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Marcasite from
Perseverance mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe


Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Perseverance mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1238819
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1238819:6
GUID (UUID V4):3f0eb495-a3c4-47aa-af6e-48a12c06ef6c
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
66.9km (41.6 miles) Hartley Mine, Chegutu District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
71.6km (44.5 miles) Sanyati Mine, Gokwe North District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits in the world, such as Mount Keith, Perseverance, and Six Mile Well/ 822 Yakabindie (Burt...AWB trends NNW–SSE and is bounded to the east and west by voluminous Archaean granitoids and terranescale...units dip steeply (subvertical in places) to the west (Fig. 1), whereas igneous textures and geochemical...paper was conducted synproduction with the MKD5 mine operation and benefited from access to a significantly...significantly larger database of drillcore and mine-related information in comparison to most previous studies
Report (issue)
Torries, College of Mineral and Energy Resources, West Virginia University; Michael P. Lee, USGS; Jan Zwartendyk...------------3. Nickel deposits in the Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada-----------------------4. Nickel...------------------9. Proportions of total world mine production of nickel accounted for by countries...-------------------------------------10. Nickel mine production in countries having major deposits and...----------------Estimated cumulative and annual mine production of nickel, contained in ore, concentrate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfideoxidationproceeds with the replacementof pyrrhotiteby marcasite,followedby the replacementof pentlandite by violarite...surfaceover the depositslopesgently upward towardthe west,attaininga maximumrelief of about 55 m over a distanceof...m), there is some alteration of pyrrhotite to marcasite, which indicatesthat the depth of this alteration...but mosthasbeen pseudomorphically replacedby marcasite (me, white). Both minerals contain iowaire and...Photomicrograph showingherringbone-textured intergrowthof marcasite(white) and magnetite(mediumgray) representingthe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found within the memo=y of those living in the district. The specimen (plate I) was found while removing...first discovered in the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district in the reign of James IV of Scotland, 1488-1513...seekers. The gold of the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district occurs in alluvial clay, gravels, and silt bordering...small extent worked by John D. Weir in 1936 on the west side of the Windgate Burn at its junction with the...small nuggets or pellets usually found in the district, thus affording a direct proof, if proof were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure I: Galena, Treece, Kansas, Tri-State district; specimen 5Vi cm tall; Na­ tional Museum of Canada...figure 2 (leftI: Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across; Harvard Mineralogical...page): Galena, St. Joseph Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6 cm on edge; James Madison...host rock.is dolomitized limestone. • The mining district is on a dome or arch. • Mineralization is typically...100°-200°C. • There is a lack of intrusive rock in the district. • Mineralogy is simple. • Precious metal values
Report (issue)
MINES.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4.1 Acid Mine Drainage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . 7 1.5.3.1 Soil, Rock, Stream Sediment, and Mine Waste Sampling Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.0 MINE DESCRIPTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3.45 TREASURE VAULT MINE (Site No. JV-27). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3.46 NELLIE ANN MINE (Site No. JV-18). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
rescue dig on the spoil heap of the Alva silver mine near Stirling. Remarkable specimens of dendritic...has taken place over many years concerning early mine working. Was the area worked for its copper either...Definite evidence of both Prehistoric and Roman mine workings on Engine Vein, at Alderley Edge, makes...postage rates). TQ11yBmw11e 10h11 CK Journal of Mine, & Mineral~ No. IS -4- Pearce THE MINERALIZATION...Distribution of old metal mines in the Llanrwst district. Based on Dewey & Smith ( 1922) with the geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 23:14 19 October 2014 Vindicator Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado I n terms...ROCKS & MINERALS the Golden Circle mine at Sorrento and the Cline mine at Hancock, Maine, and from a vaguely...the Consolidated mine at Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia; the Barite Hill gold mine in McCormick County...rare tellurides at the inactive Reynolds or Star mine, Montgomery County, North Carolina; and possibly...mineral in the Young American mine, Goochland County, Virginia, and the Haile mine, Lancaster County, South
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
komatiite-NiCu-(PGE) deposits be determined? Perseverance, Agnew-Wiluna belt, Western Australia—J. Trofimovs...Post-caldera activity in the Alban Hills volcanic district (Italy): 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and insights...determination of mercury speciation and mobility in mine waste —Chris Sladek and Mae Sexauer Gustin 927...sulfosalts of the Pongkor epithermal gold-silver deposit, West Java, Indonesia—I. Wayan Warmada, Bernd Lehmann...Yeatmanite and magnussonite from the Garpenberg Norra mine, Bergslagen ore province, Sweden—Per Nysten Experimental
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cut-off not recognized,exceptfor one examplein the west. for bulk gradeof Ni ore) occurredin the easternhalf...and Six Mile). 1 percentNi or more,the Agnew(Perseverance) de69 percent,the Forrestania groupof Dunitc-associated...Intrusivedunitc associated Depositname Agnew (Perseverance) Black Swan *Mr. Keith *Six Mile Volcanic...AGNEW • GROUP o _EINSTER27 45'S• .27ø45'S PERSEVERANCE] J0 /, 5km , Downs HS. FIG.4. Geologic mapshowing...mineralized(Fig. 9), onlyoneformation Kambalda district, where the nickel resourcesof the contains mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
::::::: .....:•:• $UPERGENE ALTERATION AT PERSEVERANCE NICKEL DEPOSIT, W. A. FB 187 .,,•metallurglcal...Increasing aridity during the Quaternar3 as the Perseverance Fault. causedalluviation of the valleys and...rock associated with the 80ø west-dippingPerseverance Fault. The Perseverance ultramafic lens consists... nickel isoplethat or closeto the contactin the west- railerlite-type minerals. One, a finely dispersed...hexagonal) in the primary assemblages ferently. marcasite). SUPERGENE.4LTER.4TION.4T PERXEFER.4NCENICKEL
Book
hardness when compared to quartz from from Ron Colman's mine, Hot Springs, Arkansas. 11 cm. Right: Herkimer diamond...Left: Herkimer diamond cluster. Ace of Diamonds mine, Fig.3. Examples of Herkimer diamonds. Top: Cluster...Herkimer diamond Herkimer diamonds. Treasure Mt. mine, Little Falls, NY. Collected 2002. weighing 5.5...Bottom: 150 small Herkimer diamonds. Herkimer Diamond Mine Resort, Middleville, NY. Jay Walter collection....pictured here at their long-term claim. Diamond Acres mine, Mohawk Township, NY. September 4, 2011. reading
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hercynianmountain chain,whichpresumablyextendedfarther to the west,wherethe depths of the TyrrhenianSear/owexist....namePoggioFuoco,usedin the older literature. This mine and the old minesof Tarone and Montahto form a natural...hundredmetersfrom the slopeand fault,andformedthe wealthof the mine,wereperhapsweatheredout from the Argille scagliose...roundedblocksof pure granular stibniteof the old Tafone mine have many similaritieswith the nodules encountered...ore-bearingquartz bodies. Also not far from the Tafone mine there are depositsof calcareoustufa, althoughof
Report (issue)
Aerial view of Main-Barton open pit, Jundee gold mine, WA, viewed from the east, June 1997. The pit is...Nannine and Cuddingwarra goldfields, Murchison district N J Winnall, T J Hibberd, D S Thynne and E Wahdan...De-Vitry, J W Libby and P J Langworthy 315 Perseverance nickel deposit J W Libby, P R Stockman, K M...fluorite deposit K A Rogers 387 SOUTH AUSTRALIA Perseverance gold deposit, Tarcoola F J Hughes 395 Iron...E Webster and C Lutherborrow 587 Girilambone district copper deposits J M Fogarty 593 CSA copper-lead-zinc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Victoria3052, Australia Abstract Lateritizationof the Perseverance nickel-sulfidedeposit,near Agnew, WesternAustralia...traceelementsinvestigatedin this studyin the oxide zone at Perseverance indicatethat their retentionor lossis a complex...north-northwest-trending, isoclinally in the oxide zone of the Perseverance nickel sulfide foldedgreenstone belt regionallymetamorphosed...Adjacentto thisfault is a narrow zone shootat Perseverance. All theseelementsare strongly of conformab...including Mt. Keith, Six Mile, and Perseverance from Perseverance providean opportunityto docu- (Nickel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SHEARED MAGMATIC SULFIDE ORE AT THE THAYER LINDSLEY MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO JOSHUA BAILEY§, ANDREW M. MCDONALD¶...Ontario P3E 5P4, Canada ABSTRACT The Thayer Lindsley mine, located in the geographic South Range of the 1...study, we examine contact-style ore zones at the mine that are overprinted by lower-amphibolite-grade...by pyrrhotite and of pyrrhotite by pyrite and marcasite. Although variations in the metal content of magmatic...undeformed and sheared sulfide ore at the Thayer Lindsley mine. The observed Ni depletion in sheared sulfide ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
United States locality is, or was, the Blackbird Mine, in Linch Co., Idaho. Here, fine indigo blue to...crystal blades occurred, some in a matrix of golden marcasite, which set them off well. This locality, like...Colorado, one of the finest locations has been the Ibex Mine, in Leadville. At this location, fine crusts of...their prime, but with a little determination and perseverance the collector should be able to acquire a good
Report (issue)
currently provides about 7 per cent of the world‘s mine production of nickel (1978).It is the third largest...of sulphide nickel, supplying some 12 per cent of mine production, and possessing nearly 15 per cent of............... Antimony Nick .................... West Quest prospect ........................................................... 102 Juan complex, Juan West and Durkin Deeps shoots ..........................30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. World and Australian mine production of nickel, 1900-1979 ...............
Book
awareness, such as a realization that companies in the West operate on the profit motive. This little essay...been a tendency among those who search for and mine industrial minerals to call them ‘ore’ and to measure...reluctance to allow large isolated have mines or mine a because ment unemploy into plunged communities...with many metals during this century has been to mine lower and lower grade ores. This has led to the...For example, to develop the large RTZ copper-gold mine at Bougainville, at 1979 prices. Papua New Guinea
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Baltimore, Md. 21206 Treasurer: CARL KROTKI, 140 West End Ave., New York, _N. Y. 10023 Assistant Treasurer:...its members a visit to the Diamond Hill Amethyst Mine was scheduled. . . . The Western South Carolina...Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, also District Representatives of the EFMLS told the Club about...enjoyed by the members of the Chesapeake Gem and Mine~al Society, Baltimore.... A demonstration on arrow...their trip to Aruba.... (Ed. note: a request to the West Palm Beaches Club to send in a report on the project
Corporate Document
described in the report Appendix 3. Location of West-Australian gold occurrences described in the report...is pyrrhotite; other ore minerals detected are marcasite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, altaite...collision of the Norrbotten and Karelian cratons in the west. This resulted in the amalgamation of the Archaean...Lapland, in the far hinterland of subduction in the west (epoch 2). The third epoch is defined by the collision...ore" was extracted and treated at the Pahtavaara mine plant (Markku Kilpelä, pers. comm. 1999). The deposit
Journal (issue)
something to talk about. Last year the Chiurucu Mine in Huanuco Department. proAuced the best rhodonitcs...Readers of the Mineral News may recall an editorial of mine in the April, 1990 Mineral News entitled: "Books...told that the mineral data in The Photo-Atlas of Mine~ als was supplied by me from my publication: The...locality given with the photos is the Triple H & J Mine, not Granite Peak which is nearby, but across a...spectacular find of atacamites from a copper mine known as the Lily Mine in Pisco Province, lea Department. These
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australia is the first documented komatiite outside the West Australian craton and the easternmost occurrence...(pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, pyrite, marcasite, polydymite violarite, heazelwoodite, millerite)...Mg flows. Locally, there is supergene pyrite-marcasite and native copper-bornite-chalcocite(?) assemblage...2002). This relatively small (ca. 50 × 220 km) east-west–trending domain is bound to the south by the Proterozoic...Komatiite is controlled by the intersection of the east-west Yerda shear zone with a series of northeasterly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Margabal Mine Entraygues-sur-Truyère, Aveyron, France Wendell E. Wilson The Mineralogical Record...France F-01340 ericasselborn@free.fr The Margabal mine has become a modern classic locality for torbernite...metatorbernite-rimmed meta-autunite. LOCATION The Margabal mine is located on the northeastern flank of a wooded...siliceous, almost black rock, aligned along the East-West direction. Along the trail, a skilled observer can...Label for a torbernite specimen from the Margabal mine collected by Jean Behier (1903– 1965), a well-known
Report (issue)
a ledge of stone blasted, a test core drilled, a mine shaft sunk or a gravel pit dug—additional mineral...also wish to thank the many quarry, gravel pit and mine operators in Iowa, and many private landowners who...II Appendix III Appendix IV Index Pyrite and marcasite .................................. Pyrolusite...3) 4) 5) 6) Upper Mississippi Valley zinc—lead district Mineral crystals, isometric ....................claystone concretion with celestite, calcite and marcasite. 20 23 . 24 Plates Page I i 7) A. Brown
 
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