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Covellite from
Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12919
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12919:2
GUID (UUID V4):af220560-f49a-44f1-82aa-6791dbe367b2
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
36.8km (22.8 miles) Josva Mine, Josva Peninsula, Alangorssuaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
References
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Journal (issue)
Narssarssuk, Greenland. Photo by R. Bode. TITLE PAGE: The most common mineral in Greenland: ice —making...up the typical Arctic icebergs, ubiquitous in Greenland waters; photo by B. L. Nielsen. This special...(ANGMAGSSALIK) GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREENLAND NUUK (GODTHAB) PAAMIUT (FREDERIKSHAB) ARSUK NARSARSUAQ NARSAQ QAQORTOQ...Paleozoic and Mesozoic North Greenland platform and fold belt East Greenland Caledonian fold belt P rote...Archaean i 500 km i i i i PREFACE Throughout Greenland there are many interesting mineral localities
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flat calcite-- attractive piece 6x4. Whitesmith Mine Stontian Scotland £25 7 ElJDIAL YTE rich red masses...covering all over the top surface 4x3cm Cassagna Mine, Ne Liguria Italy £ 25 14 STRONTIO-ORTHO JOAQU1N1TE...pinkish micro crystals on Boracite crystals Boulby mine Loftus Yorkshire 3x2cm £18 16 PRICEITE hard white...orange crystal sections on lx2cm surface Molinello Mine, Val Graveglia Italy £8 18 NATIVE COPPER a cleaned...long in Braunite, Piemontite and quartz Praboma Mine, St Marcel ,Aosta Italy 3.5 x3cm £12 25 RHODIZlTE
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Narsaq region, Gardar alkaline province, south Greenland and relationships to other aillikitic–carbonatitic...(1350–1140 Ma) suite of alkalic intrusions in southern Greenland (Upton and Emeleus, 1987; B.G.J. Upton et al...within the border of the Archaean craton, (the Arsuk-Ivigtut Zone), (B) to the south-east of the Archaean... 1. Map of the Gardar Province showing the Arsuk-Ivigtut Zone (A), the Nunarssuit-Isortoq Zone (B) and...carbonatites and lamprophyres occur. (1) Kûngnât; (2) Ivigtut; (3) Grønnedal-Ika; (4) Tugtutôq; (5) Narsaq; (6)
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quantities of minerals have been sent home from Greenland. These minerals originate from different sources...disposal of scientific investigators by the "Kryolith Mine og Handels Selskabet" and "Øresunds Chemiske Fabriker";...material has naturally been collected in East Greenland by the numerous expeditions of later years, whereas...increase the size of the hook. As far as West Greenland is concerned, the geological conditions are rather...which chiefly occur in the southernmost part of Greenland. As elsewhere, the occurrences of minerals in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    Metallogeny of Greenland Jochen Kolb, Jakob K. Keiding, Agnete Steenfelt, Karsten Secher...Rosa, Diogo, Stensgaard, Bo M., Metallogeny of Greenland, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Metallogeny of Greenland JOCHEN KOLB1, JAKOB K. KEIDING1,2, AGNETE STEENFELT1...Economic Geology, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...TE D MA Corresponding author: jkol@geus.dk Greenland is the largest island on Earth, with 80% of its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcocite, bornite, stannite, greenockite, covellite, marcasite, and stibnite, have been rarely observed...and Cooper in Maine; and from the berylmolybdenite mine near Mr. Antero, Colo­ rado. It is an economic mineral...near the center of the pegmatite at the Ben Nevis Mine on San Augustin Peak in the Organ Mountains, New...MINERALS at the Deep Park No. 2 Mine near Penland, and also at the McKinney Mine near Little Switzerland, North...pegmatite as at the Deer Park No. 2 Mine near Penland, and at the McKinney Mine near Little Switzerland in North
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ARSENIOSIDERITE orange brown crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2...purple-brown crystalline masses (Colebrook Hill Mine,Roseberry, Tasmania) lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 2x2 f6.OO...BOKITE black to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE...C269 CHABAZITE good covering location. (Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6... C273 COLORADOITE Mine, Cripple C274 DIAMOND good yellow cubic (Wishasha Mine Zaire) f6 C275 DIOPTASE
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KEYWORDS: benleonardite, cervelleite, Mayflower mine, Gies mine, Montana. Introduction BENLEONARDITE was identified...mineral C of Karup-Mr and Pauly (1979) from Ivigtut, Greenland, and 'unnamed mineral 2' of Zhang and Spry...presence of a A g - T e - S mineral at the Mayflower mine that has a composition close to, but not identical...sphalerite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, secondary covellite, and possibly acanthite. Benleonardite is a relatively...Zyranov (mineral Z of Aksenov et al., 1969), and Ivigtut (mineral B of Karup-Mr 1976), particular attention
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green micro' s and crusts on white Barytes. (Clara Mine Wolfach, W.Germany) 1-tolins £3.50 19 4 ALABANDITE...white rhombic crystal about 7mm across. (Amelia Mine, Santa Rcsa, B.C. Mexico) £3.60 21 8 ALM&�DINE...cellular mass, possible minor Fluorite (Ho::'..mhush Mine, Corn wall) 1x2 60p 2x2 £1.20 2x4 £2.50 APATITE... mixed with Sodalite. (Kvanefjeld Ilimaussaq Greenland) 1X"} £1.25 1x1 £2.50 1x2 £5.00 52 405 ..A.RSENIOSIDERITE...cryst::i.lline mass with some matrix. (Champion· Mine, \:.hi te Mountains, California) ½ins £3 38 39
Book
org/details/geologyofgreenla0000unse Geology of Greenland ™~ i ~ j : . . — ; i ~ - : Arthur Escher...Geological Survey of Greenland 1976 Copyright © The Geological Survey of Greenland, Available from...from The Geological Survey of Greenland @Mster Voldgade 10 DK-1350 Copenhagen Denmark or through your bookseller...ae A/S, Odense 1976 Preface Geology of Greenland aims to provide a concise modern account of...geology. A large part of the exposed bedrock in Greenland is formed of Precambrian crystalline rocks with
Report (issue)
Iron oxide copper-gold mineralising systems in Greenland No. 13 - January 2009 GO_13.qxp:GO-02 copy...oxide copper-gold (IOCG) mineralising systems in Greenland In the wake of the discovery of the giant Olympic...compared to geological features recognised in Greenland. 2 Soil sampling in a rusty zone of a gneiss...is the world’s second largest Cu mine and largest vermiculite mine and has by-products of Au, Ag, PGE...spite of large areas of Proterozoic rocks in Greenland, about 40% of the icefree area, only very few
Book
org/details/geologyofgreenla0000unse Geology of Greenland = ~ Geology of sreenland Arthur Escher ...Geological Survey of Greenland 1976 Copyright © The Geological Survey of Greenland, Available The from...DK-1350 Denmark or through ISBN 1976 Survey of Greenland 10 Copenhagen your bookseller 87-980404—0-5S... Fabrik A/S, Odense Preface Geology of Greenland aims to provide a concise modern account...geology. A large part of the exposed bedrock in Greenland is formed of Precambrian crystalline rocks with
Catalog/List
MINERALS BECOME AVAILABLE. I NORMALLY HAVE A SHALL STOCK OF EACH MINERAL' IN THE CATALOGUE UP TO WHERE IT...STILL A GOOD CHANCE I WILL STILL HAVE THESE CUES IN STOCK. - GIVE HE A RING ! BASIC LIST OF ROCKS MID MINERALS...MINERALS 10 68 issue 2 available. NEW STOCK s Rare minerals Kellyite page 11. Wolfeite p!4 Rare British...with unusual elements Page 1 Greenockite General Stock Sylvinite Superb Dioptase crystals Collinsite...Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ
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to 2x2, $4.00; 2x2i, $6.00. AURICHALCITE, Kelly Mine, New Mexico. Colorful sky-blue small crystals thickly...mimetite crystals, lxl£, $7.00. BERAUNITE, Palermo Mine, New Hampshire. Very small amounts of green­ ish...waterworn hexagonal crystals, g" diameter, $1.00. COVELLITE, Butte, Montana. Group of black irridescent crystal...00. GEARKSUTITE, Ivigtut, Greenland. White, massive, 1x2, $1.00. GOYAZITE, Palermo Mine, North Groton,...1x1, $1.00; 1x2, $2.00. METAHEWETTITE, Jackpile Mine, near Laguna, New Mexico. Dull red hair-like crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
depositsstudiedwere: Sanford Lake, New York; Gap Mine, Lancaster, Pa.; Iron Mountain, Wyo.; Iron Mountain...compilingthe actual sequenceof thisgroupwere: Etta Mine and IngersollMine, South Dakota;Auburn,Paris,andTopsham...Carolina;BoundaryDistrict,BritishColumbia; Ivigtut, Greenland;and various pegmatitesof Norway and Sweden...earliestmineral at Ivigtut, Greenland, and at Middletown,Connecticut. Hand specimens from the Etta Mine indicatethat...In a veinofpegmatitic character neartheRichards Mine,Dover, N.J., molybdenite was observed, youngerthan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as a new mineral species from the Bambolla Au–Te Mine, Mexico (Stanley et al., 1986). Prior to acceptance...chalcopyrite. Gu et al. (2003) Pegmatite deposit Ivigtut, Greenland (mineral B) ass. minerals: chalcopyrite...(TL) of cervelleite, Ag4TeS, is also the Bambolla Mine (Criddle et al., 1989). Before acceptance of the...by Karup-M.ller (1976) from the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, Greenland. Cervelleite was later studied by...minor. Altaite, sylvanite, hessite, coloradoite, covellite, bornite, tellurobismuthite, tennantite, native
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonate-fluoride from Ivigtut, Gr lnl.and, 169 (9), l-24 (1962). South Greenland. Medd.. on Analysis...individuals up to 4X 1 cm in the cryolite mine at Ivigtut, mainly in the contact zone between siderite-cryolite...steenstrupine in the Ilimaussaq massif, southwest Greenland. Meild.. om Grlnland,16T (1), l-251 (1962) (esp...name is for the locality, Tugtup agtakorfia, Greenland. DrscussroN A detailed paper is in preparation...the new name until it was established that the Greenland mineral difiers from beryllosodalite. Roquesite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
out is called saprolite. Examples from the Weiss Mine, Germany, show this transition. There are types...observed in type II. The Kreuzberg Pegmatite is a stock-like zoned rare metal pegmatite with its feldspar...and Hagendorf-North pegmatites (Fig. 3h). Both stock-like pegmatites do not show up as a characteristic...2010) (Table 3). The Al–cryolite pegmatite at Ivigtut, Greenland, is the northernmost type locality found...landscape which allows the circular structure of the stock-like pegmatite to be easily identified in the landscape
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...blebs; the Ivittuut (Ivigtut is the old spelling) cryolite deposit in Greenland is an example of this...there are examples of chalcopyrite, cuprite, covellite, pyrite, bournonite, and sphalerite after tetrahedrite...specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock of Jendon Minerals when...examples at the present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs
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83816-2043 Montgomery at the "Little Green Monster" Mine Fairfield, Utah 1937 A 96 page treatise based upon...also include historical photos, and mining company stock certificates. If interested in another source for...on May 23. Nearly a dozen speakers will include mine geologists and managers from operations in both...reddish brown Canadian or the flimsy purplish Greenland, but more like dark amethyst. There were big chunks-lo..." They would enjoy lots of material from Elmwood Mine in Carthage, Tennessee. !hat is hug; golden scalenohedra
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enrichment, with the formation of minor digenite and covellite, is of minor importance. The gangue consists of...minerals from the cryolite deposit at Ivigtut, south Greenland. Lithos 9, 253-257. Kovalenker, V., Jeleň... Cu2AgPbBiS4, a new mineral species from Angela mine, Province of Chubut, Argentina. 32nd Int. Geol.
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malachite coats most of the feldspar. "From Eagle Mine, Mineral Hill Dist., Lemhi Co., Idaho."—on label..."This specimen was found on the dumps of a clay mine near Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. This type...of the Frostburg Clay Mine," by Harold Levey. MASSACHUSETTS—"The old lead mine at Loudville (Hampshire...to me: "Butte, Montana: Unfortunately, the exact mine from which this specimen came is not noted on the...white crusts and incrustations in old mine workings and on mine dumps.' He does not mention selenite in
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"'· f·,,or.-i ti.s cd: send a 1 ist of th,;'! mine"i",;• L, that price for ~ach piece There is no... C191 AJOITE fairly (New Cornelia well covered~ Mine,Ajo,Pima greenish (Belstone light County blue...A) Cl92 ANDRADITE location. brown crystals on Mine near Okehampton Cl93 ARSENOPYRITE Arsenopyrite...location pieces, about a third covered (Bedford Consols Mine near Tavistock, Devon) B) for micros lx 1/2 ins...brassy masses matrix. (Ramsley Mine Devon) lxl fl good covering (Ramsley Mine lx2 f3 C201 COLUMBITE pure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Smithsonite. (7 × 4 cm; D49972), Broken Hill Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Prospect dolerite...Figure 6. Anglesite (5 × 3 cm; D49920), Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Figure 7. Pyromorphite...(4.7 × 3 cm; D49966), 17 Level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. specimens from these...10. Malachite (32 × 21 cm; D50673), Great Cobar mine, Cobar, New South Wales. pounds (Henley 1988)....thanks to contacts he made with both the miners and mine managers. However, it was in the Broken Hill pubs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Au83Ag17 usually in association with stromeyerite, covellite, cerussite and unnamed Ag6AuCu2S5. Galena associated...silver. Secondary minerals, including goethite, covellite, chalcocite, digenite, stromeyerite, mckinstryite...Cervelleite, Ag4TeS, a new mineral from the Bambolla mine, Mexico, and description of a photo-chemical reaction...two new minerals from the cryolite deposit at Ivigtut, south Greenland.Lithos, 9, 253-257. Karup-Mfller...of tellurium-bearing canfieldite from the Tsumo mine, SW Japan and its implications fro ore genesis.
 
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