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Mimetite from
Kabwe Mine, Kabwe, Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mimetite
Formula:Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mimetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kabwe Mine, Kabwe, Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:629778
Long-form Identifier:1:3:629778:7
GUID (UUID V4):648ff1aa-20bd-4cc3-97ed-48a57e08df60
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the KABWE MINE (ā€œBroken Hillā€) Central Province, Zambia MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...location of Kabwe in Zambia. Prepared by William Besse. Figure 2. Satellite image of the Kabwe mine site, showing... Figure 3. The Kabwe mine site, partially derelict. Michael Brook photo, 2004. T HE CITY OF KABWE, ZAMBIAā€™S...north of Lusaka, the capital (fig. 1). The name Kabwe means ā€œplace of smeltingā€ but refers to the pre-European...in the area (Notebaart and Korowski 1980). The Kabwe lead-zinc deposit was fortuitously discovered in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
non-sulfide Zn deposits: a reanalysis of the Kabwe Zn-Pb ores (central Zambia) N. MONDILLO1,*, R. HERRINGTON2, A...Editor: Nigel Cook] ABSTR ACT The Kabwe Zn-Pb deposit (central Zambia) consists of a cluster of mixed sulfide...mineralization, and was carried out on a suite of Kabwe specimens, housed in the Natural History Museum...non-sulfides, Kabwe, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), Zambia. Introduction...2003). The Kabwe Zn-Pb deposit (formerly known as ā€˜Broken Hillā€™) is located in central Zambia, āˆ¼110 km
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Leadville, United States; 5 = Upper Mississippi Valley district, United States; 6 = Franklin and Sterling Hill...Mississippi Valley-type district, Poland; 16 = Reocin, Spain; 17 = Sardinian Zn-Pb district; Italy; 18 = Larium...Hamman Nā€™BaĆÆls, Algeria; 21 = Zamanti Zn-Pb district, central Turkey; 22 = Angouran, Iran; 23 = Mehdiabad...Jabali, Yemen; 26 = Abu Samar, Sudan; 27 = Kabwe and Star Zn, Zambia; 28 = Skorpion, Namibia; 29 = Berg Aukas...deposits in the Upper Silesian Mississippi Valleytype district of Poland (Sass-Gustkiewicz et al., 1982; Osika
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Excelsior, Surprise (Lusaka 29 30 31 area, Zambia), Kabwe (Zambia), Berg Aukas and Tsumeb (Namibia); 3. Supposedly...Supposedly supergene deposits: Mumbwa area (Zambia), and Altenberg-Vieille Montagne (Belgium). 32 Textures...statistically 42 inhomogeneous, both at the district and at the deposit scale: high-T willemite from...formal description of the mineral from the Altenberg mine (Moresnet, 69 Belgium) and he named the new mineral...are Vazante (Brasil), Beltana (Australia), Kabwe (Zambia) 79 and Berg Aukas and Abenab (Namibia). These
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0.084 13.6 13.60 South Africa Mapochs Mine Rhovan Mine 1.5 0.52 1.5 1.06 1.60 Generally, VTM...)4 (OH)12 Beudantite PbFe3 (AsO4 )(SO4 )(OH)6 Mimetite Pb5 (AsO4 )3 Cl Pyromorphite Pb5 (PO4 )3 Cl Zinc...elements [37,38]. For example, the Broken Hill Plant (Zambia) extracted cadmium as by-product from the hydrometallurgical...lead apatites, are vanadinite, pyromorphite, and mimetite. Due to the proximity of ionic radii of V5+ (0...formed in the isomorphic series, for example, the mimetite-vanadinite series (Pb5 (AsO4 )3 Cl to Pb5 (VO4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mine Wastes and Human Health Geoffrey S. Plumlee* and Suzette A. Morman* 1811-5209/11/0007-0399$2.50...from occupational and environmental exposures to mine wastes. Modern mining and processing methods, when...The types and abundances of potential toxicants in mine wastes are predictably infl uenced by the geologic...associated with mining and mineral processing. KEYWORDS : mine wastes, metal toxicants, mineral toxicants, environmental...the ores generate by-product mine wastes, which collectively include mine waste piles, tailings, smelter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals include willemite and coronadite with lesser mimetite, hedyphane, and smithsonite. Late-stage gangue...many similarities to Vazante in Brazil and Kabwe in Zambia (Hitzman et al., 2003). Beltana is one of a...31Ėš15ā€™S Callanna Beds (Diapir) Mt Painter Province X Mine (willemite) Willemite deposits Other mineral...Callanna Beds Willemite occurrence na oo Ar X N Mine (willemite) 1000 m t ul Fa 6608000N Reliance...drill traverses at and along strike of the Beltana mine (96 holes, 15,159 m) and at Reliance, which is situated
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Venus mine, [El Guaico district, CoĢrdoba Province,] Argentina; close to mottramite...Association: Mottramite, vanadinite, pyromorphite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite. Distribution: Many localities...localities. From ā€œSierra de CoĢrdoba,ā€ CoĢrdoba Province, Argentina. At Los Lamentos and Santa Eulalia... Mexico. In the USA, in the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., and from Bisbee, Cochise Co...., Arizona; in the Caballo Mountains district, Sierra Co., and several mines around Georgetown, Grant
Catalog/List
Sandamab North Mine, Usakos, Namibia. Attractive purple iridescent material. 60x54x18mm. 2 MIMETITE & CALCITE...TENNANTITE & BORNITE 9' Level, Nth Pig Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Very large museum sized piece...display. 59x43x38mm. Ā£52 Ā£48 10 CASSITERITE Modoto Mine, Mongolia, Russia. Crystals to 11m. Rare locality...lustrous xtls. 40x36x34mm. Ā£32 11 FLUORITE Emilio Mine. Caravla, Asturias, Spain. Crystals to 20mm. Superb...Superb colour. 84x70x46mm. Ā£65 Ā£48 12 EMERALD Muzo Mine, Colombia. Superb museum display exhibiting multiple
Report (issue)
base metal Association: Descloizite, duftite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite, azurite, dioptase. Distribution:...Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., from Bisbee, Cochise Co., at the Total Wreck mine, Pinal Co., in...Apache mine, near Globe, and from the 79 mine, near Hayden, Gila Co., Arizona; at the Mayflower mine, Socorro...Socorro Peak district, Socorro Co., New Mexico; from the Whale mine, Goodsprings district, Clark Co., Nevada...and elsewhere in the Otavi district, Namibia. At Kabwe (Broken Hill), Zambia. Name: For an occurrence in
Report (issue)
leucophoenicite (Franklin, New Jersey, USA); malachite, mimetite, rosasite, duftite, cerussite (Tsumeb, Namibia)...At Tsumeb and Guchab, Namibia. From Kabwe (Broken Hill), Zambia. In the USA, large crystals at Franklin...from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., at the Red Cloud mine, La Paz Co., and other minor...Cerro Gordo mines, Inyo Co.; in the Tres Hermanas district, Luna Co., New Mexico. From Mont Saint-Hilaire... Canada. In a large deposit at the Puttapa zinc mine, near Beltana, South Australia. There are many other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lincoln] at 23:16 02 June 2016 Bunker Hill Mine, Coeur dā€™Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho 190 ROCKS...should follow on the heels of its sister mineral, mimetite, the subject of last issueā€™s Connoisseurā€™s Choice...decades and are well known to collectors. Unlike mimetite, pyromorphite is historically important from localities...color alone cannot distinguish pyromorphite from mimetite, its arsenic-rich and typically yellow equivalent...common. Twinning on [ 1122) is reported. Like mimetite, rounded, barrel-shaped crystals of pyromorphite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu WILLEMITE Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia M ineral nomenclature...20 June 2015 Figure 1. Willemite from the Tsumeb mine, Otijikoto region, Namibia. The specimen displays...Black willemite is common from the Sterling Hill mine, with the color due to inclusions of franklinite...major willemite specimen producer is the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia. Willemite specimens... malachite, calcite, and mimetite. Pseudomorphs of willemite after mimetite and after azurite are known
Report (issue)
barite from the Ouichane (or Sidi Lahcem) mine in Nador Province, and furthermore I cautioned against confusing...barite from the Bou Nahas (or Afrou) mine in the Oumjrane-Alnif district near Meknes. Really, though, itā€™s...These new specimens come from the Shijiangshan Pb-Zn mine, which Jordi locates close to ā€œJipengā€ in the Huanggang...much, much more than the famous Huanggang Sn-Fe mine, see the articles in our September-October 2012...tarbuttite crystals from the old Broken Hill mine at Kabwe, Zambia. Mixed with them, on matrix plates from
Catalog/List
7. APATITE variety FRAN~JLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreat~. Corny/all. A r i<.:h Cc:'ust of intergrown...the cĀ£n~u) 2xlt". Ā£27. AZURITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Sele~t. pure, radiated nodules...have been broken open and ea ch specimel, Las a central cavity Jined with small sharp bright crystals....matrix. 2xlixl-}". Ā£7. BOF. ITE. South .;aradon Mine, st. '::leer, Cornwall. A pure, purply irridescent...Chalcopyrite. 2txlt". Ā£1.65. BREli STERITE. 'Ihitesmith Mine, Str:mtian, Argyll. Choice, sharp, creamy coloured
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
between Namibia and Botswana (Aha Hills, Ngamiland District) in a strongly deformed Proterozoic fold belt...projects are located in the Aha Hills (Ngamiland District), near the Dobe border gate with Namibia (Figures...Setting 2.1. Regional Geology In the Ngamiland District, the Pan-African Damara Belt extends from Namibia...Namibia in the SW, northwest Botswana to Zambia and Congo in the NE (Figure 1; [12]). As most of the Precambrian...[17], the basement occurring in the Ngamiland District, northwest of the zone, consists ofetfour 2):
Catalog/List
faces. 3-tx2x2". Ā£11.50. 3. ALLANITE. Mary Kathleen Mine, queensland, Australia. Sharp, lustrous black, well...section showing a radiated structure and with large central cavities thickly lined with delicate needly crystals...lxfxf". Ā£4.50. 11. 12. 13. -2AZURITE. Ting-Tpng Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue small sharp...colourful specimen. 3x2xlf". 1:8.00. BARYTES. Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire. Lustrous, creamy, tabular bladed...mat rix. 2xl~". Ā£2.50. 23. CASSITERITE. Kinta District, Malaya. Very fine, pure mass, composed of numerous
Catalog/List
axinite. 2x1~x1t", Ā£1ā€¢ā€¢ 5~ 11. AZURITE. HEnderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Choice bright blue ball-like...association. 3x2~x1~", Ā£16.5~ 12. BARYTES. Dalmellington Mine, Frizington, Cumberland. Fine lustrous transparent...matrix. 2~x17", Ā£33.00 15. NATIVE BISMUTH. Botallack Mine, St. Just, Cornwall. Bright metallic silvery masses...matrix. 25x15 mm. Ā£6.50p 17. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. apecimen A: Small bright green...matrix. 2tx1tx1", Ā£2.25p 18. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Specimen A: Select silvery-grey
Catalog/List
matrix.~xltxlt". Ā£2.50. 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich lime...2-tx2-tx2".Ā£11.00. 9. AZURITE. Laurium, Attica District, Greece. Very rich bright blue small sparkling...display. 7~x4x2" .Ā£22.00. 10. AZURITE. Ting Tar.g Mine, Gwannap, Cornwall. Rich, Bright blue small sparkling... 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 16. Hilto Mine Scordale was moreland. Sp i en A - Select, creamy...3xl-1xl-t.". Ā£6.00. BROCHANTITE. Laurium, A~tica District, Greece. Deep green lustrous crystaline small
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is a new mineral from the Capitana mine, CopiapĆ³, Atacama Province, Chile and has been identified from...numerous other deposits world-wide. At the Capitana mine, it occurs as transparent, colorless, tapering hexagonal...secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of the Capitana mine, a Cu-Pb-Ag deposit, where it closely associated...compositions of natural members of the pyromorphite-mimetite-turneaureite-chlorapatite system suggests the...of complete solid solution among pyromorphite, mimetite, hedyphane, and phosphohedyphane. No stable solid
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
varieties with endmembers such as pyromorphite, mimetite (Pb5 (AsO4 )3 Cl) and arsendescloizite (PbZn(AsO4...West Mine and Berg Aukas) and Zambia (gravity separation and hydrometallurgical plant in Kabwe) [23,25]...local smelters in Berg Aukas (Namibia) and Kabwe (Zambia) and disposed at the local polluted areas and...presence of arsenic, which is by-recovered as mimetite or arsendescloizite and their isomorphic series...is introduced in Figure 1. The stockpiled run-of-mine ore with an average feed particle size of 350ā€“400
Catalog/List
azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", Ā£4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright...places. ~2-tX1t", Ā£11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish...specimens ā€¢. 11. 8ISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, nr. Tavistock, Devon. Silvery-grey needly crystals...matrix. 3tx2~3", Ā£4.75p 16. CALCITE. Burtree Pastures Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham. Select creamy-white sharp
Journal (issue)
manager Famous mineral localities: the Broken Hill mine, Zam bia..............................................351 Famous mineral localities: the Cruzeiro mine, past and present ................................ famous mineraC (ocafities: the Broken Hiffmine Zambia by C. W. Notebaart Stadhoudersplein 25 C 3039-ER...906 Kitwe, Zambia HISTORY The Broken Hill lead-zinc mine is located near the town of Kabwe, 140 km north...north of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, on the main route to the Copperbelt (Pig. 1). The ore deposit
Journal (issue)
FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...including the East Texas Mineral Society, the Central Texas Gern and Mineral Society, the Austin Gern...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais
Report (issue)
Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely...1867. Ā·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe...reasons for this palette. Beginning on page Antler Mine Smithsonite? Many comprehensive smithsonite collections..."smithsonite" from Mohave County, Arizona's Antler Mine, while the mineral is not noted from the locality
 
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