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Arsenopyrite from
Viceroy Mine, Goromonzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Viceroy Mine, Goromonzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:565153
Long-form Identifier:1:3:565153:5
GUID (UUID V4):d771f8f8-9397-4607-aeb1-017a5266492b
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
7.1km (4.4 miles) ā“˜Arcturus Mine, Goromonzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
41.0km (25.5 miles) ā“˜Bernheim Mine, Mazowe gold field, Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe
46.1km (28.6 miles) ā“˜Mazowe Mine [including Jumbo Mine], Mazowe gold field, Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe
50.8km (31.6 miles) ā“˜Freda Rebecca Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe
51.1km (31.8 miles) ā“˜Kimberley Mine, Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe
59.1km (36.7 miles) ā“˜Shamva Mine, Shamva District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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assemblages at the Viceroy Mine, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe T. OBERTHUĢˆR* AND ...2008] ABSTR ACT Gold mineralization at the Viceroy Mine is hosted in extensional veins in steep shear...banded or massive quartz carrying abundant coarse arsenopyrite. However, most striking is a distinct suite...liquid/melt-collecting mechanism was probably active at Viceroy Mine, where the distinct Au-Bi-TeS assemblage either...either formed late as part of the main, arsenopyrite-dominated mineralization, or it represents a different
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and crystalline rocks of the Rhodope Massif to the east. This area contains the Paliomylos, Chalkoma, and...quartz veins. Iron-bearing sulļ¬des (pyrite, arsenopyrite, and pyrrhotite) formed prior to a copper-bearing...likely related to the Strymon detachment (on the east of Kerdyllion detachment) that started operating...= 144ā€“287 Ā°C Ī“34S: Py and Apy 3.2ā€“6.8ā€° Viceroy, Zimbabwe Archean Metabasalt Mineralization in normal...al. (1995), OberthĆ¼r and Weiser (2008) Mazowe, Zimbabwe Archean Granodiorite, quartzā€“feldspar porphyry
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Mazowe area, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe: II. Genetic relationships deduced from mineralogical...In the Mazowe area some 40 km NW of Harare in Zimbabwe, gold mineralization is hosted in a variety of...the mainly granodiorite-hosted workings at Mazowe mine are on pyrite-rich reefs, mines of the Bernheim...are characterized by arsenopyrite-rich ores, and Stori's Golden Shaft and Alice mine, both in metabasalts...Department, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe U.F. Hein Institut fuƈr
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mineralogy of the Yangzhaiyu gold deposit, Xiaoqinling district, southern North China craton Shi-Jian Bi & Jian-Wei...Mesozoic magmatic rocks widespread in the Xiaoqinling district and other parts of the southern North China craton...of pyrite and lesser amounts of chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, pyrrhotite, and Znā€“Pb sulfides.... These minerals, notably pyrite and arsenopyrite, either contain free, visible gold, or host refractory...has a close association with As-rich pyrite or arsenopyrite (Cook and Chryssoulis 1990; Genkin et al. 1998;
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cobaltite, Co-rich loellingite, and Co-rich arsenopyrite (stage I), magnetite II, ferrohornblende II...earliest retrograde mineralization consists of arsenopyrite (stages II and III), which contains variable...following retrograde alteration of those minerals to arsenopyrite II. Molten Bi droplets are interpreted to have...formation of the Bi-Au inclusions observed in arsenopyrite II. The second mechanism of gold refining is...gold in As-bearing phases such as pyrite and arsenopyrite has been widely recognized in gold deposits
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systematics of sulfide inclusions from the Jagersfontein Mineā€”Sonja Aulbach, Steven B. Shirey, Thomas Stachel...Geology of a complex kimberlite pipe (K2 pipe, Venetia Mine, South Africa): insights into conduit processes...104, no. 1. Geochemical zoning of pyrite and arsenopyrite individuals from the Klyuchevskoe gold deposit...No. 5, 2009 Copper isotope fractionation in acid mine drainageā€”B.E. Kimball, R. Mathur, A.C. Dohnalkova...changeā€”D. Kirk Nordstrom Water management for acid mine drainage control at the polymetallic Zn-Pb-(Ag-Bi-Cu)
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Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., East Perth, WA 6004, Australia PT Kapuas Prima Coal,...Three sulfoarsenides were identified, including arsenopyrite, glaucodot, and alloclasite. The occurrence...magnetite. In terms of sulfoarsenides, both arsenopyrite and glaucodot are associated with massive sulfide...grains where glaucodot typically is rimmed by arsenopyrite. Both Bi-Ag sulfosalt and sulfoarsenides were...condition. The ore-forming temperature based on arsenopyrite geothermometry ranges from 428 ā—¦ C to 493 ā—¦
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found in samples from the Au-bearing quartz-arsenopyrite veins of the Limarinho deposit (northern Portugal)...the NW Iberian Peninsula, Au-bearing quartz-arsenopyrite veins hosted by Variscan granites and their...The Limarinho deposit is a gold-bearing quartz arsenopyrite vein system hosted by a late variscan S-type...granite located in northern Portugal (Vila Real district) (Fig. 1). The gold mineralization is accompanied...by Lipovetskiy et al. (1977) from the Alekeseyev mine, Siberia (Russia), is known from fewer than ten
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which jonassonite is associated consists of arsenopyrite, pyrite, marcasite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite,...natural Auā€“Bi sulfide mineral, from the Tsugahira mine, southwestern Japan, was by Hamasaki et al. (1986)...occurrence of a Auā€“Bi sulfide from the Viceroy mine at Zimbabwe, closely corresponding to Pb-free jonassonite...specimens were collected from dumps of the abandoned mine. The only piece that contains jonassonite was split...approximately 5  4  3 cm. It consists of massive arsenopyrite and contains visible crystals of needle-shaped
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initial introduction of iron sulfides (pyrite, arsenopyrite, and pyrrhotite) was followed by a copper-bearing...Vertiskos mica gneiss; (b) Boudinaged massive pyrite-arsenopyrite ore within mylonitized Vertiskos gneiss; (c...(f) Siderite (Sd) associated with pyrite (Py), arsenopyrite (Apy) and chalcopyrite (Cp) in the shear zone...assemblage that includes pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, and magnetite (stage I), followed...chlorite siderite apatite monazite xenotime pyrite arsenopyrite pyrrhotite molybdenite sphalerite chalcopyrite
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pyrrhotite (Po-1) + arsenopyrite (Apy-1) + Bi-bearing minerals (Bis-1) + Au-1; arsenopyrite (Apy-2) + chlorite...chlorite + Bi-bearing minerals (Bis-2) + Au-2; and arsenopyrite (Apy-3) + graphite + Bi-bearing minerals (Bis-3)...in these minerals. The mineral assemblages of arsenopyrite, Bi-minerals, and gold exhibit a clear As-Bi-Au...gold deposits in the Jiamusi Block. Keywords: arsenopyrite; gold; Bi-minerals; Laozuoshan; enrichment ...mineralization was found to have occurred in the East and Central ore belts of the Laozuoshan gold deposit
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the Tengchong-Lianghe (Tengliang) metallogenic district. Two mineralization types, identified in this...sulfides (e.g. pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, arsenopyrite). Whereas the activity of stage III resulted...within early-stage minerals (e.g., pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, magnetite, molybdenite) on liquid bismuth occurrences...occurrences and gold enrichment. In the Welatam district, Bi-Aubearing minerals are usually found in the...2015); b. Regional geological map of the Tengliang district that shows the distribution of the granitoids
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minerals in gold lodes commonly include pyrite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, and stibnite. However, the L7 lode...Neiva et al., 2008), and with As-rich pyrite or arsenopyrite rather than native arsenic in As-rich gold deposits...the Baogutu goldā€“copper district The Baogutu goldā€“copper mineralization district, where the Baogutu gold...al., 2013). (C) Geological map of the Baogutu district (modiļ¬ed from Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources...Carboniferous volcanic-sedimentary rocks in the Baogutu district were subdivided into the Tailegula, Baogutu, and
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orogenic gold systems (Viceroy Mine, Harareā€“Binduraā€“Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe; OberthĆ¼r and Weiser...Maldon deposit Gold was ļ¬rst found in the Maldon district (then known as Tarrengower), about 135 km northwest...and the Parkins reef, containing the North British Mine, at the southern end of the ļ¬eld (Fig. 2). By 1926...from the Nuggetty reef and at the North British Mine. Mineralisation in the Maldon goldļ¬eld is hosted...mentioned in the text and the position of North British Mine where some of the samples in this study are located
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
replacement and Ni substitution into auriferous arsenopyrite Denis Fougerouse a,b,ā‡‘, Steven Micklethwaite...world-class Obuasi gold deposit, Ghana, has gold-rich arsenopyrite spatially associated with quartz veins, which...replacement (15%) by Au-poor, nickeliferous arsenopyrite, during localised crystalplastic deformation...f S2 and carried aqueous NiCl2. We ļ¬nd that arsenopyrite replacement produced strong chemical gradients...Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 178 (2016) 143ā€“159 arsenopyrite crystal structure for Ni and Co, rather than
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emplacement of regional high-Ca granite and the Eastā€“West compression deformation. The M3a metamorphism...except that some deposits contain pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite (Neumayr et al. 2008). Two types of magnetite...Greece Fiji Golden Quadrilateral, Romania Baguio district, Philippines Age 125.3āˆ¼116.6 Ma āˆ¼30 to āˆ¼28Ma...Sardinia, Italy Tertiary Viceroy Mine Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe Mildlands greenstone...greenstone belt, Zimbabwe Archean Clv, Alt, Hes, Ttd; Bi-(S)selenides and Pb-(S)selenides in Kairagach; Bi-Te-(S)-selenides
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hosted by sulfide minerals such as pyrite and arsenopyrite (Schwartz, 1944; Cook and Chryssoulis, 1990;...30, 2016 994 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS to the east of the Jinshajiang-Red River fault zone (Fig. 1)...Fig. 2. A: Simplified geologic map of the Beiya mine area, showing intrusions, host rocks, and mineralization...also the largest individual orebody in the Beiya mine area and contains 87.2 Mt at 2.35 g/t Au, 90.27...microscopy of gold in unoxidized ore from the Carlin mine, Nevada: Economic Geology, v. 84, p. 171ā€“179. Bancroft
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
historically important Passagem de Mariana gold mine shows similarities that are indicative of a possible...quartzā€“ tourmaline lode of the Passagem de Mariana mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil (OberthĆ¼r & Weiser 2008)....historically and economically important Passagem de Mariana mine (e.g., Hussak 1898, Chauvet et al. 2001, Vial et...ļ¬‚uid-inclusion study of quartz from the Turmalina gold mine, approximately 20 km west of the SĆ£o SebastiĆ£o gold... Pyrrhotite is the dominant sulļ¬de mineral; arsenopyrite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite are also present.
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Additional gold discoveries in the adjacent White Gold district, such as the Golden Saddle orogenic gold deposit...disseminations containing pyrrhotite, marcasite, arsenopyrite, and bismuth tellurides intergrown with microcrystalline...minerals at Nucleus include pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, bismuth tellurides,...of probable Late Cretaceous age; (3) quartz-arsenopyrite Ā± sphalerite-galena-stibnite veins with anomalous...located in the Mt. Nansen epithermal and placer district of the Dawson Range (Yukon MINFILE 115I 066) (Online
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bireflectance. Left (top): The simple contact twin of arsenopyrite is inconspicuous under PPL, but reveals its...share their main crystallographic axes. Left: Arsenopyrite occasionally displays hour-glass structures...red-violet cruciform, star-like trillings Arsenopyrite Talnakhite strong, bluish to brownish grey...distinct, dark brownish grey distinct (less than arsenopyrite), blue to brownish grey strong, bluish to brownish... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre
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and Intrusion-Related Affinity of the Morila Gold Mine, Southeast Mali CHRISTOPHER R.M. MCFARLANE,1,ā€  JOHN...4072 Australia Abstract The ~8 Moz Morila gold mine, hosted within Paleoproterozoic Birimian volcano-sedimentary...zone characterized by disseminated idioblastic arsenopyrite porphyroblasts that contain polygonal gold blebs...characteristic of intrusion-related gold deposits globally. Mine Geology Morila is located approximately 200 km southeast...whereas KFMASH assemblages in the surrounding district (e.g., biotite-chlorite-muscovite-quartz-K-feldspar)
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Ab = albite, abs = no bismuth reported, Apy = arsenopyrite, Bim = bismuthinite, Bt = biotite, Carb = carbonate...At Brewery Creek, gold occurs primarily with arsenopyrite and in arsenic-rich rims in pyrite and, locally...locally, in quartz-carbonate-pyrite-arsenopyriteā€“filled veinlets. Reconnaissance fluid inclusion studies...aqueous fluid (Spiridonov, 1996). The Jilau gold mine (Tajikistan) consists of sheeted veins hosted by...mineralization hosted by a Late Cretaceous pluton, east-central Alaska, in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry
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maldonite are also found in the skarn ores. The arsenopyrite geothermometer reveals that the porphyry Au...southern Sanjiang Tethys tectonic domain and to the east of the Jinshajiang suture (Fig. 1). Sanjiang Tethys...predominantly composed of pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, arsenopyrite, Bi-minerals, K-feldspar, biotite, sericite...and quartz (Fig. 3a,b). ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Arsenopyrite is observed coexisting with pyrite, chalcopyrite...Bi-excess composition was reported from the Baia Mare district in Romania (Damian 5.1.7 Bismuth chalcogenides
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Earthā€™s history. The similarity of the shape of the east coast of South America to the west coast of Africa...photo. Figure 11. Orpiment, 4.8 cm high, Huallapon mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru. Gene Meieran specimen...source of income for Spain, the Crown sent a new viceroy to Peru, Francisco de Toledo. Toledo oversaw two...the silver industry. Old mines were rediscovered, mine tailings could be reworked, and ore was found everywhere...as Colquijirca were known from the 1600s, the district had not been developed because of the focus on
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fluorite crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection;..................................... Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, department of La.................................... Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u............ Raura district, Cajatambo province, department of Lima Pachapaqui district, Bolognesi province...Huallanca district, Dos de mayo province, department of Huanuco Huanzala mine Mercedes mine Chiurucu mine
 
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