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Pyrite from
Broomstock Mine, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Broomstock Mine, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1248678
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1248678:0
GUID (UUID V4):49c97676-5fa5-4f9c-87f7-9541e21ad6b4
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
3.4km (2.1 miles) Globe and Phoenix Mine, Kwekwe (Que Que; QueQue), Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
4.2km (2.6 miles) Anzac Mine, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
6.0km (3.7 miles) Gaika Mine, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
7.7km (4.8 miles) Tiger Reef Mines, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
7.8km (4.9 miles) Ford Mine, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
8.3km (5.2 miles) Indarama Mine, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
16.4km (10.2 miles) Cactus mine, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
27.6km (17.1 miles) Hunters Road deposit, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
31.9km (19.8 miles) Connemara gold deposit, Connemara, Gweru District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
44.4km (27.6 miles) Venice Mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
data of BIFs from the greenstone terranes of the Zimbabwe and Kaapvaal cratons. The study revealed that...associated with increased contents of the iron-sulfides pyrite, arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite. The studies indicate...geochemistry of some BIF-hosted gold deposits in Zimbabwe and considers mineralogical and geochemical aspects...greenstone belts of the Kaapvaal and the adjacent Zimbabwe cratons (Fig. 1). The two cratons are separated...discussed previously (Fripp 1976, Fos- S 126 BROOMSTOCK MINE _~7-" ZIMB,ABWE CRATON Distribution of ] ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Geochemistry of the Broomstock Gold Deposit, Kwekwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe; Some Implications for...Geology Department, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2 Mineralogisches Institut,...1988; accepted April 22, 1988 Summary At Broomstock Mine, three types of gold mineralization have been...fracturing, brecciation and abundant arsenopyrite-pyrite mineralization. The mineralization was introduced...Geochemie der Goldlagerstiitte Broomstock im Kwekwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe: Bedeutung ~ r Goldvererzung
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the Midlands greenstone belt: a new type of low-grade gold deposit in Zimbabwe Received: 29...in the Kwekwe district near the Indarama mine, approximately 200 km southwest of Harare, Zimbabwe. Based...of major veins, the occurrence of disseminated pyrite throughout the orebody, and a distinct alteration...dike shows a typical K-feldspar-albite-sericite-pyrite (‹biotite?) alteration, followed by a narrow external...Bern, Switzerland pyrite and secondary K-feldspar. Sulphide mineral separates of pyrite and minor arsenopyrite
Report (chapter)
mineralization in the Kadoma region of the Midlands greenstone belt, Zimbabwe R. J. H E R R I N G T O N Department...located in distinctive structural settings, and Zimbabwe is a good example with over 90% of its gold production...hosted deposits. The structural framework of the Zimbabwe craton is dominated by the evolution of the c...major shear zones focused strain, which in the Midlands greenstone belt, evolved from pure N-S compression...structural features seen in the gold deposits of the Midlands greenstone belt are consistent with such a model
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crustal-Scale Fluid Evolution in the Kwekwe District, Midlands Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe: A Combined Geochemical,...The Kwekwe district comprises the central part of the Archean Midlands greenstone belt of Zimbabwe and...Sb-bearing stage 3. Four gold deposits within the Kwekwe district have been studied. The Primrose and Globe and...formation temperatures and extremely low δ34S values of pyrite (–52‰) and stibnite (–36‰) of the latest mineralization...OVER THE PAST DECADE, the Archean Midlands greenstone belt of Zimbabwe has been subject to several research
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Fe-carbonate veins on a microscopic scale. Pyrite occurs as anhedral to euhedral grains and aggregates...Together with chalcopyrite and rare sphalerite, pyrite contains gold grains up to 220 /~m in diameter... facies to the deeper water, basinal sulphide (pyrite-pyrrhotite) facies (Trendall and Morris, 1983)... with primary magnetite replaced by epigenetic pyrite, as shown by both incident light microscopy and...After two years of further exploration, the gold mine went into production and became one of the important
Report (volume)
Blenkinsop examine Archaean deformation patterns in Zimbabwe and the adjacent Limpopo Belt and discuss the...Stratigraphic and tectono-stratigraphic problems in Zimbabwe and Western Australia are described in the next...mineralization in the Kadoma region of the Zimbabwe Midlands. Three papers describe the structures of the...:INSOP,T. G. Archaean deformation patterns in Zimbabwe: true indicators of Tibetan style crustal extension...geochronology of Archaean felsic sequences in the Zimbabwe craton: a revision of greenstone stratigraphy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Penge IFs in South Africa, and the Broomstock IFs of Zimbabwe, and concluded that REYs are effectively...existed processes in the Archean ocean, such as pyrite precipitation close to hydrothermal vent sites...Geochemistry of late Archaean stromatolites from Zimbabwe: evidence for microbial life in restricted epicontinental
Book
USSR Academy of Sciences, Chernogolvka, Moscow district, U . S . S . H . J. Foden, Bureau of Mineral Resources...Rhodesia, Box M.P. 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. R.W. Ojakangas, Department of Geology, University...O. B o x . MP. 1 6 1 , Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. B.F. Windley, Department of Geology, University...MINERALISATION IN THE EARLY PRECAMBRIAN CRUST OF ZIMBABWE J.F. Wilson and T.H.C. Nutt 555 MINERAL OCCURRENCES...631 LITHIUM PEGMATITES OF AMARESHWAR, RAICHUR DISTRICT, KARNATAKA, INDIA T.C. Devaraju, N. Rajshekhar
 
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