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Mackinawite from
Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Mackinawite
Formula:FeS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite42 photos of Mackinawite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Pyrrhotite23 photos of Mackinawite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Calcite19 photos of Mackinawite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Cubanite11 photos of Mackinawite associated with Cubanite at this locality.
Pyrite7 photos of Mackinawite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mackinawite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:146063
Long-form Identifier:1:3:146063:6
GUID (UUID V4):624db9a7-d194-416d-9c07-f4564d97434e
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
e complexes of the Kovdor (Russia) and Palabora (South Africa) alkaline-ultrabasic massifs have comparable...bornite and exsolution inclusions of cubanite and mackinawite) predominates in the axial carbonate-bearing...and Loolekop phoscorite-carbonatite pipes in the Palabora massif have similar sequences of sulfide formation...formation, and the copper specialization of the Palabora massif can be caused by higher water content in...phoscorite-carbonatite pipe in the Palabora (Phalaborwa) massif, South Africa (RSA) is a typical example of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:17 17 August 2017 of PALABORA Limpopo Province South Africa MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...Gauteng Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za A Figure 1. The abandoned Palabora open pit, photographed...bottom of the pit 300 meters below sea level. The Palabora* Igneous Complex (PIC) is located some 450 kilometers...kilometers northeast of Johannesburg in Limpopo Province, South Africa, just below the Tropic of Capricorn...and vermiculite from the complex. In 1956 the Palabora Mining Company was set up to develop the large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PalaboraIgneousComplex' A Brief Review PALABORA •{INING COMPANY LIMITED AND MINERALOGICAL MINE GEOLOGICAL STAFF Abstract...innumerable primitiveworkingson Loolekop, 177 178 PALABORA MINING COMPANY 15' LIMITED P..5' 35' ,...•...,..•" • • "..-.. PALABORA I,GNEOUS"---•._ ,.-.• s o ur • L,. AFRICA ! ..'• • • .", i J -"...1. Location map of the Palabora Igneous Complex in the Republic of South Africa. from which the Bantu...Corporationand NewmontMining Corporation. The Palabora Mining Company Limited was consequently formed
Book (edition)
Diaphorite Isocubanite yes Bravoite Eucairite Mackinawite Wittichenite Reflection Colour & Ø Reflectance... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL
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during mining and milling, are introduced into mine concentrates and mill products. Often they have...acanthite and altered argentopyrite. Tynebottom Mine, North Pennines, Britain le galena. Cabagal effect...The effects of tarnishing and carbon-coating 2a South Marcasite, pyrite and sphalerite. Ashover, Pennines...sphalerite and carborundum grit. Settlingstones Mine, North Pennines, Britain Islands. Britain A dried...cohenite, niningerite, alabandite, pentlandite, mackinawite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and Much of the investigated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1964) Valleriite and the neu' iron sulfide, mackinawite, U. S. Geol,.Stut. Pro.f. Pap. 475'D, 64-69....INrnotucrtox The structure of valleriite from Loolekop, South Africa, determined very recently by Evans and AIImann...from two localities: Kaveltorp, Sweden and Palabora, South Africa with the electron microprobe anl Sulphide...] . In addition to the ordinary valleriite at Palabora,there is also another variety of this mineral...in the magnetite-apatite-olivine rock of that district. This valleriite contains more iron and lessaluminum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formed from the chalcopyriteare valleriite, mackinawite, chalcocite,covellite,and euhedralmagnetite.The...California). Photomicrograph (crossednicols) of mackinawite inclusions (white) in pentlandite (light grey)...small inclusionsof mackinawite (Figure 1c). It was first thought that the mackinawite has formed from the...locality) Kaveltorp, . South Aflica Palabora New rmperial Yukon, Mine, Canada Norilrsk, WestetnSiberia...unpublished (Springer, South Africa . 1.56(Me. (a..8rt"r.13Sz). lHarlis, Palabora Loolekop, 19Sz) 1
Book (edition)
OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations, the Economic...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VACQUIER, V.: Terrestrial heat flow in Lake Malawi, Africa. - J. Geophys. Res., 72, 4221--6, 1967. WEGENER...I]] ~o~eziag H.~.~.) BTopym n ~on~qeCTBen~o 60nee Ba~Hym r p y n u y 05pa~yoT ,,c~OnCTBIe" o60ran~eHHYI...footwall of the irruptive) have made the Sudbury District the greatest single producer of nickel since the...Muskox, Canada; Stfllwater, Montana; Bushveld, South Africa) are, as a rule, not so conspicuous, staying...for certain sulfide assemblages of the Porcupine District, Ontario; the extremely heavy sulfide sulfur found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
リー鉱 と々 ッキ ノー鉱 に つ い て VALLERIITE AND MACKINAWITE FROMAKAGANE MINE,IWATEPREFECTURE, JAPAN Valleriite up...central conform et al. closely (1964). Mackinawite ore at the 7 level sphalerite and evidence... cobalt the present Loolekop, S. material Africa the needles of in and was found by Evans...(Fe0.83Co0.13Cu0.01Ni0.01)0.97S. solution mackinawite occurs at literature. 空 間群P4/nmm, き Sakae...ore ore first mineral for 4 crystals mainly mine for dots, prismatic consisting Akagane chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Kaveltrop, Sweden, and Bushveld and Palabora, South Africa, and suggestedthat the chemical ratio of...V-3 in Run V-l1 Valleriite" from Loolekop, South Africa dtAr h k .t 00.3 00.6 009 10.1 10.2 10.TI...(1964) Valleriite and the neu' iron sulfide, mackinawite, U. S. Geol,.Stut. Pro.f. Pap. 475'D, 64-69....INrnotucrtox The structure of valleriite from Loolekop, South Africa, determined very recently by Evans and AIImann...from two localities: Kaveltorp, Sweden and Palabora, South Africa with the electron microprobe anl Sulphide
at such widely distant sources as Sweden and South Africa show a similarity of composition that is remarkable...chemical composition and mode of occurrence-mackinawite. Mackinawite was first clearly defined by Kouvo, VUORELAINEN...valleriite probably were actually occurrences of mackinawite. These authors maintained that analyzed valleriite...Kaveltorp in Sweden, and Loolekop and Palabora in South Africa. Recently valleriite has been positively...description of an excellent study of valleriite and mackinawite from the Soviet Union (Noril'sk, Monchegorsk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at such widely distant sources as Sweden and South Africa show a similarity of composition that is remarkable...chemical composition and mode of occurrence-mackinawite. Mackinawite was first clearly defined by Kouvo, VUORELAINEN...valleriite probably were actually occurrences of mackinawite. These authors maintained that analyzed valleriite...Kaveltorp in Sweden, and Loolekop and Palabora in South Africa. Recently valleriite has been positively...description of an excellent study of valleriite and mackinawite from the Soviet Union (Noril'sk, Monchegorsk
Book (edition)
15-20 Pentlandite II/B.16-10 Miassite II/B.16-80 Mackinawite II/B.17-10 Godlevskite II/B.17-20 VI Page 84...(light cream); West Driefontein, Johannesburg, South Africa [c]; Nic. // Irregular gold grain (yellow) between...between stibnite (light grey); Murchison Range, South Africa [g]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum (yellowish white)...white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum (yellowish...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum
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Hydrometallurgical Processing of Low-Grade Sulfide Ore and Mine Waste in the Arctic Regions: Perspectives and Challenges...hydrometallurgical processing of low-grade sulfide ore and mine waste in the Arctic regions. The paper presents...Hydrometallurgical Processing of Low-Grade Sulfide Ore and Mine Waste in the Arctic Regions: Perspectives and Challenges...Mountains of the Taimyr Peninsula, and from the south, by the Putorana Plateau. The maximum width of the...southern margin of the Taimyr fold belt, and in the south to the northern part of the Siberian craton. Therefore
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Kuopio, Finland P. Heino Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi Mine, Siilinjärvi, 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. Mäki Pyhäsalmi Mine Oy, Pyhäsalmi, Finland H.V. Makkonen Geological...Taipale Palsatech Oy, Rovaniemi, Finland Mustavaara Mine Ltd, Oulu, Finland, Finland O.T. Rämö University
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t a t e d Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in Africa, Asia (exclusive of t h e U S S R ) a n d Australasia...him. I have tried to include all ore districts in Africa, Asia (exclusive of the U.S.S.R.)> and Australasia...incluir todos los distritos mineros conocido en Africa, Asia (con exclusion de la Union Soviética), y...npOCTO npOtIMTaTb 3TH a8Meq8HMH. Bo BBeneHMH 60nee Ba~H~e HCTOtlHHKH CCMnOK B 6H6nHorpa~HRX p8cnono~eH~...nHH~rpeHa. BKn~qeH~ HeKOTopMe CXeM8THQeCKHe KapTM, nOK83~Ba~mMe npH6nHaHTenbHMe MeCTonono~eHHR pynooTnoxeHHM
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Angola, Brazil and Uruguay Kimberlites in western Africa, Brazil and Australia Basic/ultrabasic intrusions...fundamental control on mineralization than the local sedimentary or volcanic environment in the usual...Metal provinces, a term which includes the more local mining districts of Park and MacDiarmid (1964),...for example those drawn by Petersen (1970) for South America and Guild (1974a) for North America. A fairly...intercontinental position of the Alpine chains between Africa and Europe (Fig. 5). Subsequently, to most European
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fruition and where they develop depends on a host of local factors, but the broad environmental controls in...and possibly enrage some of those with first-hand local knowledge. To such people I can only offer an advance...their willingness to share freely of their time and local expertise with an itinerant academic. Without their.................. . 83 The Fresnillo Ag-Pb-Zn District, Zacatecas, Mexico .............................Massive Sulfide Deposits of the BathurstNewcastle District, New Brunswick, Canada Discussion of Tectonic
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1905, 120–123 von Eckermann H (1948) The alkaline district of Alnö Island. Sver Geol Unders Ca 36:176 Weidendorfer...magmas. Geology 45, 507–510 Woolley AR, Kjarsgaard BA (2008) Carbonatite occurrences of the world: map.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.11 Old Iron Mine at Stavsätt Farm in Släda . . . . . . . . . 4.12...materials from kimberlites in Finland, southern Africa and India. Parts of these efforts were presented...meeting (and prior to indulging in a visit to the local casino in Sundsvall) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sludge or ‘‘mud’’ from neutralization of acidic mine/mill effluents, containing Fe and a range of coprecipitated...sludge or ‘‘mud’’ from neutralization of acidic mine/mill effluents, containing Fe and a range of coprecipitated...at low pH, which may be a consideration in acidic mine and tailings sites. The redox potential of the U(IV)/U(VI)...created in the sediment, allowing U(IV) and mackinawite (Fe1+xS, where x = 0– 0.11) to precipitate. The...reoxidized with oxic groundwater from the site. The mackinawite initially protected the reduced U(IV) from reoxidation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
abundant valleriite; Ni-bearing ones pentlandite, mackinawite, oregonite, heazlewoodite; Co is present in two...give the opportunity to study the rare minerals mackinawite, valleriite, and oregonite together and in relation...vielversprechenden Schiir£en. Die Lokalit~it ,,Hellenic Mine" ist ohne Zweifel ,,Pefkos", das Prospektionsgeliinde...vergleichbar den Kluftbeliigen des Magnetits yon Palabora, Siidafrika und Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, aber...Paragenese urspriinglich vom Typus etwa der Alexo-Mine ( N i - C u - C o im Magnetkies, gebunden an Ultrabasite)
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metallogeny, on relationships between regional and local ore-bearing structures of various ages, on marginal...Characteristics Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, Bushveld and Palabora Complexes Akitkan Volcanic Belt Tectonometamorphic...without geosynclinal preparation (for example, the Limpopo Belt, dated 2.6 Ga). The next (third) stage (2...high-grade regions (West Greenland, Labrador and Limpopo elts); II—Archaean greenstone belts (Swaziland...and subdivided them into periods of global and local activisation. In particular, the most important
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contents, say of lead or bismuth or uranium ? Is it a local, continuous, comparatively superficial cycle, t...places of extreme differentiation (e.g., at the Frood Mine and at Insizwa) bismuth and tellurium minerals are...(1940). 12 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 4 80 X Mouat Mine, Stillwater Valley, Montana RAMDOHR From a border...parallel texture seen in the photograph is only a very local feature 13 14 T H E ORE MINERALS 4. Deposits...extents 3* 18 T H E ORE MINERALS according to the local conditions. The solutions, up to now fluid (supercritical)
Journal (issue)
by R. Z. Kothavala Rare minerals of the Kombat mine, Namibia ................................ 421 by...S. Petrussenko Minerals of the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South A ustralia 449 by P. Elliot Columns ...ichigan 49930 (906) 482-9560 Michigan native copper; mine owner; wholesale, retail 411 Museum o f Geological...07439 Hours: 10-5 M -Sun, M ar.-D ec. Specialty: Local m ining & minerals Carnegie Museum o f Natural...the cavansite occurrence. Con­ versations with local people also disclosed some circumstances during
 
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