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Chalcopyrite from
Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Comments:Also present as an inclusion in quartz (Cairncross et al 1995)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteⓘ7 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Pyriteⓘ2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Pentlandite2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Pentlandite at this locality.
Chromite2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Chromite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20325
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20325:4
GUID (UUID V4):ada8fe81-bc73-4525-8e75-f4298079a66d
Localities for Chalcopyrite in this Region
Artonvilla Mine, Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Messina Mine, Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
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Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa I t...quartz originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed...Messina but was renamed Musina after the 1994 political dispensation in South Africa. The registered mine...a fine example of material originating from the South African locality. Ajoite (pronounced ah-ho-ite)...Schaller and Vlisidis (1958) and named after the Ajo district where it was found. They characterized the species
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Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou, Limpopo 0950, South Africa; rthobakgale@gmail.com Department of...Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou, Limpopo 0950, South Africa; segun.akinyemi@eksu.edu.ng Department...disposed mine tailings abound in several regions of South Africa, as a consequence of unregulated, unsustainable... Minerals 2018, 8, 64 2 of 18 1. Introduction South Africa has a long history of mining activities dating...projects ensuring employment generation [2]. In South Africa, the majority of the tailings are gold tailings
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THE LIMPOPO BELT, SOUTH AFRICA H. MOURI Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa...Council for Geoscience, Limpopo Unit, P.O. Box 620, Polokwana, 0700, South Africa e-mail: gbrandl@geoscience...gbrandl@geoscience.org.za © 2013 June Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT Komatiites occur in many Archaean...highgrade polymetamorphic Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa. The composition of the rocks overlaps...Archaean age – the first such manifestation in the Limpopo Belt and in a high to ultra-high grade (≄900°C
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composition from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa T. Sarkar Department of Earth Sciences...University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa e-mail: tapabrato@gmail.com H. Mouri Department...2006, South Africa e-mail: hmouri@uj.ac.za © 2016 September Geological Society of South Africa. Abstract...metamorphic evolution of the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt. However, most investigations on the P-T evolution...komatiitic composition, which occurs in the vicinity of Musina in the Central Zone. These rocks are composed mainly
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Locality map of the Albert Silver mine, Mpumalanga, South Africa, prepared by William Besse. Downloaded by [The...Mine and TRIPPKEITE Occurrence Mpumalanga South Africa Figure 3. Plan of the underground workings...Department of Water Affairs PO Box 1745 Bela Bela, South Africa meulenbeldp@dwa.gov.za Department of Geology...Pretoria Private Bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028 South Africa wiebke.grote@up.ac.za XRD Analytical & Consulting...75 Kafue Street Lynnwood Glen Pretoria 0081 South Africa sabine.verryn@xrd.co.za Downloaded by [The
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2016 Uranium isotope composition of waters from south Texas uranium ore deposits—Christa J. Placzek, Jeffrey...hydrothermal imprint on Musina copper deposits, Limpopo Province, South Africa: Evidence for a breccia...Franchini, Agnes Impiccini, and David Lentz JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCE Vol. 70, 2016 The Itataia...graphitic pelitic schists in the Dufferin Lake zone, south-central Athabasca Basin, Canada: Implications for...and implications for exploration in a 1.9 Ga ore district, Fennoscandian Shield, Sweden— Tobias C. Kampmann
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cube faces from the Belshazzar mine, Quartzburg district, Boise County, Idaho. Carl Francis specimen. ...of pyrite from the Belshazzar mine, Quartzburg district, Boise County, Idaho. Carl Francis specimen. ...twin of quartz (12.8 cm) from Mahaiza, Betafo district, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Carl Francis...by 127.5 degrees from Jose Maria Patoni, Rodeo district, Durango Mexico. Terry Huizing specimen. Downloaded...(7.9 cm) from the Messina mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Sam Pokrass specimen. Figure 32
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