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Violarite from
Phikwe Mine, Selebi-Phikwe belt (Selbi-Pikwe), Selebi-Phikwe, Central District, Botswana


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Violarite
Formula:Fe2+Ni23+S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Violarite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Phikwe Mine, Selebi-Phikwe belt (Selbi-Pikwe), Selebi-Phikwe, Central District, Botswana
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:544984
Long-form Identifier:1:3:544984:2
GUID (UUID V4):8e848e28-10d3-4fad-ae7f-e6201124b0ae
References
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sulfide deposits in the Tati and Selebi-Phikwe belts of eastern Botswana W. D. Maier & S.-J. Barnes & G...deposits in two distinct belts in eastern Botswana. The Tati belt contains several relatively small deposits...the periphery of a greenstone belt. The deposits of the Selebi-Phikwe belt are larger in size (up to 31...that intruded gneisses of the Central Zone of the Limpopo metamorphic belt. The composition of the sulfide...variation. Most of the mineralisation in the Tati belt contains 2–9% Ni and 0.05–4% Cu (Cu/Cu + Ni=0.4–0
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Hulu Cu–Ni deposit, eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, and its geological significance Chunming...sulfide deposit in Eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, has detected horizons of sulfide mineralization...data, Cu–Ni deposit, Eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt Received: 16 March 2013; accepted: 11...Tianshan nickel–copper belt (Mao et al. 2002; Zhou et al. 2004; Han et al. 2010). This belt ranks as the second...Orogenic Belt Aqishan-Yamansu arc Aqikkuduk Fault Tarim Craton 89° 90° n arc Central Tiansha Beishan
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Engineering Research Center for Mineral Resources and Mine Environments, Hefei 230009, China 3 State Key...Tianshan along the southern margin of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) contain roughly 1 million metric...1 a Schematic geological map of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (modified after Jahn et al. 2000; Xiao...Beishan Fold Belt (Fig. 1b). The Tianshan terrane can be further divided into the Northern, Central, and Southern...2004). The Northern Tianshan is separated from the Central Tianshan by the Aqikkuduk fault and comprises,
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Ni-Co Sulfide Deposit in the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt, Northern Tibet Plateau, China Xie-Yan Song,1,†...Ni-Co deposit, located in the East Kunlun orogenic belt, northern Tibet plateau, is the secondary largest...deposits at the southern margins of the Central Asian orogenic belt (e.g., Kalatongke, Huangshan, Huangshandong...al., 2008, 2010), the deposits in the Selebi-Phikwe belt, Botswana (Maier et al., 2008), the Santa Rita...Rita deposit in the Itabuna-Salvador-Curaca belt, Brazil (Barnes et al., 2013), and the Kotalahti and Vammala
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human beings. When I first visited Sukinda chromite belt in 1964, it was a sleeping hamlet, gifted by nature’s...), a few kilometers away in the Nausahi chromium belt, produced a few tons. I recently revisited the area...that platinum–palladium do exist at Sukinda–Nausahi Belt. However, what I saw saddened me. There are more...born hills appear parallel to Mahagiri range due to mine-waste dumping. Unpaved roads serve the movement...The sky is gloomy throughout the day due to the mine and road dust. Social evils, crime, alcoholism,
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500 km long Kabanga– Musongati–Kapalagulu igneous belt in Tanzania and Burundi. The igneous bodies are...northeastern Kibaran belt showing locality of Kabanga– Musongati–Kapalagulu belt of intrusions. b Location...Location of the Kibaran belt between the Congo and Tanzania cratons a b important nickel laterite deposits...Kabanga–Musongati–Kapalagulu (KMK) mafic–ultramafic belt that extends for >500 km from Uganda to Lake Tanganyika...al. 2004; Maier et al. 2007, 2008a; Fig. 1). The belt contains both relatively large, layered intrusions
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normalized to 100% sulfide): (i) the Vammala Nickel Belt (Papunen, 1986, Peltonen, 1995) in the PaleoProterozoic...those of the > 2 Ga Tati and SelebiPhikwe belts in Botswana (Maier et al., 2008) showing oceanic-arc affinities... 2018) was made in the South of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) in China. These deposits occur...economic Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization within the same belt that hosts one of the most economically important...a continental Terrane that was accreted to the Central-Iberian Zone during the late Proterozoic Cadomian
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arc activity in the Victoria Lake Supergroup, central Newfoundland: Tectonic development of the northern...carbon fixation in minerals from serpentine-rich mine tailings using the Rietveld method with X-ray powder...Ni distributions in synthetic pentlandite and violarite using 60Ni isotope— Christophe Tenailleau, Barbara...M. Hora Tectonics and climate of the southern central Andes—M.R. Srecker, R.N. Alonso, B. Bookhagen,...areas of past mercury mining in the Terlingua district, southwest Texas, USA—John E. Gray, Mark E. Hines
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(Morales-Ruano and Fenoll Hach-Ali 1996), the Michael silver mine, the GĂłry Sowie mountains, Poland: in a hydrothermal...base-metal sulfides are pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, violarite, and pentlandite, with no or minor pyrite. Pyrrhotite...in pyrrhotite; in most cases it is replaced by violarite. Chalcopyrite occurs predominantly as anhedral...pyrrhotite; in places, it replaces pentlandite and violarite along the cleavages or factures of the latter...sulfides in the intrusion, (ii) the widespread violarite in sulfide assemblages, (iii) extensive overprinted
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in Sulfide Ores from Ultramafic Massifs of the Central East Sayan Mountains, Southern Siberia, Russia...of sulfide ores from ultramafic massifs in the central East Sayan Moun tains and on the regularities...massifs. Copper–nickel mineralization in the central East Sayan Mountains was discovered in the 1970s...folding with the host rocks of volca In the central East Sayan Mountains, the largest cluster of ultramafic...km Fig. 1. Location (a) and geologic map of the central IyaKukshera interfluve, East Sayan Mountains (b)
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plagioclase-bearing lherzolite is located in the central part of the intrusion, and the melanogabbro are...%), and chalcopyrite (10– 30 vol.%) (Fig. 4c). Violarite, cubanite, sphalerite, mackinawite, pyrite, arsenopyrite...wehrlite. The plagioclase-bearing lherzolite of the central part of the mafic-ultramafic bodies contains troilite...pentlandite Fe5.0–4.5Ni5.0– 4.5 S 8 , chalcopyrite, and violarite. Pyrite, sphalerite, mackinawite, bornite, and...pyrrhotite (60–70 vol.%) is rimmed by small-grained violarite (10–25 vol.%) (Fig. 4d). The host matrix is represented
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deposit . Platinum-group elements . Central Asian Orogenic Belt . Kalatongke . Xinjiang . China Introduction...been found in north China within the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) through extensive exploration...showing A schematic geological map of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (after Hong et al. 2004), B tectonic...chalcopyrite, and pentlandite, with supergene pyrite and violarite; platinum-group minerals Miner Deposita (2009)...method The samples were sawed into slabs and the central parts were used for bulk-rock analyses. The rocks
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Chapter | 1 Overview 3 FIGURE 1.2 Hill-top laterite mine in New Caledonia. The overburden has been removed...occurs in the copper–cobalt oxide ores from the Central African Copperbelt. These ores typically contain...metal production from ore, avoids the production of mine waste products and slows the usage of valuable land...Production of Cobalt from the Cu-Co Ores of the Central African Copperbelt Ch 30 Cobalt FIGURE 1.11 Organization...cobalt originates from the copper ores of the Central African Copperbelt. The organization of these topics
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Ni-Cu deposit in Tanzania lies within the Mozambique belt, a complex, long-lived Neoproterozoic suture zone...al., 2018), the Kotalahti and Vammala belts in central Finland (Makinen and Makkonen, 2004; Barnes et...Complex, located within the Neoproterozoic Mozambique belt, has been explored intermittently since the 1950s...within a setting similar to that of the Thompson belt, Canada, prior to regional deformation, 1135 Downloaded...Ntaka Ultramafic Complex, lies within the Mozambique belt, a complex, A long-lived Neoproterozoic orogenic
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Refining the Classification Using McCreedy West Mine and Podolsky Project Case Studies 163-180 C.E.G...Dyke, Zimbabwe - Case Study of the Hartley Platinum Mine A.H. Wilson, R.T. Brown 409-429 20. The Platinova...REFINING THE CLASSIFICATION: USING McCREEDY WEST MINE, AND PODOLSKY PROJECT CASE STUDIES C.E.G. Farrow...PGE-bearing layered intrusions in the Kola platinum belt CONCLUSIONS 16. THE DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION...DYKE, ZIMBABWE – CASE STUDY OF THE HARTLEY PLATINUM MINE A.H. Wilson, R.T. Brown INTRODUCTION EXPLORATION
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Kuopio, Finland P. Heino Yara Suomi Oy, SiilinjÀrvi Mine, SiilinjÀrvi, Finland R.J. Herrington The Natural...US T. Huhtelin QP-FRB Outokumpu Ferrochrome Kemi Mine, Kemi, Finland E. Hyvönen Geological Survey of Finland...Survey of Finland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Mustavaara Mine Ltd, Oulu, Finland J. Kinnunen Mawson Resources...Oulu, Finland Contributors T. MÀki PyhÀsalmi Mine Oy, PyhÀsalmi, Finland H.V. Makkonen Geological...Taipale Palsatech Oy, Rovaniemi, Finland Mustavaara Mine Ltd, Oulu, Finland, Finland O.T. RÀmö University
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1–420 by a pilot project on mineral deposits in Central Europe and in the spreadsheet classiïŹcation scheme...epigenetic and diagenetic mineral deposits in Central Europe . . . . . . . 54. Conclusions — the importance...numerous and in this context some studies from Central Europe may be quoted as representative of this...on fossil fuels, ore and industrial minerals in Central Europe two separate approaches have been taken...crustal consolidation of what is called today Central Europe: (1) stratabound deposits, (2) thrust-bound
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1–420 by a pilot project on mineral deposits in Central Europe and in the spreadsheet classiïŹcation scheme...epigenetic and diagenetic mineral deposits in Central Europe . . . . . . . 54. Conclusions — the importance...numerous and in this context some studies from Central Europe may be quoted as representative of this...on fossil fuels, ore and industrial minerals in Central Europe two separate approaches have been taken...crustal consolidation of what is called today Central Europe: (1) stratabound deposits, (2) thrust-bound
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has championed the concept of a Proterozoic mobile belt around the stable cratonic nuclei of. Dharwar, Bhandara...USSR Academy of Sciences, Chernogolvka, Moscow district, U . S . S . H . J. Foden, Bureau of Mineral Resources...PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CONDITIONS OF METAMORPHISM OF THE ANCIENT FOLD BELT COMPLEXES V.V. Fed'kin 85 ON THE ELECTRICAL STRUCTURE...AND PETROGENETIC IMPLICATIONS, ARUNTA INLIER, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. A.Y. Glikson and J. Foden 281 EVOLUTION...MINERALIZATION IN THE PROTEROZOIC ARAVALLI - DELHI OROGENIC BELT, NW INDIA T.J. Sugden, M. Deb and B.F. Windley
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of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit-types, District Metallogeny, the Evolution of Geological Provinces...avec l'editeur. Gold-rich specimen fro1n the Don,e Mine, Tim1nins, Ontario that was presented to GSC in...of Canada A Synthesis of Major Deposit-Types, .District Metallogeny, the Evolution of Geological Provinces...of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit-Types, District Metallogeny, the Evo lution of Geological Provinces...Ni-Cu-(PGE) Deposits in the Raglan Area, Cape Smith Belt, New Quebec C.M Lesher .................. .. ..
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northwest-directed thrusting in the Composite Arc Belt, southeastern Ontario . . . . . . . . . . . . ....polyphase Grenvillian metamorphism in the Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province, Québec . . . ....metapelitic gneisses along the Moose River, west-central Adirondacks, New York . . . . . . . . . . . . ...petrogenesis of the Catoctin volcanic province, central Appalachians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....geochemistry of granitic and charnockitic rocks in the central Lovingston massif of the Grenvillian Blue Ridge
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cenneetevnntuatne saacossh snusctctccckntee aerate een mine ee tocs 344 MONITORING OF THE REACTION PARAMETERS...Physical Sciences American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th St. New York, New York 10024-5102...secondary ion image focal plane, such that only the central area of 15-15 um is being analyzed. The normal...combustion products: an example from an Eastern Kentucky mine and power plant. Appl Geochem 22:2065-2077 36...the width and shape of the MAS spectrum of the central (+1/2 to —1/2) transition depend additionally on
 
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