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Pigeonite from
Unki Mine, Shurugwi District, Midlands, Zimbabwe


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pigeonite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pigeonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unki Mine, Shurugwi District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1312159
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1312159:8
GUID (UUID V4):cc5cf2a7-080e-4700-a937-8b8ac8532150
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Main Sulfide Zone at Unki Mine, Shurugwi Subchamber of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: Evidence from Petrography...element (PGE) occurrence in the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, the Main Sulfide Zone (MSZ), is a tabular stratabound...silicate composition study across the MSZ at Unki Mine in the Shurugwi Subchamber was conducted to help place...the mineralization. The PGE-enriched zone at Unki Mine is a ~10 m thick package of rocks ranging from...of sulfide mineralization likely occurred at Unki Mine with primary sulfides occurring in association
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sector of Mashava Igneous Complex in south central Zimbabwe from an investigation of its silicate minerals...Sector of Mashava Igneous Complex in south central Zimbabwe from an investigation of its silicate minerals...Sector of Mashava Igneous Complex in south central Zimbabwe from an investigation of its silicate minerals...economically important Mashava Igneous Complex (MIC) in Zimbabwe was conducted using petrographic and silicate...ranges in composition from enstatite through pigeonite and augite to diopside whereas olivine is rich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Musengezi Subchamber of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe M.D. Prendergast Guesachan, Shielhill Road, Kirriemuir...Great Dyke straddles the boundary between the Zimbabwe craton and the late Archaean Migmatitic Gneiss...and deformation along the northern edge of the Zimbabwe craton at ca. 2.57 to 2.62 Ga. Thrust deformation...IN THE MUSENGEZI SUBCHAMBER OF THE GREAT DYKE, ZIMBABWE Introduction The P1 Pyroxenite layer of the Great...operations (current or ā€˜moth-balledā€™) at Mimosa, Unki, Ngezi and Hartley in the southern and central parts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ultramafic-mafic contact interval of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe at Ngezi mine: Comparisons to the Bushveld Complex and...ultramaļ¬c-maļ¬c contact interval of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe at Ngezi mine: Comparisons to the Bushveld Complex and...contact interval of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe at Ngezi T mine: Comparisons to the Bushveld Complex...NU 1. SC R Sulfide Zone. The Great Dyke of Zimbabwe is one of the worldā€™s largest layered mafic-ultramafic...Archaean granitoids and greenstone belts of the Zimbabwe craton at T about 2575 Ma (Mukasa et al., 1989;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
amount of hypersthene, augite, ferrosilite, and pigeonite. Orthopyroxene is a euhedral in shape that contains...Chromite deposits occurring near Kondapalle, Krishna district, AP. Jour. Geol. Soc. India, 12, 383387. Chaumba...Main Sulfide Zone at Unki Mine, Shurugwi Subchamber of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: Evidence from Petrography...S.R., 1964. Chromite from Kondapalle, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. Jour. Economic Geol, 59, 678-683...Kondapalli hills of the Krishna district and the Adjoining area of Khammam district, AP. Report Geol. Surv. India
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
subzone (Figure 3) are mined at the Grasvally Chrome Mine on the Grasvally and Zoetveld Farms (Hulbert and...1980) and occasionally terms inherited from local mine geologists. In some cases, the lack of petrologic...Mg-rich silicates and Ca-rich pyroxene (e.g. pigeonite), which are diluted during transport from the...Main Sulphide Zone at Unki Mine, ED Shurugwi Subchamber of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: Evidence from petrography...PGM Mine on the Farm Volspruit 326 KR and the Farm Zoetveld 294 KR, SC RI P Mokopane District, Limpopo
Book
Redistribution in the Main Sulfide Zone of The Great Dyke, Zimbabwe T. OberthĆ¼r, F. Melcher 75-96 97-111 6. Placers...Refining the Classification Using McCreedy West Mine and Podolsky Project Case Studies 163-180 C.E.G...Sulfide Zone of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe - Case Study of the Hartley Platinum Mine A.H. Wilson, R.T. Brown ...REDISTRIBUTION IN THE MAIN SULFIDE ZONE OF THE GREAT DYKE, ZIMBABWE T. OberthĆ¼r, F. Melcher INTRODUCTION GEOLOGICAL...REFINING THE CLASSIFICATION: USING McCREEDY WEST MINE, AND PODOLSKY PROJECT CASE STUDIES C.E.G. Farrow
Report (issue)
Platinum-group element mineralization of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. In The Geology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy and...relationships at the currently operating Lac de Iles mine (Ontario), the Marathon deposit in the Coldwell...(Ontario), and the formerly producing Salt Chuck mine (Alaska). They, thus, cover a range of deposit types...Company. The PGE mineralization in the Great Dyke (Zimbabwe), which is the worldā€™s second largest reserve...Layered Complex (Sierra Leone) and the Great Dyke (Zimbabwe). The Papers, Third Group: Beneficiation and Metallurgy
Book
born hills appear parallel to Mahagiri range due to mine-waste dumping. Unpaved roads serve the movement...The sky is gloomy throughout the day due to the mine and road dust. Social evils, crime, alcoholism,...education, counseling, and training. Making stringent mine-safety rules is not the solutionā€”it has to be implemented...Ore Group Orissa Mining Corporation Limited Run of Mine Reconnaissance Permit tonnes tonnes per annum/day...largest chromite deposits are in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Finland, and India. 1.8
Corporate Document (Series)
Adelaide mine, Dundas {Photo: A Wright] Rear cover: Bismuthinite on quartz and siderite, Princess mine {Photo:...Mount Bischoff {Photo: A. Tuma] Siderite, Renison mine {Photo:]. Leeming] While every care has been taken...and mine locations, Dundas mineral field Geology and major deposits, Heazlewood mineral district ......silver mine are considered unconfirmed, as the authors and other recorded investigations of the mine have...gold. The Cleveland tin deposit, Avebury nickel mine, Colebrook Hill copper-bearing axinite skarn and
Book
Karelia Lukkulaisvaara South Africa Finland Zimbabwe Great Dyke USA Canada Canada Greenland Fiskenaesset...sills with chromitite layers are recognized in the Zimbabwe craton (Prendergast 2008). Mesoarchean stratiform...of the two PGE mines, Stillwater and East Boulder Mine. Abbreviations: CTM Contact Mountain; CRM Chrome...feldspathic olivine gabbronorite, J-M Reef (East Boulder Mine), Olivine-bearing zone I, Lower Banded Series; note...collected underground from the Merensky Reef in West Mine (Rustenburg area). Sample SA04-08 was collected
Report (issue)
Limpopo belt forming the root zones of Zimbabwe and Kaapvaal cratons. The WCZ is separated from...800 Ma (e.g., RazamĀ­ Sankill area of Srikakulam district, Perraj u el ' al. . 1 979). Anorthosites and...Melting and Metamorphism, Hills, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Neus Jahrb. . Mineral...model Ā· is to link up the WCZ and the Prakasam district alkaline province to Ā· its west. with the ' AT...similar to the greenstone belts of SQuth Africa, Zimbabwe etc. They show a general greenschist facies metamorphism
 
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