 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa I t...originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed was originally...originally named Messina but was renamed Musina after the 1994 political dispensation in South Africa. The registered...registered mine name remains Messina.) Since the early 1950s, the Messina mine has produced spectacular...original type-locality specimens from the New Cornelia mine, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE LIMPOPO BELT, SOUTH AFRICA H. MOURI Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa...Council for Geoscience, Limpopo Unit, P.O. Box 620, Polokwana, 0700, South Africa e-mail: gbrandl@geoscience...gbrandl@geoscience.org.za © 2013 June Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT Komatiites occur in many Archaean...highgrade polymetamorphic Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa. The composition of the rocks overlaps...Archaean age – the first such manifestation in the Limpopo Belt and in a high to ultra-high grade (≥900°C |  | | Journal (issue) | | net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa .........................know, we supplied a DVD on the famous Pederneira mine with the May-June issue. This DVD is a supplement...staff of the British Museum (Natural History) in South Kensington on October 1, 1957, as Assistant Scientific... and he was in constant demand as a speaker at local clubs and societies. Three of his most popular talks--delivered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Locality map of the Albert Silver mine, Mpumalanga, South Africa, prepared by William Besse. Downloaded... The ALBERT Silver Mine and TRIPPKEITE Occurrence Mpumalanga South Africa Figure 3. Plan of the...the underground workings at the Albert Silver mine based on Van Zijl (1965), prepared by William Besse...Department of Water Affairs PO Box 1745 Bela Bela, South Africa meulenbeldp@dwa.gov.za Department of Geology...Pretoria Private Bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028 South Africa wiebke.grote@up.ac.za XRD Analytical & Consulting |  | | Journal (issue) | | 0026-4628 ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ..............................J. P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica .............................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because...More than 30 minerals have been identified from the mine and studies continue on the sulfosalt mineralogy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Bornite Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan S ...occurs, evidenced by lamellae of chalcocite, chalcopyrite, and digenite. As the temperature continues...specimens sold as peacock ore today are actually chalcopyrite chemically altered to produce the colorful tarnish... digenite, acanthite, chalcopyrite, and covellite. It can replace chalcopyrite, pyrite, tetrahedrite...hematite. It has been found as intergrowths with chalcopyrite, chalcocite, wittichenite, linnaeite, digenite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | composition from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa T. Sarkar Department of Earth Sciences...University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa e-mail: tapabrato@gmail.com H. Mouri Department...2006, South Africa e-mail: hmouri@uj.ac.za © 2016 September Geological Society of South Africa. Abstract...metamorphic evolution of the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt. However, most investigations on the P-T evolution...komatiitic composition, which occurs in the vicinity of Musina in the Central Zone. These rocks are composed mainly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in marl (6.7 cm) from the Ampliación a Victoria mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain. Chris and Agatha Galas...characteristic of hopper crystals from the Zapata mine, Santa Elena de Uairen, Bolivar, Venezuela. Keith...cavernous basal faces (3.4 cm) from the North Geronimo mine, Trigo Montains, LaPaz County, Arizona. Dick Morris...Dendritic gold crystal (3 cm) from the Round Mountain mine, Nye County, Nevada. Keith and Mauna Proctor specimen...islands on cube faces from the Belshazzar mine, Quartzburg district, Boise County, Idaho. Carl Francis specimen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-Bearing Breccia Pipes of the Messina District South Africa J. B. E. Jacobsen and T. S. McCarthy...Johannesburg, South Africa G. J. Laing The Messina (Tvl.) Development Company (Pry.) Limited, Messina, South...South Africa The Messina Copper Mines comprise a group of breccia pipes, disseminated replacement andfissure...emplaced within high-grade metamorphic rocks of the Limpopo mobile belt. Breccia pipes as well as associated...recognised in the M e s s i n a district near the northern border of South Africa. Of these, three are mineralized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | southwest of the Rhodesian cration and north of the Limpopo mobile belt. Stratigraphic, structural and lead...equivalent to the Shashi metasediments in the Limpopo belt. There is strong evidence that the Matsitama...a shallow-water facies that occurs only in the Limpopo area. There is no structural evidence that the...There is a major ductile shear zone of F 4 age, south of which F 4 folds are tight, while to the north...belt to the east and in the northern part of the Limpopo mobile belt. Lead isotope evidence suggests that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | belt of northwest Scotland and the Limpopo belt of southern Africa (Table 1) are in different sub-belts...Malagasy Sakeny Boulanger 1959 Limpopo, southern Africa Messina layered intrusion Hor et al1975,...1974, J. D. Sills et ai, in preparation Limpopo, southern Africa Neshuro complex and Chingwa-Ma-Karorro...1973), Labrador (Bridgwater et al 1975), and the Limpopo belt (Barton et al 1977b). Metamorphic ages are:...West Greenland 3.6 to 3.8 Ga B.P., Labrador 3.6, Limpopo 3.86 ± 0.12; younger gneisses, West Green land |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | An UnusualHydrothermal CopperDepositat Messina, South Africa J. B. E. JACOBSEN' ANDT. S. •{CCARTHY Abstract...ne passingthrough the Artonvilla mine. The orebodiesin the district include breccia pipes, fissure deposits...the latter being best developedin the Artonvilla mine, where four separatelodesare developed. The EmeryLodeis...sequenceof complexly foldedmetasediments of the Limpopo Group. Table 1 showsa broad outline of the regional...regional stratigraphic sequence and lithologyaround Messina. Rocks in the immediatevicinityof the minesrevealgranulite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chamberlin, R. M., 1974, Geology of the Council Rock district, Socorro Country, New Mexico: M.S. thesis, Nexv...Geology and ore deposits of the Magdalena mining district, New Mexico: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 200...thehighlydeformed, granulitegrade metamorphic rocks of the Limpopo Mobile The Messinacopperdepositshavebeenthe subject...deposits, villa mineat the easternextremityof the district,all of the samples.Basedlargelyon investigations...Sample 74-M-3 Mine• Artonvilla Generation• Late 74-M-23 Artonvilla Very 74-M-5 Messina Early Mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | KATZ School of Applied Geology, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, Kensington, N.S. W. 2033 (Australia)...sedimentary affiliation are known (Ookiep, W, South Africa). Introduction Areally significant and worldwide...deformation. The Selebi-Pikwe region in the Archaean Limpopo Mobile Belt underwent early granulite facies metamorphism...Selebi-Pikwe, Cu-Ni, Botswana (2) Ookiep, Cu, South Africa (3) Caraiba, Cu, Brazil Ores of felsic (anorthosite)...sedimentary affiliation (7) Gagnon, Canada (8) Messina, South Africa (9) Imataca, Venezuela Manganese concentrations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | illustrating the nature of Archean volcanismin southern Africa and elsewhereare made available for purposesof...mineralization. The Archean mineralization of southern Africa is briefly compared and contrasted with that of...the easternpart southern Africa. of Botswana, the northeasternsegment of South The purposes of this paperare...paperare, briefly,to consider Africa, and Rhodesia,the shield consistsof two crathe nature and distribution...GREENSTONE BELT LITHOLOGICAL UNITS RHODESIA/BOTSWANA SOUTH AFRICA/SWAZILAND Sedimentary unit ShamraJah Mafic-to-l'el$ic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | geochronologic data from the Limpopo belt at Pikwe, Botswana, southern Africa MARTHA H HICKMAN JUHN wAKtrliiLD...of gneiss units in the Limpopo orogenic belt at Pikwe, Botswana, southern Africa, confirms two previously...Great Dyke (2,600 ± 1 2 0 m.y. ago), which cut Limpopo belt gneiss units to the north in Rhodesia. In...words: geocbrotiology, Limpopo orogenic belt, Rb-Sr isotopes. INTRODUCTION The Limpopo orogenic belt trends...the granite-greenstone cratons of Rhodesia and South Africa. It is a zone of intensely deformed, high-grade |  | MAIER, W. D., ANDREOLI, M. A. G., GROVES, D. I., BARNES, S.- J. (2012) PETROGENESIS OF CU-NI SULPHIDE ORES FROM O'OKIEP AND KLIPRAND, NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRAINTS FROM CHALCOPHILE METAL CONTENTS. South African Journal of Geology, 115 (4) 499-514 doi:10.2113/gssajg.115.4.499 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ORES FROM O’OKIEP AND KLIPRAND, NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRAINTS FROM CHALCOPHILE METAL CONTENTS...maier@oulu.fi M.A.G. ANDREOLI South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, South Africa; School of Geosciences...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa e-mail: marco.andreoli@necsa.co.za D.I. GROVES...Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The petrogenesis of sulphide ores in the O’okiep district has remained...additional IOCG deposits elsewhere in southern Africa. The model also predicts an enhanced potential |  | | Journal (issue) | | M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The |  | | Book | | that the former part of the Territory lying to the south of the Molopo River, known as Bechuanaland or British...part of the Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa, is not included. The compiler would gratefully...Afr. Proceedings of the Geological Society of South Africa. Johannesburg. Proc.Rhod.sci.Ass. Proceedings... Leeds. S.Afr.J.Sci. South African Journal of Science. Johannesburg. South African Mining and Engineering...Engineering Journal. Johannesburg. South African Mining and Engineering Yearbook. Johannesburg. S.Afr.Min |  | | Book (edition) | | Southern Africa a Collector’s Guide ■Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa & — - ... T ~ '' .rats en&nes L of Southern Africa A Collector’s Guide - Struik Publishers (an operating...typical accessory mineral from the world famous Tsumeb mine Overleaf: Crystalline incrustations of vanadinite...suggestions and advice. Author’s Preface Southern Africa has much to offer the amateur geologist, whatever...best plan is to take local advice wherever you are. 9 In small places try the local police station first |  | | Report (issue) | | American Corporation of South Africa for views of Wankie Colliery and the Trojan nickel mine, and to the Photographic... The Great Dyke and Satellites 24 24 42 The Limpopo Mobile Belt . Northern Marginal Zone Central Zone...Karoo 85 86 86 Page 89 Upper Karoo Sabi-Limpopo Basin Lower Karoo Upper Karoo Coalfields Karoo...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metamorphosed banded iron formations, Northern Province, South Africa Received: 4 July 1996 / Accepted: 7 January...ore would be quite unique in a South African context as South Africa is well endowed with high-grade...the largest integrated steel manufacturer in South Africa, employs a 40-year raw materials resource plan...0001, South Africa G.J. Jonck Pilot Plant, Iscor Ltd, PO Box 450, Pretoria 0001, South Africa Sishen...potential of low-grade iron ore occurrences in South Africa. This was to ensure reserves in the long term |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | periods when some chance discovery in an active mine makes them briefly available to collectors. Chalcocite...of copper minerals and as pseudomorphs after chalcopyrite, chalcocite, enargite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite...near the water table in deposits containing chalcopyrite and pyrite at depth. Covellite suitable for...copper minerals from such localities as the Loudville mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Mineral...Figure 3. An aesthetic specimen from the East Colusa mine, Butte, Montana, consisting of sharply developed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | /t.4L, SOUTH ON THE MESSIN.4 .4FRIC.4--/! COPPER DEPOSITS, DISCUSSION Sir: The Messina copper...isotopestudies. In the orebodiesat (1977) contained Messina,the early ore fluid reactionsinvolvedesilica- concludedthat...1. A /ID vs /i•sOplot for late solutionsat the Messina positionsproducedduring ore fluid reaction. This...temperature. This is the inward retrogressive of the Messina orebodies,calculated on the basis of the reactionmodel...minthat the ax8Ox-x2o valuesdeterminedfor the Messina erals" (Sawkinsand Rye, 1979, p. 688). The proorebodiesare |
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Messina Mine, Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa