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Grunerite from
Thabazimbi Mine, Thabazimbi, Thabazimbi Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Grunerite
Formula:◻{Fe22+}{Fe52+}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Grunerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thabazimbi Mine, Thabazimbi, Thabazimbi Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1298215
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1298215:0
GUID (UUID V4):432a0960-f08d-4cbc-a404-95963cd94df6
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Structural Controls on Fe Mineralization at Thabazimbi Mine, South Africa I.J. Basson, C. Koegelenberg PII: DOI:...Structural Controls on Fe Mineralization at Thabazimbi Mine, South Africa, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: 10...Structural Controls on Fe Mineralization at Thabazimbi Mine, South Africa I.J. Basson, C. Koegelenberg Tect Geological...Consulting, Unit 8, AMDEC House, Steenberg, South Africa T Abstract IP Chemical-sedimentary rocks...development of the Mohlapitsi Belt. Several of Kumba’s Thabazimbi iron ore deposits, including Kwaggashoek East
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years ago, of high-grade iron ore deposits in South Africa, India and Brazil, including a comparison with...BIF-hosted high-grade hematite iron ore deposits in South Africa, India, Western Australia and Brazil reveal...the deposits in the Griqualand West region of South Africa, including the giant Sishen deposit, that are...University, PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa and Dr Mukhopadhyay is in the Department of...years ago, of highgrade iron ore deposits in South Africa, India and Brazil, including a comparison with
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the farms Leeuwbosch and Cornwall, Thabazimbi District, South Africa V. Möller a,b,1, R. Klemd a, M. Joachimski...of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...April 2014 Keywords: Hematite Galena Leeuwbosch Thabazimbi Fluid inclusions Stable isotopes a b s t r a...Leeuwbosch and Cornwall north of Thabazimbi (Limpopo Province, South Africa) host hydrothermal Pb–Ag– Cu–Zn...deposits which include the historic Leeuwbosch lead mine. Based on ore petrography, fluid inclusion and stable
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SHRIMP U–Pb titanite age characterization of the Thabazimbi mafic sills: Extended time frame and a unifying...2006, South Africa CAE Mining Africa, 9 Fricker Road, Illovo Boulevard, Illovo 2196, South Africa c Research...sills occur within and in the vicinity of the Thabazimbi iron ore deposit, near the northern edge of the...2046.6 ± 3.4 Ma. In terms of whole-rock Mg#, the Thabazimbi sills fall into groups – a low Mg# (∼44–55) group...melting. The petrogenetic characteristics of Thabazimbi sills involving contribution from the sub-continental
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA:... COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic and...Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria or........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES
Journal (volume)
Approach to the Sishen South Iron Ore Deposit, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, and Its Implication...Deposit, Simandou Range, Republic of Guinea, West Africa I. L. Cope, J. J. Wilkinson, A. J. Boyce, J. B...exploration project in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. He completed his B.Sc. (Hons) degree in 1980...as on the Sishen South iron ore deposit in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. his work on depositional...and Draper Award of the Geological Society of South Africa and Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society
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...(Northern Cape Province), and smaller reserves at Thabazimbi (Northern Province), it adopted an exploration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1966, pp. 572-581 ALTERED PYROCLASTIC ROCKS IN SOUTH AFRICAN IRON-FORMATION GENE L. LABERGE ABSTRACT...the iron-formation of the Transvaal Systemin South Africa. It is basedupon observationsmade in the field...Western Australia. The writer spent 2 monthsin South Africa examining,and collecting samplesfrom, a numberof...which sampleswere collectedinclude Penge and Thabazimbi in the Transvaal, and Kuruman, Sishen, Lohatla... N ,, Ik •.M -" • 0 BECHUANALAND I! / ,THABAZIMBI•:•Ikn •.PENGE •..A ' ..' • •o •M /.• dOHA•NESeUae
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Iron-Formation-hosted gold deposits: Some examples from Southern Africa T. Oberthiir 1, R. Saager 2 and H.-P. Tomschi 3...Algoma-type Banded Iron-Formations (BIF) in southern Africa. Genetic aspects of various occurrences are discussed...successions of the Limpopo Mobile Belt. Reviews on greenstone belt development in southern Africa were recently...previously (Fripp 1976, Fos- S 126 BROOMSTOCK MINE _~7-" ZIMB,ABWE CRATON Distribution of ] ore zones...Fig. 1. Generalized geological map of southern Africa showing greenstone belt terranes and sample localities
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of Brazil, the ore bodies of the Transvaal in South Africa, the iron ore deposits of the Noamundi area...several of the iron ore bodies from the Hamersley district in Western Australia. Miner Deposita (2014) 49:293–311...the term tactonite is used for the Lake Superior District. The Cauê Formation contains three different types...Pico, RdA Retiro das Almas, Usi Usiminas Mining District. Main structures: DBS Dom Bosco Syncline, GS Gandarela...dominant amounts of amphibole minerals, such as grunerite, tremolite, actinolite, cummingtonite and anthophyllite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
960-1004 Precambrian Iron-Formations of Southern Africa N.J. BEUKES Abstract From existing information...1966) and Ierru#inous SOUTHERN Africa is definedas that part of Africa sedimentary rockslessthan 15 percentiron...percentiron. In this southof approximately16ø south-latitude and in- paper,the 15 percentboundaryis not...contentbecauseof a generallack of chemicalanalyses. South West Africa, and Mozambique. This rela(2) Iron-formationis...commonlithologic detailedstudyon iron-formation in southern Africa variety of iron-formationand consistsof chert mesoare
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;
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tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 The Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: no evidence for a supercontinental affinity...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa b Geological Survey of India, Bhu-Bijnan Bhavan...N.C. Steenkamp (2011): The Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: no evidence for a supercontinental affinity...September–October 2011, 1312–1330 The Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: no evidence for a supercontinental affinity...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; b Geological Survey of India, Bhu-Bijnan Bhavan
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Kingsway Campus, P.O. Box 524, 2006 Auckland Park, South Africa e Department of Mineralogy, TU Bergakademie...Kuruman Iron Formation (Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa) and Dales Gorges Member of the Brockman Iron...were deposited within the Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa and the Hamersley Group, Australia (for a recent...and the correlated Griqualand West Basin in South Africa on the Archean Kaapvaal Craton. The northeastern...deposited within small basins that widened to the south-west towards the open ocean (Bau and Dulski, 1992)
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of Canada, and of the Transvaal Supergroup of South Africa, are syntheses considerably superior t o any...University, Auckland Park, PO 524, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa. J.A. BUNTING Exploration Department, BHP...DEPOSITIONAL BASIN O F THE TRANSVAAL SUPERGROUP. SOUTH AFRICA N.J. Beukes Introduction . . . . . . . . ....Anomaly. U.S.S.R., 480 - TransvaalGriquatown. South Africa. 4 8 0 - Minas Gerais. Brazil. 4 8 1 - Hamersley...sedimentary, volcanic, or metasedimentary rocks”. The local Minnesota name “taconite”, earlier used as a synonym
Report (issue)
famous Mesoarchean Witwatersrand Supergroup in South Africa that contains Earth’s largest gold-uranium deposits...post-depositional processes in uranium ores at the Stanleigh mine, Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada.....................glacier-associated sediments of the Neoproterozoic of south China: Oceanic anoxia or sulfate limitation? .....botryoids at a 350 Ma fossil warm spring at the Tynagh mine, Ireland: (A) The top surface (field of view measures...seepage mound favored—depending on solutes and local pH—development of siderite, ferrous hydroxide, and/or
Book
Archaean Geology of the Kaapvaal Craton, Southern Africa Regional Geology Reviews Series editors Roland... Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa François M. Roure, Rueil-Malmaison, France ...Archaean Geology of the Kaapvaal Craton, Southern Africa 123 Editors Alfred KrÜner Institut fßr Geowissenschaften...Geology University of Johannesburg Auckland Park, South Africa ISSN 2364-6438 ISSN 2364-6446 (electronic)...continued interest. The Kaapvaal Craton of Southern Africa is featuring prominently in early Earth studies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the world-class Vergenoeg fluorite deposit, South Africa Torsten Graupner a,⁎, Caroline Mühlbach b, Ulrich...Germany Vergenoeg Mining Company (PTY) LTD., South Africa d Chair of Geology and Economic Geology, University...Vergenoeg fluorite deposit in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa is hosted by a volcanic pipe-like body. The...in the world-class Vergenoeg fluorite deposit, South Africa, Ore Geol. Rev. (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10...samples The Vergenoeg mine is located in the Kaapvaal Craton in southern Africa. Its host rocks form the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chlorite,greenalite, minnesotaite, stilpnomelane, grunerite,fayalite,or pyrite. It appearsdear, therefore...hematitequartzites"of India, and the "bandedironstones"of South Africa, all of which typically consistof interlayeredchert...of ferric oxide. Later workers in South 246 HAROLD L. JAMES Africa, suchas du Preez (21), havedevelopedthe...known to be locallyabundantin outlyingpartsof that district,but Thiel (87) concludesthat in the latter areasthe... -100.21 Locality: 10th level, Buck mine, Iron River district, Michigan (James,50, p. 255). certainmetamorphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
small-scale F1a and F1b folds, formed in a north-south to northwest-southeast compressional regime), a...comprise: (1) early Fe-Mg Âą Ca metasomatism causing local ferroan carbonate and ferroan talc alteration of...associated ferroan dolomite-quartz alteration, and local oxidation of magnetite in and near brittle D4 faults...the vadose zone formed goethitemartite ore with local relics of specularite or magnetite and/or kenomagnetite...continuation of a BIF unit to within a few kilometers south of Lake Seabrook. The surrounding rocks of the Koolyanobbing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the deposition of the Duitschland Formation (South Africa): implications for depositional settings, Paleoproterozoic...the deposition of the Duitschland Formation (South Africa): implications for depositional settings, Paleoproterozoic...the deposition of the Duitschland Formation (South Africa): implications for depositional settings, Paleoproterozoic...of causes and effects related to the GOE. In South Africa, MIF-S disappears across the ‘mid-Duitschland...2007) and the Transvaal Supergroup in southern Africa (Guo et al., 2009; Luo et al., 2016). In the case
Book
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 SoviÊtica), y...Greenland. This volume covers mineral deposits in Africa, Asia exclusive of the U.S.S.R., and Australasia...Philippines, and Japan are included with Asia. In South Africa, the deposits are arranged by prov­ inces, in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, AC South Africa *Corresponding author E-mail: msantosh.gr@gmail...aggregates of iron oxide, quartz, and Fe-Mg amphibole (grunerite). Brownish hornblende (calcic amphibole) is coarse-grained...and the Transamazonian and Eburnian belts of Africa and South America. PT This has been taken as evidence...continental block stretching from Australia to South Africa rifting from Columbia (e.g., Rogers and ACCEPTED...U-Pb titanite age ED characterization of the Thabazimbi mafic sills: Extended time frame and a PT unifying
Report (volume)
Geologia Argentina Bol.. - Direcci6n Nacional de Mine ria y Geolog:la [Argentina], Boletin. 192 CONTRIQ...Transactions. Geol. Soc. South Africa Proc. ; Trans. -Geological Society of South Africa, Proceedings; Transactions...Report. Tokyo. Geol. Survey South Africa Mem. -Geological Survey of South Africa, Memoir. Pretoria. Geol...sess., South Africa, 1929, Compte rendu-International Geological Congress, 15th session, South Africa, 1929...York. Min. World-Mining World. Seattle. Mine and Quarry Eng. -Mine and Quarry Engineering. London. Miner-The
Report (issue)
North and South America,. 34 24. Europe and Asia__--___--_36 25. Australia and South Africa 37 26-28....chamositic rocks, and commonly are submerged by local differences related to the geochemical nature of...the Lahn-Dill district of Germany and the Helen iron-formation of the Michipicoten district of Canada, appear...New York (Ailing, 1947) and of the Birmingham district, the Wabana ores of Newfoundland (Hayes, 1915)...the Riverton Iron-Formation of the Iron River district of Michigan are given in table 2, analyses D,
 
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