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Spessartine from
Navachab Gold Mine, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Spessartine
Formula:Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spessartine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Navachab Gold Mine, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1223306
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1223306:3
GUID (UUID V4):02359a4d-db61-45a4-8f68-ab95a1eb9ebd
Nearest other occurrences of Spessartine
27.3km (17.0 miles) ā“˜Rubikon Mine, Okongava Ost Farm 72, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
38.2km (23.7 miles) ā“˜Elliot claims, Erongorus Farm 166, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
References
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hydrothermal garnet: Evidence from the Navachab gold deposit, Namibia Annika Dziggel a,āŽ, Katharina Wulff...hydrothermally altered calcsilicate rocks of the Navachab gold deposit, Namibia, records complex zoning patterns that...LA-ICP-MS techniques. Garnet essentially forms spessartineā€“grossularā€“almandine solid solutions, and records...This garnet generation is highly enriched in spessartine, and documents a progressive depletion of manganese...increased ļ¬‚uidā€“rock interaction and hydrothermal gold mineralization. In the semi-massive sulļ¬de breccias
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
during gold mineralization in carbonate-bearing metasediments: the Navachab gold deposit, Namibia A. Dziggel...Springer-Verlag 2009 Abstract The Navachab gold deposit in the Damara belt of central Namibia is hosted by a near-vertical...chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and arsenopyrite, native bismuth, gold, bismuthinite, and bismuth tellurides. Mass balance...Keywords Navachab gold deposit . Fluidā€“rock interaction . Rare earth element mobility . Orogenic gold mineralization...Introduction The Navachab gold deposit is situated in the Damara belt in central Namibia (Fig. 1). The mine was discovered
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and Cook, 2004; Empire Cuā€“Zn Mine, Chang and Meinert, 2004, 2008; Navachab Au deposit, Dziggel et al.,...about Al-rich garnets (e.g., pyrope, almandine, spessartine and grossular) and less is known about garnets...Fier skarns; Ciobanu and Cook, 2004; Crown Jewel gold deposit, Gaspar et al., 2008) as early retrograde...grossular and minor pyralspite (sum of pyrope, spessartine almandine and uvarovite) (Fig. 5). In general...grossular; And ā€” andradite; Pyralspite ā€” (pyrope + spessartine + almandine + uvarovite). Data source: major
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SEA Ko peh ok ht ar Da gh Tehran M ag Alborz Region m ati Sa cA na nd Iran rc aj(U Za Study area Si...(Ca3Fe2Si3O12) with a minor contribution of spessartine (Mn3Al2Si3O12). They range in composition vary...(c) 90 80 Andradite 70 Grossular 60 Pyrope 50 Spessartine 40 Uvarovite Almandine 30 20 10 0 58 59 60 61...00 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 Spessartine 1.02 0.86 0.92 0.92 0.94 1.11 1.23 1...05 0.07 0.11 0.05 0.02 0.11 0.02 0.04 Spessartine 1.36 1.11 0.96 1.09 0.77 1.14 1.03 1
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Geochemistry of U-Rich Garnet from the Giant Beiya Gold-Polymetallic Deposit in SW China: Constraints on...Keywords: giant Beiya gold skarn deposit; garnet; Uā€“Pb dating; trace elements; Sanjiang region (SW China) 1...deposit is the largest gold deposit in the region and ranks as the third largest gold deposit in China, with...amounts of Pb, Zn and Ag [30,31]. The Beiya skarn gold-polymetallic deposit is located to the east of the...Although these porphyries are widespread in the region, they are relatively rare within the ore district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
andradite (Adr99.8Gro0.2) with almandine, pyrope, spessartine and uvarovitee collectively less than 3.5% (Fig...Chang, Z., Meinert, L.D., 2008. The Empire Cu-Zn Mine, Idaho: Exploration Implications of Unusual Skarn...hydrothermal garnet: Evidence from the Navachab gold deposit, PT E Namibia. Chemical Geology 262, 262-276....Liang, Y., 2015. Geochronology of the giant Beiya gold-polymetallic deposit in Yunnan Province, Southwest...LA-ICP-MS study of garnets from the Crown Jewel gold deposit. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72, 24
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association between gold and bismuth seen in many ore deposits, and involves the scavenging of gold from hydrothermal...whether the liquid bismuth collector model can explain gold accumulation at this prospect. The calc-silicate...metasomatism involved temperatures >400Ā° to 500Ā°C. Visible gold is associated with native bismuth, bismuthinite...Stormont and textural relationships suggest that gold was scavenged from hydrothermal fluids by liquid...contributed to dissolution and reprecipitation of gold, thus facilitating an ore zone refining process
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North China Craton and the Dabie Orogenic Belt. The region is bounded by the Xiangfanā€“Guangji Fault (XGF)...Many ore deposits have been discovered in this region, including porphyry and porphyryā€“related skarn...chlorite, albite, tremolite and epidote. Native gold or electrum is present as inclusions mainly in pyrite...(Fe-rich garnets) and minor almandine, pyrope and spessartine (Fig. 7a). Garnet ZK6-1-1 contains SiO2 (36.69ā€“38...hydrothermal garnet: Evidence from the Navachab gold deposit, Namibia. Chem. Geol. 262, 262-276. Fernando
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2018M630890 and 2015M582300; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Geological Prospecting Fund Management Center,...compositional features, were matic activities across the region (Han et al., 2011; Jian et al., 2008; distinguished...andraditeā€“grossularā€“pyralspite (pyrope + almandine + spessartine + uvarovite + others) plot for garnets from the...tiling and perturbation of oscilla- dine and spessartine (Yang et al., 2013). Garnets from the Haobugao...0.0 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.3 1.2 0.6 Spessartine 0.2 2.7 1.1 0.9 2.3 1.2 0.4 1.3 0.7
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Turpanā€“Hami basin (copper belt), the Kangguer belt (gold belt), and the Aqishanā€“Yamansu belt (iron-copper-silver...solutions with less pyralspite (sum of spessartine, pyrope, spessartine, and uvarovite) (Figure 9). almandine...solutions with less pyralspite (sum of pyrope, spessartine, Minerals 2020, 10, andraditeā€“grossular 39 11...e =+ spessartine pyrope + compositions.compositions. And = andradite; = grossular; spessartine pyrope...LA-ICP-MS study of garnets from the Crown Jewel gold deposit. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2008, 72, 185ā€“205
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cr2O3 MnO Andradite Grossular Almandine Pyrope Spessartine Ca-Ti Gt Note: bd Ā¼ below detection; Conc. Ā¼...Cr2O3 MnO Andradite Grossular Almandine Pyrope Spessartine Ca-Ti Gt 6 THE CANADIAN MINERALOGIST TABLE...Ca Total Andradite Grossular Almandine Pyrope Spessartine Ca-Ti Gt Sample # Spot # KS-9 109 KS-9 110...grossular, andradite, and pyrope Ć¾ almandine Ć¾ spessartine (pyralspite) (Fig. 3), the Kasva garnets plot...andradite; Pyralspite (pyrope Ć¾ almandine Ć¾ spessartine Ć¾ uvarovite). Numbers correspond to sample numbers
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Engineering Research Center for Mineral Resources and Mine Environments, Hefei University of Technology, 10...prospective region to the north-northeast 28 of the known mineralization in this area. This region is coincident...generation of a 3D prospectivity model for this region. 77 Here, we present a case study of 3D characteristic...data generated during previous exploration in this region (Ningwu Research Group, 82 1978; East China Mineral...basins, the two largest volcanic basins in this region (Zhou et al., 2011). 106 The majority of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated with sulfide stage (stage III, the main copper-gold mineralization stage) is different from other types...deposit prefers to be an IOCG-like (iron oxide-copper-gold) deposit rather than a typical skarn deposit. Attribution...divided into pyralspite (pyrope, almandine, spessartine) and ugrandite (uvarovite, grossular, andradite)...and stable isotopic analyses, an iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG)-like type with skarn alteration was proposed...Erqis fault (Figure 1b). Major structures in the region comprise mainly NW-trending and NNW-trending fault
Book
systematically present the geology of each country, region and continent on Earth. Each book aims to provide...(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...tectonostratigraphic domains and structures of the region are presented, together with implications for the... They emphasize the enormous potential of this region in terms of base (Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Ni), precious
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metallogenic belt, Northeast China (Figure 1a). The region recorded the evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean...mentioning thatsystem. Mn-bearing minerals as spessartine andstages johannsenite) matic-hydrothermal Fluid...variations grossular; And, andradite; pyrope + spessartine + almandine + uvarovite. Abbreviations: Gro,...grossular; And, andradite; Pyr, pyralspite = pyrope + spessartine + almandine + uvarovite. Based on the morphological...LA-ICP-MS study of garnets from the Crown Jewel gold deposit. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2008, 72, 185ā€“205
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(a) Map of Iran and geological map of the Sangan region including location of the Sangan deposit and the...(grandite) solid solution, rich in Fe and Al, with spessartine component (Spe) less than 5 mol% (Fig. 4). Garnet...up to 0.4%), almandine (Alm; up to 0.9%) and spessartine (Spe; 1.3ā€“1.9%, Table 1). Garnet from Aā€™ has...grossular; And = andradite; Spe = almandine + spessartine. Diagram modiļ¬ed after Meinert et al. (2005)...al., 2004). Gaspar et al. (2008), in a study of gold skarn garnets from Crown Jewel, North America, explained
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216 Ma) (Wu et al., 2017). Extrusive rocks in the region comprise mainly bimodal volcanic rocks that host...Other end member components, such as almandine, spessartine, pyrope and uvarovite, are < 3%. Grt I has poor...various types of skarn mineralization. The Sp (spessartine) + Al (almandine) ā€“ Gr (grossularite) ā€“ Ad (andradite)...hydrothermal garnet: Evidence from the Navachab gold deposit, Namibia. Chem. Geol. 262, 262-276. Enami, M...geochemistry of U-rich garnet from the giant Beiya gold-polymetallic deposit in SW China: Constraints on
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deposits and mines are scattered throughout the region, a fact that has attracted the attention of many...deposits and mines are scattered throughout the region, a fact that has attracted the attention of many...mineralization mechanisms in thein region. skarn mineralization mechanisms the region. Figure1.1.Tectonic Tectonicframework...experienced metamormetamorphism. phism. Faults this region regiongenerally generally strike in the NWW directions...and contained less pyralspite (sum of pyrope, spessartine, almandine, and uvarovite; Figure 8). FOR PEER
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Hunan district in the Qin-Hang and the Nanling Region, modified from [16,17]. (c) Geologic map of Nanling...Nanling metallogenic belt, modBelt the[11]. Nanling Region, modified from [16,17]. (c) Geologic map of Nanling...[17]. The Nanling Ore belt, located in the central region of South China (Figure 1b,c), with massive magmatic...has distinct core and edge regions, with the core region consisting of an average or occasionally oscillating...images of Grtof II-b and margin alterationalteration region II-cregion showing ing pyrite superposition. pyrite
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papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career, which has...4.3.9 The Brandberg West Greisen Vein Systems, Namibia . . 4.3.10 The Kalguta Mo-W-Be-Bi Greisen System.... . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Intrusion-Related Gold, Polymetallic and Uraniferous Vein Systems and Breccia...Complexes. . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold-Rare Earth Elements-Uranium Mineral Systems . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 Gold Skarns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thesis/Dissertation
Engineering ii ABSTRACT The Kansanshi Cu-(Au) mine exploits a structurally controlled deposit hosted...southern Africa. It is currently the largest active Cu mine in Africa, with a total endowment of nearly 12 Mt...Kansanshi antiform. The deposit occurs within the Domes region of the Central African Copperbelt, where amphibolite...Domain is separated from the overlying Kansanshi Mine domain by the Evaporitic Sequence, a >300 m thick...of vanished evaporites. The base of the Kansanshi Mine domain is represented by the Dolomitic Sequence
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of granite-related mineral deposits across the region. Significant indium is found in sulphidebearing...from the northern margin of Dartmoor (the Red-a-Ven mine), the greisen vein systems at Redmoor and Cligga...than 20 main stage mineral vein systems across the region. The richest occurrences have been identified at...for targeted exploration and extraction in the region, the metal has significant potential to add value...Zn-rich tennantite-tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite, native gold and electrum, hessite, petzite, and stuĢˆtzite. Due
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...copper, 51 700 tonnes of silver and 1,9 tonnes of gold. Photo: Olof Martinsson, LuleƄ University of Technology...3D/4D modelling tools in exploration for epithermal gold potential areas in Eastern Rhodope zone (Western...the ore body structural complexities: KDC East Gold Mine, South Africa . . .............................Integrated 3D mineral systems maps for iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) Deposits, Eastern Gawler Craton, South Australia
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history and the geographic closeness of the Greek region could suggest a similar process governing the trend...the Ross Sea Embayment intruded the northeastern region of the Wilson Terrane, Antarctica. Plutons with...pressure standard. Temperature at the hotspot, the region of interest for analyses, was calculated using...northeastern part of Vietnam. The Mn ore in this region is of neritic origin, representing a chemical sediment...pilot projects were undertaken in the Curnamona region of western New South Wales (NSW) and eastern South
 
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