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Pyromorphite from
Kabwe Mine, Kabwe, Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyromorphite
Formula:Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Parahopeite
Tarbuttite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tarbuttiteā“˜6 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Tarbuttite at this locality.
Parahopeiteā“˜3 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Parahopeite at this locality.
Smithsoniteā“˜2 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Smithsonite at this locality.
Hopeiteā“˜1 photo of Pyromorphite associated with Hopeite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kabwe Mine, Kabwe, Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:44325
Long-form Identifier:1:3:44325:0
GUID (UUID V4):764d4154-ecbd-4467-baf7-31452955d29b
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Tarbuttite Skorpion Mine, LĆ¼deritz District, Namibia T arbuttite, Zn2(PO4)(OH), is...worthy of note: the Kabwe mine in Zambia, the type locality, and the Skorpion mine in Namibia. Both of...Exploration Company that owned the Broken Hill mine, now named Kabwe, and who provided material used to describe...the No. 1 Kopje (hill) deposit at the Broken Hill mine when a tunnel, driven into the hill, intersected...tarbuttite currently known come from the Skorpion mine, located 40 kilometers north of the Orange River
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the KABWE MINE (ā€œBroken Hillā€) Central Province, Zambia MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...location of Kabwe in Zambia. Prepared by William Besse. Figure 2. Satellite image of the Kabwe mine site, showing... Figure 3. The Kabwe mine site, partially derelict. Michael Brook photo, 2004. T HE CITY OF KABWE, ZAMBIAā€™S...north of Lusaka, the capital (fig. 1). The name Kabwe means ā€œplace of smeltingā€ but refers to the pre-European...in the area (Notebaart and Korowski 1980). The Kabwe lead-zinc deposit was fortuitously discovered in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
non-sulfide Zn deposits: a reanalysis of the Kabwe Zn-Pb ores (central Zambia) N. MONDILLO1,*, R. HERRINGTON2, A...Editor: Nigel Cook] ABSTR ACT The Kabwe Zn-Pb deposit (central Zambia) consists of a cluster of mixed sulfide...mineralization, and was carried out on a suite of Kabwe specimens, housed in the Natural History Museum...non-sulfides, Kabwe, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), Zambia. Introduction...2003). The Kabwe Zn-Pb deposit (formerly known as ā€˜Broken Hillā€™) is located in central Zambia, āˆ¼110 km
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Turkey), Jabali (Yemen), Cristal (Peru) and Kabwe (Zambia). The petrography of FeO/OH was investigated...ā€œunconventionalā€ metals in FeO/OH (i.e., Cr and Co at Kabwe; Y at Cristal) depending on whether the optimal...optimal pH-Eh conditions are attained. (D) In the Kabwe deposit, FeO/OH records heterogeneous geochemical conditions...supergene section of deposits. An example is the Apex Mine (Utah, USA), where goethite and hematite contain...goethite and hematite from Cristal (Peru) and Kabwe (Zambia) [18,19], using multivariate statistical analysis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract A reanalysis of the Kabwe Zn-Pb nonsulphide ore (central Zambia): preliminary results N. Mondillo1...Federico II, Napoli, Italy The Kabwe Zn-Pb deposit, in central Zambia, was discovered in 1902 and mined...235 t Cd and 64 t Cu were extracted from the Kabwe mine during its lifespan, leaving 1.9 Mt of Zn-silicate...question, we decided to conduct a reanalysis of the Kabwe ores, speciļ¬cally focusing on the particular behaviour...here the ļ¬rst results from the study of a batch of Kabwe ores specimens, Ā© 2016 Institute of Materials,
Report (issue)
276(5) Ī± = 93ā—¦ 250 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kabwe, Zambia. (ICDD 24-1461). 7.53 (100), 2.981 (80), 4.44...53.29 15.73 Total 100.2 [100.0] 100.00 (1) Kabwe, Zambia. (2) Reaphook Hill, Australia; by electron microprobe...spencerite, pyromorphite. Distribution: From Kabwe (Broken Hill), Zambia. In the Hudson Bay mine, Salmo,... Cumbria; in the Turf Pits mine, Grassington Moor, and the Cockhill mine, Bewerley, northern Yorkshire...Yorkshire. In Germany, from the GluĢˆcksrad mine, near Oberschulenberg, Harz Mountains; from Hagendorf, Bavaria;
Report (issue)
102ā—¦ 510 Ī² = 102ā—¦ 460 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kabwe, Zambia. (ICDD 36-410). 6.17 (100), 2.058 (30), 2.782...67.05 3.71 Total 99.6 [100.0] 100.00 (1) Kabwe, Zambia; corresponds to Zn1.98 (PO4 )0.99 (OH)1.02 ... cerussite, pyromorphite, descloizite, vanadinite, ā€œlimoniteā€. Distribution: From Kabwe (Broken Hill)...Hill), Zambia. In the Lueca vanadium mines, Angola. From the Kef Semmah mine, near SeĢtif, Algeria. In Australia...Hudson Bay mine, Salmo, British Columbia, Canada. At an undefined locality in Guangdong Province, China.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
relevant results have been obtained on a batch of Kabwe specimens from the NHM Ores collection, and on drillcore...Cristal (BongarĆ”) prospect in Peru. Kabwe (=Broken Hill, Zambia) is a carbonate-hosted Znā€“Pb sulphide...smithsonite, cerussite, hemimorphite, sauconite, pyromorphite, Pb-vanadates and Fe-oxy-hydroxides. The Rio...Fe-oxy-hydroxides from the two deposits have shown that Ge at Kabwe is only hosted in willemite, and not in typical...is also important to evidence the difference to Kabwe, where the supergene mineral phases are essentially
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Leadville, United States; 5 = Upper Mississippi Valley district, United States; 6 = Franklin and Sterling Hill...Mississippi Valley-type district, Poland; 16 = Reocin, Spain; 17 = Sardinian Zn-Pb district; Italy; 18 = Larium...Hamman Nā€™BaĆÆls, Algeria; 21 = Zamanti Zn-Pb district, central Turkey; 22 = Angouran, Iran; 23 = Mehdiabad...Jabali, Yemen; 26 = Abu Samar, Sudan; 27 = Kabwe and Star Zn, Zambia; 28 = Skorpion, Namibia; 29 = Berg Aukas...deposits in the Upper Silesian Mississippi Valleytype district of Poland (Sass-Gustkiewicz et al., 1982; Osika
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0.084 13.6 13.60 South Africa Mapochs Mine Rhovan Mine 1.5 0.52 1.5 1.06 1.60 Generally, VTM...(AsO4 )(SO4 )(OH)6 Mimetite Pb5 (AsO4 )3 Cl Pyromorphite Pb5 (PO4 )3 Cl Zinc Copper Smithsonite ZnCO3...elements [37,38]. For example, the Broken Hill Plant (Zambia) extracted cadmium as by-product from the hydrometallurgical...minerals [27]. Vanadinite is related to the pyromorphite subgroup of the apatite supergroup. A general...(IMA)ā€”also known as lead apatites, are vanadinite, pyromorphite, and mimetite. Due to the proximity of ionic
Report (issue)
Pyromorphite Pb5 (PO4 )3 Cl c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal...mines, 35 km south of Brazatortas, Ciudad Real Province, Spain. In France, large crystals from Poullaouen...Poullaouen, FinisteĢ€re; fine groups at the Les Farges mine, Ussel, CorreĢze, France. From Beresovsk, near Yekaterinburg...Kellogg, Coeur dā€™Alene district, Shoshone Co., Idaho. At the Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia...Australia. From the Touissit mine, near Oujda, Morocco. At Kabwe (Broken Hill), Zambia. Name: From the Greek
Report (issue)
Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Broken Hill mines, Kabwe, Zambia. 4.7937 (100), 2.6325 (47), 5.8676 (39), 2.9351...26.4 27.1 12.9 3.66 (1) Broken Hill mines, Kabwe, Zambia; average of 15 electron microprobe analyses...Association: Hopeite, tarbuttite (Zambia); corkite-hinsdalite, tsumebite, pyromorphite, sampleite, torbernite,...(Australia). Distribution: Broken Hill mines, Kabwe, Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia). From Australia
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Venus mine, [El Guaico district, CoĢrdoba Province,] Argentina; close to mottramite...vanadium. Association: Mottramite, vanadinite, pyromorphite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite. Distribution:...localities. From ā€œSierra de CoĢrdoba,ā€ CoĢrdoba Province, Argentina. At Los Lamentos and Santa Eulalia... Mexico. In the USA, in the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., and from Bisbee, Cochise Co...., Arizona; in the Caballo Mountains district, Sierra Co., and several mines around Georgetown, Grant
Report (issue)
99.92 99.31 (1) MoraĢvicza, Romania. (2) Arakawa mine, Japan; corresponds to (Cu1.77 Zn1.24 )Ī£=3.01 (PO4...hemimorphite, pyromorphite, kipushite, vauquelinite, libethenite, quartz, iron oxides (Kipushi mine, Congo);...Lubumbashi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At Kabwe (Broken Hill), Zambia. In the Hisaichi...Hisaichi (Arakawa) mine, Akita Prefecture, and the Kamioka mine, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. In the USA, large...large crystals from the Black Pine mine, near Philipsburg, Granite Co., Montana; from Gold Hill, Tooele Co
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 W Pyromorphite Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln]...Lincoln] at 23:16 02 June 2016 Bunker Hill Mine, Coeur dā€™Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho 190 ROCKS...23:16 02 June 2016 I t is only fitting that pyromorphite should follow on the heels of its sister mineral...between the two, particularly for the collector. Pyromorphite specimens seem to appear in relatively enormous...are well known to collectors. Unlike mimetite, pyromorphite is historically important from localities in
Catalog/List
crystalline mass 5x3cm BalmatEdwards Zinc mining district, St Lawrence County ,New York, USA Ā£7 14 EPIDIDYMITE...Ā£30 16b) also some smaller about 1.5cm Ā£8 18 PYROMORPHITE drusy green crystals about half covering small...small quartz crystals 3x3cm Bwlch I Glas Mine, Tal-y-Bont Ceredigion Wales Ā£6 I 19 NIFONTOVITE glassy...1cm long and 3 mm across on very small matrix Fuka Mine, Okayama Japan Ā£ 15 -20 - TANXALITE-obv:iousblac~...Karibib District Namibia Ā£25 22 TILLEYITE creamy white cleavable like a feldspar 6x3cm Ā£25 Fuka Mine,m Okayama
Catalog/List
matrix.~xltxlt". Ā£2.50. 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich lime...2-tx2-tx2".Ā£11.00. 9. AZURITE. Laurium, Attica District, Greece. Very rich bright blue small sparkling...display. 7~x4x2" .Ā£22.00. 10. AZURITE. Ting Tar.g Mine, Gwannap, Cornwall. Rich, Bright blue small sparkling... 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 16. Hilto Mine Scordale was moreland. Sp i en A - Select, creamy...3xl-1xl-t.". Ā£6.00. BROCHANTITE. Laurium, A~tica District, Greece. Deep green lustrous crystaline small
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
between Namibia and Botswana (Aha Hills, Ngamiland District) in a strongly deformed Proterozoic fold belt...projects are located in the Aha Hills (Ngamiland District), near the Dobe border gate with Namibia (Figures...Setting 2.1. Regional Geology In the Ngamiland District, the Pan-African Damara Belt extends from Namibia...Namibia in the SW, northwest Botswana to Zambia and Congo in the NE (Figure 1; [12]). As most of the Precambrian...[17], the basement occurring in the Ngamiland District, northwest of the zone, consists ofetfour 2):
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Leadhills in the heart of Scotlandā€™s lead mining district; desiring to acquire complete suites of minerals...other exotic oxidized zone in an as-yet-undeveloped mine. For now, however, Tsumeb holds top honors for the...species. Working on material from the Scottish lead district, Brooke (1820, pp. 117ā€“120) determined the next...name leadhillite in 1832, establishing the Susanna mine, Leadhills, as the type locality (Dana 1896). There...Figure 1. Leadhillite, 6.7 cm high, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Formerly in the Houston Museum
Journal (issue)
manager Famous mineral localities: the Broken Hill mine, Zam bia..............................................351 Famous mineral localities: the Cruzeiro mine, past and present ................................ famous mineraC (ocafities: the Broken Hiffmine Zambia by C. W. Notebaart Stadhoudersplein 25 C 3039-ER...906 Kitwe, Zambia HISTORY The Broken Hill lead-zinc mine is located near the town of Kabwe, 140 km north...north of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, on the main route to the Copperbelt (Pig. 1). The ore deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is a new mineral from the Capitana mine, CopiapĆ³, Atacama Province, Chile and has been identified from...numerous other deposits world-wide. At the Capitana mine, it occurs as transparent, colorless, tapering hexagonal...secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of the Capitana mine, a Cu-Pb-Ag deposit, where it closely associated...implications with respect to the chlorapatite-pyromorphite solid solution series. An analysis of compositions...compositions of natural members of the pyromorphite-mimetite-turneaureite-chlorapatite system suggests the
Catalog/List
axinite. 2x1~x1t", Ā£1ā€¢ā€¢ 5~ 11. AZURITE. HEnderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Choice bright blue ball-like...association. 3x2~x1~", Ā£16.5~ 12. BARYTES. Dalmellington Mine, Frizington, Cumberland. Fine lustrous transparent...matrix. 2~x17", Ā£33.00 15. NATIVE BISMUTH. Botallack Mine, St. Just, Cornwall. Bright metallic silvery masses...matrix. 25x15 mm. Ā£6.50p 17. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. apecimen A: Small bright green...matrix. 2tx1tx1", Ā£2.25p 18. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Specimen A: Select silvery-grey
Catalog/List
faces. 3-tx2x2". Ā£11.50. 3. ALLANITE. Mary Kathleen Mine, queensland, Australia. Sharp, lustrous black, well...section showing a radiated structure and with large central cavities thickly lined with delicate needly crystals...lxfxf". Ā£4.50. 11. 12. 13. -2AZURITE. Ting-Tpng Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue small sharp...colourful specimen. 3x2xlf". 1:8.00. BARYTES. Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire. Lustrous, creamy, tabular bladed...mat rix. 2xl~". Ā£2.50. 23. CASSITERITE. Kinta District, Malaya. Very fine, pure mass, composed of numerous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isomorphic with apatite (Ca5 (PO4 )3 Cl) and pyromorphite (Pb5 (PO4 )3 Cl). Descloizite and mottramite...different varieties with endmembers such as pyromorphite, mimetite (Pb5 (AsO4 )3 Cl) and arsendescloizite...West Mine and Berg Aukas) and Zambia (gravity separation and hydrometallurgical plant in Kabwe) [23,25]...local smelters in Berg Aukas (Namibia) and Kabwe (Zambia) and disposed at the local polluted areas and...is introduced in Figure 1. The stockpiled run-of-mine ore with an average feed particle size of 350ā€“400
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
no sulfur emissions or waste, little to no acid mine drainage). Equally important, Zn non-sulfide ore...BongarĆ” district in northern Peru, Kabwe Zn-Pb deposit (formerly known as ā€œBroken Hillā€) in central Zambia...new targets throughout this vast metallogenic province, which contains some of the best prospects for...30]. 1.2. Touissit-Bou Beker District Geology The Touissit-Bou Beker district of northeastern Morocco and...activity, that exceeded 5 Mt of Pb and Zn [5,28]. The district stratigraphy consists of a Paleozoic basement
 
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