr. Arthur Montgomery, chairman of the geology department...retirement from the Cabot Corporation in 1987. In 1975 Dr. Gaines was invited to join the editorial board of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SELENIDES OF THE MUSONOÏ MINE, KOLWEZI, KATANGA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Cassian PIRARD and FrĂ©dĂ©ric...“2400’” of the MusonoĂŻ Extension mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, has provided new insights into...digenite–berzelianite solid solution, MusonoĂŻ mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Sommaire Une Ă©tude de la minĂ©ralisation...l’Ecaille “2400” de la mine de MusonoĂŻ Extension, Katanga, RĂ©publique DĂ©mocratique du Congo, a permis d’acquĂ©rir...responsable de la minĂ©ralisation exceptionnelle de la mine de MusonoĂŻ, s’exprime par la cristallisation prĂ©coce
Catalog/List
lxl-3/4" to 1-1/2x2-3/4" $ 10.00 BOLEITE Amelia mine, Boleo, Baja California, Choice bright blue single...to lxl-1/2" 5 Specimens $ 10.00 CROCOITE Red Lead mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia Bright orange-red crystalline...2x10 mm 10 Specimens $ 7.50 KALIBORITE Enrique mine, Sallent, Spain Choice pure white granular micro...inclusions. l-l/4x2" and 2x2-l/2" MALACHITE Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Choice pure green single elongated...3/4x3/4" 8 Specimens $ 5.00 METAVAUXITE Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bolivia Choice pale green to silky white
 
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