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Digenite from
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Digenite
Formula:Cu9S5
Comments:Seleniodigenite : Cu7.05 S2.56 Se1.44
Se up to 18%, Se/S+Se up to 0.36
Deep parts of the superficial oxidation zone : metasomatic lenses of digenite, associated with malachite, chalcomenite, kasolite, cuprosklodowskite, wulfenite, etc.
Secondary S-Se concentration, or primary sulfide mineralization associated with uraninite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachiteⓘ43 photos of Digenite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Cuprosklodowskiteⓘ29 photos of Digenite associated with Cuprosklodowskite at this locality.
Rutherfordineⓘ19 photos of Digenite associated with Rutherfordine at this locality.
Guilleminiteⓘ18 photos of Digenite associated with Guilleminite at this locality.
Schoepiteⓘ14 photos of Digenite associated with Schoepite at this locality.
Soddyiteⓘ12 photos of Digenite associated with Soddyite at this locality.
Vandenbrandeiteⓘ10 photos of Digenite associated with Vandenbrandeite at this locality.
Metatorberniteⓘ8 photos of Digenite associated with Metatorbernite at this locality.
Uranophaneⓘ8 photos of Digenite associated with Uranophane at this locality.
Kasoliteⓘ6 photos of Digenite associated with Kasolite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Digenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20293
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20293:6
GUID (UUID V4):943743a0-00c7-4cda-8f39-6fcb175461cb
Nearest other occurrences of Digenite
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘTenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
95.0km (59.0 miles) ⓘSwambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ........... 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott Rudolph collection;...Charelle Webb (2012-2018) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Dr. and Mrs. Don Lum (2017) Bryan Swoboda (2012-2017)...Schreiber (2013-2017) Richard Nahas (2018) (2009-2018) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013-2017) Kulin Pandey (2018)...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Musonoi Cu-Co-Mn-U mine, near Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo A. C. ROBERTS1...from the Musonoi Cu-Co-Mn-U mine, near Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Additional...Pd-bearing trogtalite {(Co,Cu,Pd)Se2}, Se-bearing digenite Ê (I) and Se-bearing covellite. The strongest...oosterboschite(?), unnamed Pd2HgSe3 and cerussite. At Musonoi, altered verbeekite grains do not exceed 200 mm...honours Dr Théodore Verbeek (1927 1991) who was the first geoscientist to study the Musonoi palladium
Report (issue)
6.9879(4) Z =4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 8.23 (FFF), 3.09 (FFF), 3.22 (FF), 2.900...Total 99.2 100.00 U03 Se02 CuO (1) Musonoi Extension mine, Congo; H20 by the Penfield method., partially...Occurrence: A rare alteration product of selenian digenite in the oxidation zone of a uranium-bearing Cu-Co...Association: Digenite, demesmaekerite, denningite, guilleminite. Distribution: From the Musonoi Co-Cu mine...mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). Name: To honor Airne Marthoz (1894-1962)
Report (issue)
= 6.9879(4) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 8.23 (FFF), 3.09 (FFF), 3.22 (FF), 2.900...10 11.06 Total 99.2 100.00 (1) Musonoi Extension mine, Congo; H2 O by the Penfield method., partially...Occurrence: A rare alteration product of selenian digenite in the oxidation zone of a uranium-bearing Cu–Co...Association: Digenite, demesmaekerite, denningite, guilleminite. Distribution: From the Musonoi Co–Cu mine, near...near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). Name: To honor Aimé Marthoz (1894–1962)
Report (issue)
60 c = 14.43 Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 2.647 (100), 2.600 (80), 1.847 (80), 2.736...(2) 44.1 16.7 39.2 Total 100.8 100.0 (1) Musonoi mine, Congo; by electron microprobe, corresponds to (Pd4...oxidation (Musonoi mine, Congo). Association: Verbeekite, trogtalite, selenian digenite, covellite (Musonoi...(Musonoi mine, Congo); gold, chrisstanleyite, verbeekite (Hope’s Nose, England). Distribution: From the...the Musonoi Cu–Co mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire) [TL]. At the Copper
Report (issue)
c = 5.965(2) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 4.78 (FFF), 4.072 (FF), 3.748 (FF), 4.352...32.50 36.15 6.14 Total 101.31 100.00 (1) Musonoi mine, Congo; by electron microprobe, H2 O partially adsorbed...Selenian digenite, chalcomenite, demesmaekerite, malachite. Distribution: From the Musonoi Cu–Co mine, near...near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). Name: Honors Jean Marie François Joseph
Report (issue)
639(2) α = 89.78(4)◩ X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 2.97 (FFF), 5.42 (FF), 5.89 (F), 3.34 (F)...20.55 18.31 4.15 Total 100.3 100.00 (1) Musonoi mine, Congo; H2 O by the Penfield method; corresponds...selenian digenite. Distribution: From the Musonoi Co–Cu mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba
Journal (issue)
crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...great mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f...nearly 50 km in width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960. “ Shaba” means “copper” in
Book
INTRODUCTION TO ROBERT LAUF, PH.D. ._._...OUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Robert Laut holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering...information contact the publisher: Copyright © 2008 by Dr. Robert Laut, Ph.D. Library of Congress Control Number:...............................................36 Congo .. ................. .............................uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SELENIDES OF THE MUSONOÏ MINE, KOLWEZI, KATANGA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Cassian PIRARD and FrĂ©dĂ©ric...“2400’” of the MusonoĂŻ Extension mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, has provided new insights into...sulfides are pyrite, covellite, spionkopite, and digenite, which crystallize, with authigenic quartz, during...followed by the crystallization of Se-bearing digenite. Temperature estimates based on these assemblages...a complete solid-solution series between high digenite and berzelianite. The variation of the a unit-cell
Report (issue)
94 Co1.92 Ni0.20 Fe0.05 S4.00 . (4) Mineral Hill mine, Maryland, USA; corresponds to Cu0.48 Co1.88 Ni0...siegenite, polydymite, chalcopyrite, bornite, digenite, djurleite, chacocite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphalerite...Maryland, in the Patapsco mine, Finksburg [TL], and the Mineral Hill mine, Sykesville. At Boleo, Baja...Nizke Tatry Mountains, Slovakia. In the Kohlenbach mine, near Eiserfeld, and throughout the Siegerland district...Kambove, and in the Kamoto and Musonoi mines, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
et al. 1998) and the Musonoi Cu-Co-Mn-U mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Roberts et al. 2002)...PdSe2) is considered to be a primary mineral at Musonoi and at Hope’s Nose. According to Roberts et al...minerals at Musonoi are Cu and Pd-bearing trogtalite (Co,Cu,Pd)Se2, Se-bearing digenite, and Se-bearing...of Au-Pd mineralization, as at the CauĂȘ iron-ore mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Karup-MĂžller et al. (2008)...vein-type mineralization (jacutinga), CauĂȘ iron-ore mine, QuadrilĂĄtero FerrĂ­fero, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical
Catalog/List
Gabon and Shaba, Zaire (then Katanga, Belgian Congo). Mr. Gilbert Gauthier, a noted mining engineer...of the Mine" collection, assembled as a museum display in the offices of the Shinkolobwe mine, was ordered... CUPROSKLODOWSKITE, META-VANURALITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Very attractive emerald-green................. $200.00 GUILLEMINITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire Yellow to yellow-green crystalline...large rich area (3.1 x 1.1 cm) on malachite and digenite matrix (6.1 x 7.2 cm). Vuggy area (1 x 1 cm) of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mg(V2O6)‱7H2O M ONOCLINIC Locality: The Firefly-Pigmay mine, Sect. 30, T. 28 S, R. 26 E, 16 km east of La Sal...Mg(V2O6)‱7H2O, a new mineral species from the Firefly–Pigmay mine, Utah: descriptive mineralogy and arrangement of...EXAGONAL Locality: The Garpenberg Norra zinc–lead mine, Hedemora, Dalarna, south-central Sweden. Occurrence:...nolanite-type structure from the Garpenberg Norra mine, Dalarna, Sweden. Canadian Mineralogist 39, 1675-1683...has been identified also from the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, U.S.A. Occurrence: Found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tenke-Fungurume Cu–Co district, Democratic Republic of Congo I. Fay & M. D. Barton Received: 2 March 2011 /...across the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo into northern Zambia (Fig. 1a, b), contains some...host most of the DRC’s (Democratic Republic of Congo) large, high-grade copper and cobalt deposits, but...TenkeFungurume district in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Fig. 1). Tenke-Fungurume contains one of the larger...measurements were not made Geologic framework the Congo and Kalahari cratons of southern Africa (Selley
Catalog/List
9 cm - 9 x 12 cm ... $15.00 AgCI , Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill , New South Wales. 10 x 5 x 4 cm matrix...MALACHITE, . . . $120.00 AESCHYNITE-Y Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire. ‱82834 (a) Excellent green...specimens set attractively for display.) Hillveit Mine , Setesdal District, Norway. (a) Large (4.2 x 1... . . . . . . . . . $750.00 MARTHOZITE Musonoi Mine , Kolwezi , Shaba , Zaire. Exceptional triangular...association of yellow guilleminite in selenian digenite. Very minor derriksite also present. Major piece
Journal (issue)
on p. 327 COVER: BARITE, 17 cm, from the Miekle mine, Nevada. (See the article in the previous issue...rediscovered the Moctezuma mine that was first opened for gold in 1937. This mine, though small, provided...many new mineral species. Dr. Gaines wrote a compre­ hensive review of this mine for The Mineralogical Record...influenced his life’s work. Toward the end of 1966, Dr. Arthur Montgomery, chairman of the geology department...retirement from the Cabot Corporation in 1987. In 1975 Dr. Gaines was invited to join the editorial board of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tenke-Fungurume, D.R. Congo Przibram, Bohemia Peramea, Spain Durango, Colorado Kakanda, D.R. Congo Mashamba West...Mindingi, D.R. Congo Tantara, D.R. Congo Kamoto, Musonoi, and Kabolela, D.R. Congo Mupine, D.R. Congo Kambove...Kambove, D.R. Congo Konkola, Zambia Chibuluma, Zambia Tsumeb, Namibia Shinkolobwe, D.R. Congo Reported species...Copperbelt of northern Zambia and southeastern D.R. Congo (Fig. 1) is one of the world’s largest Cu and Co...chalcopyrite (CuFeS2), bornite (Cu5FeS4), and digenite (Cu9S5) in a Neoproterozoic basinal carbonate-clastic
Catalog/List
94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV‱t- tor cr11‱t‱J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...the first written use af micromounts. At that time, Dr. Wills adequately defined micro material and micromounts...micromount in the traditional sense as written by Dr. Wills. In later years, lang after the publication
Report (issue)
white areas). Sample is from the Buckskin National Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Photograph by Peter Vikre...............................................Q26 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................1989). The total U.S. supply was always higher than mine production during this period, with a high of 831...as indicated in fig Q3.) The difference between mine production and total supply was owing to the refineries’...of selenium-rich high-grade ores from the Horne Mine at Noranda, Quebec, Canada; by 1950, Canada’s production
Book
. ... .. ... .. .. ................ .. .... . Congo ..................................................equipment, 1nineralogical studies ofuranium thankful that Dr. Lauf has been able to ded icate a huge and thorium...che1nical con1plexity, physical beauty as captured in Dr. oxyanions to form di verse structures and compositions...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tenke Fungurume Mining S.A, Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo Department of Geology, Faculty...Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi 1825, Democratic Republic of the Congo; theophil.ngoy@ruashi.com (T.K.); chabu.cm@gmail...Democratic Republic of the Congo; shengolutandulamichel@yahoo.fr Department of Mine Geology, Ruashi Mining...Mining S.A, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo Correspondence: pascal.mambwematanda@kuleuven.be;...DRthe DR Congo [6–10]. Around 25% of world Co reserves are hosted in other types of deposits, Congo [6–10]
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Possible Source for Critical Elements: The Eureka Mine Case, Castell-EstaĂł, Catalonia Montgarri Castillo-Oliver...Castell-estaĂł village (Catalonia). However, the mine was never productive and exploration was finally...[2]) have since then been described and the Eureka mine even became a type locality of new minerals (i.e...uranium deposit. Moreover, the access to all the mine tunnels and outcrops not only allowed good 3D sampling...Image Image of of the the main main Eureka Eureka mine mine outcrops, outcrops, with with Castell-estaĂł Castell-estaĂł
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lufukwe, Lufilian Foreland, Democratic Republic of Congo HAMDY A. EL DESOUKY,† PHILIPPE MUCHEZ, Geodynamics...MINING CONGO SARL, 8034 Avenue Nyota, Quartier Golf, Lumbumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo Abstract...border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, is one of the largest sediment-hosted stratiform...(chalcopyrite, bornite, and chalcocite) and supergene (digenite, covellite, and minor native copper), with malachite...0361-0128/08/3741/555-28 555 EL DESOUKY ET AL. Congo Craton Fig. 1B Mozambique Belt N Lufilian Fold
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high-temperature modification of AsS occurs at the Alacr~in mine, Pampa Larga, Chile. It is very similar to realgar...stringers in carbonate vein material, at the Martin Lake mine, Uranium City, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, are...secondary mineral in tungsten ore from Nyamulilo mine, Kigezi, Uganda. [M.A. 72-3336; Zap. 100, 623.]...of Cretaceous salt drill core from Brazzaville, Congo. 6[(Fe~.6sMg0.24Mn0.0s) B7013C1]; R3 c or R~c, a~h...Rare malachite-green crystals on selenian digenite at Musonoi, Katanga, are Pnmm or Pnm2, a 5"57, b 19"o7
 
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