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Molybdenite from
Renco Mine, Masvingo District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Renco Mine, Masvingo District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:611738
Long-form Identifier:1:3:611738:2
GUID (UUID V4):de80135e-2cb1-4324-90f2-4acb4f56f7b3
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metamorphic ShearZonesof the RencoMine, Southern Zimbabwe ALEXANDER F. M. KISTERS, • JOCHEN KOLB, ANDF...Germany Abstract TheRencogoldminein southern Zimbabwe istheonlyknownmajorgolddeposit in thegranulite...havegivenrise hosted outside the realms of the Zimbabwe eraton. The Reneo to a debateabouttheconditions...thus,timingof thegold mineis located in southern Zimbabwe, approximately 75 km mineralization(B6hmkeand... Varndell, 1986; Tabcart, 1989; southeast of Masvingo in the northernmarginal zoneof the 1995;Blenkinsop
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
purposely lacking, as all information on regional and mine geology, host rock and ore sample descriptions,...Brazil [10–13]: Ajjanahalli, India [14,15]; Renco, Zimbabwe [16–20]; Hutti [21–27], Hira Buddini [28,29]...and Lega Dembi are situated in greenstone belts, Renco formed in a granulite facies mobile belt, Pilgrim’s...Geologic Settings New Consort Cuiabá Ajjannahalli Renco Hutti Hira Buddini Pilgrim’s Rest Lega Dembi Navachab...metasedimentary rocks and banded iron formation. Renco is an example of an unusual setting in that it is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusion record of the hypozonal orogenic Renco gold deposit (Zimbabwe) during the retrograde P–T evolution...Springer-Verlag 2002 Abstract The hypozonal Renco gold deposit in Zimbabwe is hosted by a shear zone system cutting...inclusions in the mineralized lithologies of the Renco gold mine are dominated by carbonic inclusions of highly...ore fluid. All the aqueous inclusions observed at Renco can be attributed to a late, retrograde greenschist-facies...investigations of CO2-rich inclusions from the Renco gold deposit in the granulitefacies Northern Marginal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mid-crustal auriferous mylonites of the Renco mine, southern Zimbabwe Received: 27 October 1998 / Accepted:...constraints on auriferous shear zones of the Renco mine in the Northern Marginal Zone of the late-Archaean...late-Archaean, granulite-facies Limpopo Belt in southern Zimbabwe indicate that deformation and associated mineralization...medium-grade granite-greenstone terrains of the Zimbabwe craton. Mineral assemblages indicate that the...overthrusting of the Northern Marginal Zone onto the Zimbabwe craton, and coeval amphibolite-facies hydration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization and Tectonics at the Renco Mine (NorthernMarginalZone,LimpopoBelt,Zimbabwe) T. G. BLENKINSOP Department...Geology, University of Zimbabwe, P.O.BoxMP167,MountPleasant, Harare,Zimbabwe AND R. FREI GruppeIsotopengeologie...mostof the greenstone-associated deposits of the Zimbabwe eraton,whichareknownor inferredto be LateAreheart...Limpopobeltin andgenesis of thisgoldmineralization. Zimbabwe, in contrast withthemanygolddeposits associated...RegionalGeology withgreenstone beltswithinthe Zimbabwe craton.Furthermore,it is oneof the fewgolddeposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gyof Western Australia; and Renco, Zimbabwe. For these the Calumet mine (Goranson, 1925; Moorhouse, depositsthere...Varndell, 1986), or in association transitionzone (mine series,Fig. 2) betweenfootwall with (Walfordet al...whichwasalreadyin productionat that time separatedfrom the mine seriesby a fault or shear (Gauthieret al., 1985;...metamorphism followedby de- Hangingwallamphibolites Mine series & &gneisses limit of calcite-diopside alteration...bismuth, greenockite,molybdenite,andarsenopyrite. Preliminarygeochemical the mine series share immobile
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
indicated by Re-Os geochronology on ore-related molybdenite. In conjunction, all data demonstrate that Danba...large granite intrusion is more than 10 km from the mine (ESM Fig. 1). The ore bodies had been mined to a...magnetotelluric sounding used during exploration at the mine (Fan et al. 2013). Metamorphic petrography Metamorphic...depth of 300 to 600 m in different sectors of the mine. Exploration data show that the Major Lode has a...mediumgrained transparent quartz. f Euhedral molybdenite (Mo) intergrown with pyrrhotite and quartz and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
palladium gold under lateritic conditions, Maquiné Mine, Minas Geraies, Brazil—C.A.C. Varãjao, F. Colin...1343 Chlorine-bearing amphiboles from the Fraser mine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: Description and crystal...lead-copper selenite chloride from the Baccu Locci mine, Sardinia, Italy—I. Campostrini, C.M. Gramaccioli... January 1, 2000 Experimental alteration of molybdenite: Evaluation of the Re-Os system, infrared spectroscopic...features of gold-bearing carbonado from Poxoreo district, Mato-Grosso State (Brazil)—A.I. Gorshkov, S.F
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
within the Tropicana Zone, proximal to the Tropicana mine 692 yields a zircon U-Pb age of 2722 ± 15 Ma from...seen within the Dharwar craton (e.g. the Hutti gold mine) (Rogers et al. 2013; 983 Kolb et al., 2005)....rocks, is recognised from the Renco mine in the Limpopo belt, Zimbabwe (Kolb et al., 2002). The Limpopo...between the greenschist-amphibolite rocks of the Zimbabwe Craton and the Kaapvaal 991 Craton (Kramers...Northern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt 992 where Renco is situated is comprised of c. 2740 Ma to c. 2570
Corporate Document
SOUTH AFRICA 10.1 Western Deeps 10.2 Fairwiew 10.3 Renco 11. CANADA 11.1 Wawa AUSTRALIA 12 Ultramafic host...galena, molybdenite, pentlandite, a large set of tellurides, electrum, and gold. All molybdenite is related...pyrite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, molybdenite, pentlandite, a set of tellurides, native bismuth...tourmaline, AuAg tellurides, native gold and molybdenite characterise the mineralisation. Hand specimen...ore" was extracted and treated at the Pahtavaara mine plant (Markku Kilpelä, pers. comm. 1999). The deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Mark D. Barton Rhenium distribution in molybdenite from the Vosnesensk porphyry Cu ± (Mo, Au) deposit...in a potential world-class gold deposit: El-Sid mine, Egypt—Hassan Helmy and Basem Zoheir The mineralization...granitoids in the newly discovered Zha-Shan porphyry Cu district, South Qinling, central China, and implications...eastern-central China: Constraints from zircon U-Pb and molybdenite Re-Os ages, whole-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf...genetic concept based on a review of the New Consort, Renco, Hutti, Hira Buddini, Navachab, Nevoria and The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonaceous host rocks, such as in the Loulo district in Mali (Lawrence et al., 2013), may also lead...deposits from the Yilgarn, Superior, Dharwar, and Zimbabwe cratons have values between about 10-24 per mil...hydrothermal muscovite from the Devonian Charters Towers district in Queensland has values of 8-17 per mil (Kreuzer...Δ33S for gold-related sulfides in the Val d’Or district of Canada also indicate a magmatic source for...ore-related sulfides in deposits of the Pataz district, Eastern Cordillera, Peru, reflected the signature
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
et al. (2015c) from analysis of the New Consort, Renco, Hutti, Hira Buddini, Navachab, Nevoria, and The...mineral assemblages of pyrrhotite-scheelite-molybdenite-Bi-Te minerals, fluid temperatures approaching...indicated by Re–Os geochronology on ore-related molybdenite. In conjunction, all data demonstrate that Danba...the metamorphosed Roberto gold deposit (Eleonore Mine) James Bay region, Quebec: diversity of mineralization...(1993) The Coolgardie Goldfield, Western Australia: district-scale controls on an Archaean gold camp in an
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
products and framboidal pyrite oxidation in acid mine drainage prediction techniques—P.A. Weber, W.A....Sudbury impact structure at the Thayer Lindsley mine, Ontario—J. Bailey, B. Lafrance, A.M. McDonald,...GEOSCIENCE Vol. 336, No. 14, 2004 119 141 157 175 La mine médiévale d’argent du Pontet, une fente alpine contemporaine...natural gamma ray well logging in the Khneifiss mine, Syria— J. Asfahani 61 Data segmentation and genetic...microscale LA-MC-ICP-MS Re-Os isotopic analysis of molybdenite: Testing spatial restrictions for reliable Re-Os
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
applied to paragenetic sulfides (for example molybdenite, pyrite etc.) have led to success in constraining...include chalcopyrite, pentlandite, sphalerite and molybdenite; single grains of possible gersdorffite, (Ni...mineralization and tectonics at Renco Mine (Northern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe). Economic Geology 91...Proterozoic gold-tungsten mineralization in the Zimbabwe Archean craton: Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd isotope constraints...Archean vs. Proterozoic gold mineralization in Zimbabwe. Geology 24, 823–826. Frei, R., Rosing, M.T.,
Book
USSR Academy of Sciences, Chernogolvka, Moscow district, U . S . S . H . J. Foden, Bureau of Mineral Resources...Rhodesia, Box M.P. 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. R.W. Ojakangas, Department of Geology, University...O. B o x . MP. 1 6 1 , Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. B.F. Windley, Department of Geology, University...MINERALISATION IN THE EARLY PRECAMBRIAN CRUST OF ZIMBABWE J.F. Wilson and T.H.C. Nutt 555 MINERAL OCCURRENCES...631 LITHIUM PEGMATITES OF AMARESHWAR, RAICHUR DISTRICT, KARNATAKA, INDIA T.C. Devaraju, N. Rajshekhar
Journal (issue)
Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter June, 2011 Geological Society of Zimbabwe 1960 -2010 G S Z...Newsletter June 2011 Tectonic evolution of the Zimbabwe Craton in the early Palaeoproterozoic. (a) Following...Following Söderlund et al. (2010), the Zimbabwe craton is positioned along the eastern margin of the Superior...basin initiated. (c) Assembly of the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe cratons, and unknown terrane, Terra Incognita...Incognita at ca. 2.0 Ga led to tectonic escape of the Zimbabwe Craton and dextral shearing in the Limpopo Belt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz-diopside-gold, actinolite-gold, and molybdenite-tellurobismuthite-gold veins. Gold is in textural...stock, as well as hydrothermal titanite and molybdenite in equilibrium with gold from hydrothermal alteration...stage mineralization (2621 ± 10 Ma; ReOs on molybdenite) is coeval, within the error of the isotopic...pegmatite, which truncates all mine rock units, constrains the minimum age of mine-scale gold-bearing alteration...diamond drill core from 70 holes, covering the Chalice mine area. The lithostratigraphy and structural and hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
translucent quartz (Fig. 3d) with minor scheelite, molybdenite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and trace...Y, Zhao HS (2013) Exploration of the Meihe Gold Mine in Danba County. Geology Bureau of Sichuan Province...inclusion record of the hypozonal orogenic Renco gold deposit (Zimbabwe) during the retrograde P–T evolution...deformation and two-stage gold mineralization at the Hutti Mine, Dharwar Craton, India. Mineral Deposita 40:156–174...genetic concept based on a review of the New Consort, Renco, Hutti, Hira Buddini, Navachab, Nevoria and The
Report (issue)
interest in the geo logy and mineral resources of Zimbabwe which followed the removal of United Nations sanctions...original Bulletin is the insertion of Table IIIA, Zimbabwe Mineral Production and Value, on page 114A. Due...for views of Wankie Colliery and the Trojan nickel mine, and to the Photographic Section of the Ministry...near Salisbury. facing page 23 IV Trojan Nickel Mine, near Bindura. facing page 33 V The Great Dyke...Complex. VI Chrome seam in the Great Dyke, Vanad Mine. VII Lower Karoo Landscape. No. 1 Colliery, Wankie
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...evolution of the world class Siguiri orogenic gold district (Guinea, West Africa) ..........................processes in the orogenic gold deposit of the Pampalo mine, Hattu schist belt, eastern Finland . . ..........Alfons Berger & Ole Christiansen Svartliden gold mine: shear zone and BIF-hosted orogenic gold deposit...native silver association in the Cu-Ag deposit, Lubin mine, Fore-Sudetic Monocline (SW Poland) ...........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
al., 1998). This study complements the published mine-scale study of the Nevoria deposit and previous...metamorphic, and hydrothermal events in the wider Nevoria mine area. The precise age of the Nevoria skarn agrees...petrography, and mineralogy of samples from the Nevoria mine. The estimated temperatures of metamorphism and...are quoted at the 95 percent confidence level. District Geology The Nevoria and three other mines (2–30...age of a quartz porphyry sill in the Southern Star mine (Mueller and McNaughton, 2000). The Nevoria orebodies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals in thin sections), local scale (orebodies in mine maps), and regional scale (deposit distribution...age: Dating of hydrothermal monazite (U-Pb) and molybdenite (Re-Os) indicated Neoarchean ages of ~2.71 to...preparation Field work was conducted at the Sossego mine pits to collect local-scale data, including measurements...microscale (alteration ore component) and structures from mine benches. Gray = Fry points for distances ≤800 μm...microscale (infill ore component) and structures from mine benches. Gray = Fry points for distances ≤800 μm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization deformations (1880–1820 Ma) of the Skellefte district (Sweden): Insights from the spatial pattern of...geometry and evolution of ore bodies at Renco gold mine, Zimbabwe. Geofluids 2006, 6, 334–345. [CrossRef]...Mississippi Valley-Type Zn-Pb mineralization in Behabad district, Central Iran: Constraints from spatial and numerical...[CrossRef] Bie, L.D.; Chen, J.P.; Liu, J.P.; Yan, Q. Coal mine distribution characteristics in Chengde region and... W. Re–Os sulfide (chalcopyrite, pyrite and molybdenite) systematics and fluid inclusion study of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hematite; Mag, magnetite; Mal, malachite; Mo, molybdenite; Py, pyrite; Sph, sphalerite. Those in parentheses...Sub-saharan economic geology. Geological Society of Zimbabwe Special Publication 3, Balkema, Rotterdam, 177–186...from geometry and evolution of bodies at Renco gold mine. Zimbabwe. Geofluids., 6, 334–345. Blenkinsop, T...the crust fractals? A study of gold mines in the Zimbabwe craton. Special Publication of the Geological...constrained mapping of gold potential, Baguio district, Philippines. Explor. Min. Geol., 10, 165–175
 
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