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Chalcopyrite from
Timna Mine, Timna Valley, Eilat, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Timna Mine, Timna Valley, Eilat, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:940100
Long-form Identifier:1:3:940100:6
GUID (UUID V4):406b9109-d3b3-4e92-a8ff-4f167c196ec2
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fractionation applied to the Kupferschiefer and Timna ore deposits Dan Asael a,c,āŽ, Alan Matthews a, Slawomir...Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel Polish Geological Institute, Rakowiecka 4, 00-975...Poland Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchey Israel St., 95501 Jerusalem, Israel a r t i c l e i n f o...Keywords: Copper isotopes Redox isotopic fractionation Timna Kupferschiefer Fluid speciation Sediment-hosted...part of the Lubin-Sieroszowice Copper District) and Timna (S. Israel) Sediment-hosted Stratiform Copper
Book
(Ikonos satellite data) of the ancient mining district of Faynan, Jordan, and its surroundings. Red dots...early copper metallurgy in the area of Faynan, southern Jordan, between 1983 and 1993. It also contains...the research carried out on the ancient mining district and mining techniques. The translation was made...archaeology of mining in Faynan and the southern Arabah-valley, Jordanā€ funded by the VolkswagenStiftung...archaeo- VI Preface metallurgical remains in Timna (Israel) and Sinai (Egypt), at a time when the political
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fractionation in sedimentary copper mineralization (Timna Valley, Israel) Dan Asael a,āŽ, Alan Matthews a , Miryam...Jerusalem, Israel b Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchey Israel St., 95501 Jerusalem, Israel Received...Precambrian and Cambrian rocks of the Timna Valley, southern Israel. These deposits provide a natural laboratory...Metallic cycling; Cu-isotope reservoir effects; Timna 1. Introduction āŽ Corresponding author. Tel.:...experiments involving oxidation of chalcocite and chalcopyrite gave Cu(II) solutions that were isotopically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jerusalem, Israel Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchey Israel Street, 95501 Jerusalem, Israel a r t i...D. Blum Keywords: Copper isotopes Lead isotopes Timna Fluid speciation Copper deposits Redox a b s t...was studied at three different locations in southern Israel and comprises copper sulphide concretions hosted...overlie Cambrian sediments. At one location, Timna Valley, the Cambrian sediments contain extensive copper...locations (Amram and Rehavam (Elat) located south of Timna) the Cambrian sediments are not mineralized. The
Report (issue)
7.84 c = 11.01 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ani mine, Japan. Many of the reported associations of digenite...7 (3) 77.6 22.4 100.9 102.8 100.0 (1ā€“2) Ani mine, Japan; by electron microprobe. All specimens contained... (3) Cu7 S4 . Occurrence: mine, Japan). In a drusy quartz vein (Ani mine, Japan); in a Kuroko ore deposit...covellite (Ani mine, Japan); yarrowite, spionkopite, djurleite, wittichenite, tennantite, chalcopyrite, bornite...bornite (Yarrow Creek, Canada); in red beds (Timna Formation, Israel; near Zurich, Switzerland). Distribution:
Report (issue)
produced at the ancient smelting camps in the Wadi Timna, Israel. 165 INTRODUCTION This volume forms part...1950's Rothenberg began his work in the Wadi Timna, Israel, followed shortly afterwards by Jovanovic at...(Devonian) age and containing syngenetic copper. One mine at Derrycarhoon, of considerably greater dimensions...from south and southwest Ireland indicate the southern and western slopes of Mount Gabriel as most probable...de Cerne to defray expenses regarding the King's Mine in the County of Tipperary." (Gleeson, 1937). These
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu-Pb-Zn-Fe mineralization, comprising sphalerite, chalcopyrite, bornite, and chalcocite that precipitated under...display significant Cu isotope ratio variations. Chalcopyrite and chalcocite from the Cu-Pb-Zn-Fe and Cu-Ag...during oxidation of chalcocite (Cu(I)2S) and chalcopyrite (Cu(I)FeS2) to Cu(II)aq, enriching the resulting...compared Cu isotopic data for Kupferschiefer and Timna ores. The Cu(I) sulfides in the Kupferschiefer ores...mil (Asael et al., 2009). Cu(I) sulfides in the Timna ores precipitated at a lower temperature of about
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
volcanism in Israel S. Ilani ~, A. Flexer 2 and J. Kronfeld 2 1Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe...Malkhe Yisrael St., 95501, Jerusalem, Israel; 2Dept. of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Raymond and Beverly...Exact Sciences,Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel Abstract. Copper mineralization occurs within the...Neogene sedimentary cover of central and northern Israel. Two distinct types of copper-rich anomalies are...atacamite, paratacamite, chrysocolla, and/or chalcopyrite forming veins and concretions within the sedimentary
Book
his team began ļ¬eldwork on the Sinai Peninsula, Timna and the Iberian Peninsula. Beno Rothenberg has gained...heaps as by-products of the extraction of copper in Timna, a ļ¬eld that was then still largely unattractive...unattractive in archaeology. He used the example of Timna to push the term industrial archaeology, which had previously...smelting sites and metal workshops in a mining district in certain periods. This book focuses on ores...periods, also independently in the Balkans and in southern Spain/Portugal (Fig. 2.1). In fact, at Belovode
Journal (issue)
remnant of volcanic fumaroles in the Jordan Rift Valley, Steve Voynick MK Diamond Products MK Diamond...Auctions OCTOBER: ā€œThese Places NOVEMBER: Chalcopyrite DECEMBER: Rhodochrosite, Have Their Momentsā€...chrysocolla stalactites is from the 1997 ļ¬nd in the Ray mine, Arizona (Evan Jones collection) The very nature...the best one found in the 1986 ļ¬nd at the Morenci mine, Morenci, Arizona. (Unique Minerals specimen) thicker...wet-dry time periods. What makes some of these Ray mine chrysocolla stalactites really special is that later
Book
Early Mines The Mines of the Developed Bronze Age Mine Systems of the Iron Age Civilisations Hydraulic...strong country rock of granite, 375 level at Dolcoath Mine, Cornwall (photo: Burrow and Thomas, 1893) 22 ...Corta Lago opencast mine at Rio Tinto, Huelva, Spain, Small Bronze Age trench mine at Chinflon, Huelva... 2.6 Complex fireset working at the Kestel tin mine dating from the third millennium Bc Large steeply-plunging...Gallery in the Bronze Age copper mines at Timna, southern Israel Grooved stone mining hammer from the Bronze
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
values compared to chalcocite, covellite, and chalcopyrite from deeper levels. The majority (34 of 36)...Cordillera of the Peruvian Andes, in the CaƱaris District of the Province of FerreƱafe, Department of Lambayeque...encompasses both tropical forest in the CaƱariaco River Valley and open grassland on ridges and plains at higher...located on the west side of the CaƱariaco River valley. The topography of the deposit area is very rugged...Hypogene copper mineralization consists mainly of chalcopyrite, chalcocite, and covellite, with lesser enargite
Book
Bougainville copper mine, AND M1 4 td oe 3 om. Papua New Guinea ā€” the fourth largest copper mine in the world...Morwellham Recreation Company Limited, page 15; Mount Isa Mine, page 8 (lower); Royal Institution of Cornwall,...the first mine to expl oit low-grade porphyry copper ore. It grew from a small underground mine working...first mine to exploit these ores was at Bingham, Utah, USA, which grew from an underground mine working...are exploited. The most important mineral is chalcopyrite (copper iron sulphide), scattered through immense
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Japan Abstract The copper isotope ratios of chalcopyrite, secondary malachite, and native copper of metamorphosed...u/63Cu)NIST-SRM976} āˆ’ 1] Ɨ 1,000) values of chalcopyrite samples of both mines are relatively narrow...29ā€°) compared to those of previously reported chalcopyrite from modern submarine hydrothermal deposits...98 to +3.14ā€°). However, the Ī“65Cu values of chalcopyrite are slightly different between the two mines...characteristics of both mines are generally preserved. The chalcopyrite samples of one deposit might be significantly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper based on analyses of igneous rocks and chalcopyrite in igneous rocks (Zhu et al., 2000; Larson et...This is because copper-rich minerals (e.g., chalcopyrite and native copper) in mantle peridotite are...minerals (native copper, cuprite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, and malachite) at ablation spot size of 15...northern Japan, and simplified geologic map of the southern part of the Hidaka metamorphic belt (after Komatsu...not find other copper-rich minerals such as chalcopyrite, bornite, talnakhite, sugakiite, and samaniite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ernest Henry (Rusk et al. 2010), Tennant Creek District (Skirrow and Walshe 2002), La Candelaria (Marschik...NICO deposit and Nori/RA and Fab prospects in the southern GBMZ indicate that these mineralizing events were...(contained in Co-rich arsenopyrite and S in chalcopyrite) could have been assimilated from crustal rocks...g., S, O, C) has been done on the central and southern portions of the GMBZ, either on the IOCG-like...K-feldspar, with minor amounts of quartz, magnetite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite (Figs. 3a and 4a; Ootes et al. 2010;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the smelting did not follow the well-known ā€˜Timnaā€™, ā€˜Eibnerā€™ or so-called ā€˜Chalcolithicā€™ copper smelting...materials). Most of these sites are situated in the valley of the Adige/Etsch, particularly around Trento...Trento, with two hilltop sites in the Fersina valley ore district to the east (Montesei di Serso and Croz del...another cluster further north in the Adige/Etsch valley around Bressanone/Brixen. One recently discovered...located west of the Adige/Etsch valley, across the watershed in the Valley of the Lakes, which drains southwards
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARTICLE Characteristics of Cu isotopes from chalcopyrite-rich black smoker chimneys at Brothers volcano...Heidelberg 2015 Abstract We analysed primary chalcopyrite from modern seafloor ā€˜black smokerā€™ chimneys...bottom, interior and exterior), and (3) within chalcopyrite of approximately the same age (<1 year). This...When compared to global Ī“65Cu data for primary chalcopyrite, volcanic arc chimneys are most similar to porphyry...2011). Oxidation of Cu(I) in minerals (i.e. chalcopyrite) to aqueous Cu(II) in leachate can cause fractionations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel d School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University...mixed Feā€“Cu and Cu mineral phases (cubanite, chalcopyrite, bornite, covellite and digenite) characterised...In fact, these workers failed to synthesise chalcopyrite by any other previously reported reaction, such...for easier and safer transport between the UK and Israel, where the Cu isotope measurements were conducted...MC-ICP-MS at the Geological Survey of Israel in Jerusalem, Israel. Depending on the current sensitivity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
biogenic activities. The Ī“65Cu values of primary chalcopyrite suggest source 28 heterogeneity and/or the...primary sulfide minerals (pyrite, molybdenite and chalcopyrite) clustered 32 near 0 ā€°, indicating that the...from the 118 subduction zone and occupies the southern boundary of the Khangai-Khentii highlands. 5...Geology 145 6 146 The Erdenetiin Ovoo ore district occurs within a 20ā€“25-km-diameter structure embracing...mineralization in the Erdenetiin Ovoo ore 149 district is associated with the Erdenet porphyry complex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ratios have been measured in sulļ¬de minerals (chalcopyrite and bornite) by both solution and laser ablation...deposits, Larson et al., 2003; Schwarzwald mining district, Markl et al., 2006) and sedimentary Cu deposits...observed a signiļ¬cant range in the d65Cu value of chalcopyrite (from 0.02& to 1.34&) and found that an increase...hydrothermal processes in the Schwarzwald mining district in southern Germany did not produce signiļ¬cant Cu isotopic...the deposit were also measured. The Northparkes district was selected because it contains several wellpreserved
Book
convert, refine and treat whatever you want to mine. From the initial evaluation and planning to the...Tunisia 49 51 146 Yemen 53 17 18 19 The Red Sea Israel References 55 56 oF 20 List of Maps 60 the...Arab countries are arranged in alphabetical order. Israel is also included because of its ea ie position...for Gabal, meaning Mountain W. for Wadi, meaning Valley To be consistent with Arabic spelling, the proper...metallurgical industry. Recent excavations in Wadi Timna in Sinai led to the discovery that the so-called
Book (edition)
reduced to metal state). Left (top): Ag-rich chalcopyrite in contact with gustavite (Ag-containing Pb-Bi-sulfide)...left and right side of the image); possibly, chalcopyrite was enriched in Ag through solid state diffusion...ilmenite or extra Fe in Cu-sulfides, such as chalcopyrite. 11 Exsolution (continued) This process presents...Right: Cross-like sphalerite exsolution (grey) in chalcopyrite matrix (yellowish). Right: Patchy, almost myrmekitic...intergrowth of sphalerite (medium grey) and chalcopyrite (yellow); black smoker. Right (bottom): Fibrous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0,62 1.92 2.65 4.8 TARKWA: active mine Ntronang: closed mine Teberebie: orebody under development...post-schistose auriferous arsenopyrite, Ashanti mine. (Width of microphotograph represents 1.4 mm). $1...with gold-bearing arsenopyrite crystals, Ashanti mine min et al. 1988) consider that both the disseminated-sulphide...mineralogical parageneses; 1. A pyrite-pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite paragenesis, observed at Konongo, that was emplaced...less than 1 cm from the quartz in Fig. 5. Tarkwa mine. (Width of microphotograph represents 0.15 mm)
Report (issue)
not coincide with the Google-Earth images of the mine workings. The authors wish to thank William F. Cannon...chalcocite and other CU S minerals, bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and 2 subordinate galena and sphalerite...zone are fairly stable minerals in the oxidizing mine environment, and pyrite occurs only as trace amounts...zone. In the low-grade zone, pyrite accompanies chalcopyrite and becomes increasingly abundant outward as...should be used to guide mining plans where acid mine drainage caused by oxidizing pyrite must be avoided
 
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