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Chalcopyrite from
Brandberg West Mine, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brandberg West Mine, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:906022
Long-form Identifier:1:3:906022:7
GUID (UUID V4):2dd36bad-94d2-4fa3-aa6c-e7a4a7846020
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
90.3km (56.1 miles) Mesopotamia 504 Farm, Mesopotamia copper valley, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evidence for the origin of the Brandberg West area Sn–W vein deposits, NW Namibia Received: 3 June 2005 /...Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract The Brandberg West region of NW Namibia is dominated by poly-deformed turbidites...hydrothermal quartz vein-hosted Sn–W mineralization at Brandberg West and numerous nearby smaller deposits. Fluid...suggests that the ore-forming fluids at the Brandberg West mine were CO2-bearing aqueous fluids represented...(quartz–cassiterite), and 444–490°C (quartz–hematite). At Brandberg West, the oxygen isotope ratios of quartz veins
Book
AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree . Khomas Highland...station Garub near Aus Nature conservation, Erongo 16 Welwitschia, Goboboseb Mountains 17 ....The EarlyGermanGeologistsand Entrepreneursin South West Africa The People- Mineralogists,Geologistsand Collectors...Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand Escarpment The Spitzkoppen The Erongo Mountains...Nauchas-Gamsberg-Hakos Area West and South of Rehoboth The Central and South-CentralDeposits Onganja Mine and Surrounding
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REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries
Report (issue)
amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia Scott Rudolph collection, Jeff Scovil photo...Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine, Kar0r, Tamil Nadu, India Bill Larson collection...Bottom: Quartz variety amethyst, 6.7 cm tall Wattika Mine, Murzinka, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Russia Peter Lyckberg...important amethyst source emerged in the Auvergne region in south-central France, approximately corresponding...lapidary amethyst during that period. The first mine was opened at Valz-sous-Chateauneuf in the middle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Huanuni in Bolivia (Müller et al., 2001), Brandberg West in Namibia (Macey & Harris, 2006), Svetloye, Khinganskoye...quartz-sulfide assemblage, with abundant pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and arsenopyrite, and minor sphalerite, stannite...evidence for the origin of the Brandberg West area Sn–W vein deposits, NW Namibia. Mineral. Deposita., 41,...(1967) The zones of mineralization in the Komsomolsk region. Nauka, Moscow, 117p (in Russian). Ryzhenko, B
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sn ore district, one of the largest Sn producing area (300Mt @1 wt% Sn) in the world, is located in the... scheelite, jarosite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and marmatite. Gangue minerals include...Yangtze Block to the north and the Simao Block to the west (Fig. 1a, b). In the Gejiu ore district, the major...Granitic rocks are widely distributed in the Gejiu area and include alkali-feldspar granite, porphyritic...al. (2012b) Cassiterite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite Tourmaline, garnet, diopside,
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papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career, which has...Nova Scotia, Canada . 4.3.9 The Brandberg West Greisen Vein Systems, Namibia . . 4.3.10 The Kalguta Mo-W-Be-Bi.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5.1 Navachab, Namibia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Cu Deposits of the Matchless Amphibolite Belt, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7...Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-V Deposits of the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (volume)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, 51 Aegirine Mt Malosa, Zomba Dist., Malawi, 60 Amethyst Brandberg West, Gobbobisberg...Gobbobisberg Mtns., Namibia, 31, 57 Margareta Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico, 20 Apatite (with Tourmaline)...Areas, Pakistan, 15 Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 32 Panasqueira Mine, Beira Baixa, Portugal, 5,...Valley, Pakistan, 22 Azurite (on Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 64 Babingtonite Hongxi, Meigu,...Bannisterite Zinc Corp Mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia, 69 Benitoite Benitoite Gem Mine, New Idria Dist.
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Hakos Mountains in the central Damara Orogen in Namibia; BEHR and HORN (1982) report crystals to 50 meter...Hakos-Bergen im zentralen Teil des Damara Orogens in Namibia beobachtet; sie erreichen einer Mitteilung von...negative Kristalle") aus der Emerald & Hiddenite Mine im Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. Aus der...negative crystals") from the Emerald & Hiddenite Mine, Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. From the...cm. 12 the Swiss Alps have been a classic focus area for quartz inclusions. STALDER et al. (1998) mention
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tectonic alkaline magmatism in Saudi Arabia and West Africa. For the remainder ol the Phanerozoic, folding...carhonatites with oversaturated magmatism such as in Namibia. Angola, and the East African rift system. Despite...Phanerozoic Cameron Niger Nigeria Sudan Saudi Arabia Namibia 1. Introduction Most of the African continent...Phanerozoic in Saudi Arabia (Drysdall et ul. 1986) and West Africa (Liegeois et al, this volume). Recent detailed...1986). Thus the most important feature of this region is the sequential development of granitic rock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
molybdenite, with minor amounts of arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. There are only two-phase aqueous-rich...Qinling-Dabie orogenic belt to the north, is bounded to the west by the Tibetan Plateau. The Cathaysian Block has...and location. In the northern part of the mining area, they dip steeply (75–85°) with an EW strike. However...anhedral masses at vein margins or intergrown with chalcopyrite near vein centers, and arsenopyrite occurs as...1987). Generally, pyrite is intergrown with chalcopyrite near vein centers or in the microfractures in
Journal (issue)
Thirty-three, Number Four Articles Jeremejevite from Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Johnston & E. R. Swoboda Sulfur from the Perticara mine area, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy . . . . . . . . . . . ....Pezzotta Famous mineral localities: The Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... John Sinkankas (1915–2002) at the Pala Properties Mine Bash, 1977. Van Pelt photo. NOTICE Died, John Sinkankas...County $12 Museum, Himalaya mine $12 (Brazil), Bosch Collection v.10/#2 Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites
Book
Africa 194 3.5.2. The Damaraland alkaline province, Namibia 198 3.5.3. Carbonatites 199 3.5.4. Kimberlites...metamorphism in the Central Zone ofthe Damara Orogen, Namibia 6.3.2. Anorogenic metamorphism in the eastern Pyrenees...that metals, oxides and silicate dominated in the region between Mercury and the asteroid belt. Details...crystallographic axes will aceeierate in the given region, thereby providing another way of mapping out hot...other of the above cases dominating in a given region. More recently, measurements of crustal Poisson's
Report (issue)
category ........ Estimated cumulative and annual mine production of tungsten contained in ore and concentrate—...also recovered from placer deposits. Most current mine production of tungsten is from vein/ stockwork,...accounted for over three-fourths of the world’s mine production of tungsten. China alone produced about...the governments of the United States, Canada, and West Germany. It was subsequently joined by South Africa...production of ferrotungsten ceased in France and West Germany, because it could be imported more cheaply
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magmatism of the eastern margin of the Atlantic (Namibia, Angola) or the western African kimberlites do...both parts, one and two. The second part discusses West-African magmatism associated with the early opening...of the processes operating in the mantle beneath West Africa is also illustrated in this second part and...Northeastern Africa .............................. 4.3 West Central Africa .............................. 5...Physical, Petrographic and Chemical Features of South West Ugandan Quaternary Volcanism ... 9.1 Physical..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
previous ideas on what is without doubt a kind of “mine field”, because if a classification is based on...(concentration of deposits of similar nature over an area of about 100 km2) NU Some other important definitions...anomalous concentration of metals Operating/abandoned mine: workings that are operating or on care and maintenance...systems, accretionary sedimentary prisms in the trench area are well developed, whereas they may be absent in...mineral system remains, if I may use the expression, a mine field, as testified by the abundance of books and
Book
systematically present the geology of each country, region and continent on Earth. Each book aims to provide...require when beginning investigations in a particular area and are encouraged to include as much information...(Gariep Belt) cropping out in the western borders of Namibia and South Africa. They were split up in the Mesozoic...concerning the tectonic and geodynamic evolution of this region during the Precambrian. Major tectonometamorphic...Ediacaran-Ordovician after McWilliams (1981). Equal area projection, reconstruction after Smith and Hallam
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Yechangping). The main lithostratigraphic units in the region are the Taihua Supergroup (basement), which comprises...the most economically important Mo–W production area (Fig. 2), hosting>2 Mt Mo and 0.6 Mt W reserves...is 2.75 km long, 120–1000 m wide, and covers an area of 0.92 km2. The orebody has a simple, thick, layer-like...pyrrhotite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite, occurring as dominant quartz–sulfide–(sericite)...geochemistry of Bailugou Pb–Zn deposit in Luanchuan area, Henan Province. Miner. Depos. 29, 810–826 (in Chinese
Book
(mantovani@usp.br) R.McG. Miller PO Box 11222, Windhoek, Namibia (rmmiller@mweb.com.na) A. Misi Centro de Pesquisa...2004 in São Paulo (Brazil), 2005 in Windhoek (Namibia), 2006 in Punta del Este (Uruguay), 2007 in Stellenbosch...and Numees (Frimmel et al., 2002) formations of Namibia and the Jacadigo Group and Puga Formation of the...burial efficiency is supported by an above-average area of passive The Neoproterozoic and Cambrian 7...thermally subsiding basins, such as in northern Namibia, South Australia and northwestern Canada. The so-called
Book
10523 Pergamon of Canada Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1 Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19... Of sulphides: pyrrhotite, pentlandite, and chalcopyrite ("nickeliferous pyrrhotite") in norites and...which are unusually rich in pentlandite and chalcopyrite. They carry their important content of platinum...places of extreme differentiation (e.g., at the Frood Mine and at Insizwa) bismuth and tellurium minerals are... The peculiar bornite occurrences in the Ookiep area, Cape Province, are on one hand typical transition
Catalog/List
Fine Mineral Show at The Denver Marriott West 1717 Denver West Blvd. • Golden, CO 80401 Saturday, September...Ordovician, Asery Level Formation Wolchow River Region, St. Petersburg, Russia As if it were not enough...with a resin to enhance stability, and a hollow area where the whorl would be has been filled in a similar...costatum species and was mined at the Korite Oxbow Mine which has been closed since the early 2000s. The...compression to the shell. There is a raised and irregular area protruding out from the whorl on both surfaces,
Report (volume)
pentaborate sheet structure from the Tuzla salt mine, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Am Mineral 79:562-569 Beukes...new hydrous calcium borate, from the Death Valley region, California. Am Mineral 44:911-919 Erd RC, McAllister...new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region, California. Am Mineral 46:560-571 Erd RC, Morgan...(1989) Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California...member of the mica group, from the Little Three mine pegmatite, Ramona District, San Diego County, California
Report (volume)
NEODYINIIUIML . «.52,.nc0ccnenigacdaeanicaseeeMennt ae area erat a easins 620 README ALY 2655s Sen insects eb...pentaborate sheet structure from the Tuzla salt mine, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Am Mineral 79:562-569 Beukes...hydrous calcium borate, from the Death Valley —~ region, California. Am Mineral 44:911-919 Erd RC, McAllister...new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region, California. Am Mineral 46:560-571 Erd RC, Morgan...Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California
Report (issue)
holdings. Prior to 1978, the development of complete mine property cost evaluations was impeded by still evolving...tool. Systems design work also continued on the mine simulation (MINSIM) program, an economic evaluation...reserves. These include implications that because a mine is operating it is profitable, that reported reserves...prices, which are variable over the life of the mine. Economic evaluation is complicated by the presence...and economic variables on viability of individual mine properties (17-18). Nonproducing deposits Producing
Report (issue)
northern Lesotho. Right in the heart of this desolate area, at Letseng-la-Terai, nestles the world’s highest-lying...highest-lying diamond pipe. Commissioning Letseng mine at 10 500 feet during the last two years has called...Whatever you're mining, wherever you're mining, mine it on Bridgestones Bridgestones — for all the variables...Operating conditions differ enormously from mine to mine. Not only are there variations in the kind of...Whatever you’re mining, wherever you’re mining, mine it on Bridgestones. iaaseinn Money — BRIDGE STONE
 
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