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Bornite from
Antarctica


Locality type:Continent
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:140374
Long-form Identifier:1:3:140374:9
GUID (UUID V4):c2a989d6-86c4-448a-af78-97728f387c0c
Localities for Bornite in this Region
Jetty Peninsula, Prince Charles Mountains, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Yamato 691 meteorite, Queen Fabiola Mts, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Litchfield Island, Anvers Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica
Argentine Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica
Hook Ridge, Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica
Unnamed Cu-Mo deposit, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
massive 'grey' quartz, and quartz + tourmaline + bornite + chalcopyrite + molybdenite veins. Magnetite +...carbonate, bladed barite and trace amounts of bornite and chalcopyrite. These rocks, previously described...Glacier-Inept Cove area into a northern area containing bornite + chalcopyrite + molybdenite with magnetite, covellite...(Fig. 3D). Minute traces of chalcopyrite, pyrite, bornite, magnetite and molybdenite occur in the aptites...chlorite and calcite, with clots of chalcopyrite, bornite, molybdenite, pyrite and magnetite (Fig. 3E). Galena
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Igneous Province, SE Brazil, 357 ANGEL,R.J., 519 ANTARCTICA, Vestfold Hills, Mg-A1 yttrian zirconolite in...borate minerals: nifontovite and olshanskyite, 279 Bornite, thermodynamic prediction on the stability of,...205 Daooe, G.T.R., l DLrNN, P.J., 79, 333 EAST ANTARCTICA,subsilicic magnesian-hastingsite from, 615 Effenbergerite...stability of the nukundamite + chalcopyrite and bornite + pyrite assemblages, 235 Fine-grained sediments...HARRIS,J.W., 490 HARTE, B., 490 Hastingsite, from Antarctica, 615 Hawaiian basalt, hollandite in, 589 HAWTHORNE
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(4),2r 123-135 (1896)' ON THE MINERALOGY OF ANTARCTICA DuNc.qN SrnwAnt, Jr.., Corleton College,Northf'eld...Christensen(Christensen-Vulkan)of Robert' son Island, West Antarctica. The following is a list of the 167 mineral species'subspecies...questionable occurrence, that have been reported from Antarctica. A number of these have been determined only...Barkevikite Basaltichornblende Beryl Biotite Bornite Bronzite Brookite Brucite Brushite? Bytownite Calcite...petrography. II. Rocks from Ingrid Christensens Land, Antarctica. Sci. Res. Norwegian Antarctic Exped'. 1927-1928
Report (issue)
CIRCULAR 909 Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Antarctica Work done in cooperation with the National Science...Foundation Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Antarctica By John C. Behrendt, Editor GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...resources in Antarctica?, by John C. Behrendt . . . . . . Mineral occurrences of Antarctica, by Peter D...· · · · · · · · · · · The Dufek Intrusion of Antarctica and a survey of its minor metals and possible...FIGURE 1. 2. 3-9. 10. 11-18. 19. Index map of Antarctica Cartoon of "ring of oil" Maps showing: 3. Worldwide
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(4),2r 123-135 (1896)' ON THE MINERALOGY OF ANTARCTICA DuNc.qN SrnwAnt, Jr.., Corleton College,Northf'eld...Christensen(Christensen-Vulkan)of Robert' son Island, West Antarctica. The following is a list of the 167 mineral species'subspecies...questionable occurrence, that have been reported from Antarctica. A number of these have been determined only...Barkevikite Basaltichornblende Beryl Biotite Bornite Bronzite Brookite Brucite Brushite? Bytownite Calcite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
constrained molybdenite, in growth sequence with bornite and chalcocite, yields an age of 1043 ± 6 Ma. Hence...text for further descriptions. Abbreviations: bo: bornite; cc: chalcocite; cpy: chalcopyrite; ga: galena;...2009; Hartlaub et al., 2011). Chalcopyrite–bornite and bornite–chalcocite assemblages are widespread and...3). The samples contain variable proportions of bornite and chalcopyrite, some with additional chalcocite...ppm Ag where malachite replaces the chalcocite-bornite assemblage. All copper-dominant samples contain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and climatic problemsof large-scalemining in Antarctica are enormousto- data). day, the discoveryof copperand...chalcopyrite,pyrite, and molybdenite; traces of bornite(?) and chalcociteoccur in placeswith the otherminerals...achievements in Antarctica: Butterworths, p. 118-162. London, 1969a,Geologicmap of Antarctica,northernAntarctic...V. C., and Craddock,C., eds., Geologicmapsof Antarctica,folio 12: New York, American Geog. Soc., plate...Peninsula, Antarctica: Am. Philos. Soc. Proc., v. 89, p. 132- 145. 1969b,Geologicmap of Antarctica,southernAntarctic
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inwards by pyrite – chalcopyrite, chalcopyrite – bornite, with a chalcocite F hematite core (Boric et al...(containing inclusions of, and 171 being cross cut by bornite veinlets) being 102.5 F 2 Ma (NW 48; Table 1; Appendix...includes anhedral bornite – chalcocite (F cobaltite) grains and is also cut by fine bornite – chalcocite veinlets...(probably syn-postmineralization). Chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite, hematite and K-feldspar replace early...rhyodacite from the Osorno orebody. The sample contains bornite –chalcocite veinlets that intersect, and are cut
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whereaselsewherespottedand clastlike ing alteration to bornite and chalcocite). Fracture fragments pseudomorphed...chalcopyrite. The presenceof chalcopyriteas well as bornite in The quartz-pyrite alteration affects all rocks...Shetlands, Painmr Archipelago, and Graham Land, Antarctica: RoyaI Soc. Edinburgh, Trans. no. 53, pt. 1,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Iron Mineralization in the ArgentineIslands,West Antarctica DONALD D. H^W•:ES AND MICH^EL J.LITTLE•^m Departrnentof...extendsbeyondthe pluton boundaryand con898 WEST ANTARCTICA: Mo, Cu, AND Fe MINERALIZATION ARGENTINE ISLANDS...ingranodiorite, Forge Islands,ArgentineIslandsgroup, West Antarctica. Speckled areato the left of shadowis hostgranodiorite...pyrite--and more Host rock rarelychalcopyrite•bornite,andpyrrhotiteare presPorphyry stocksprobablyrepresenteither...differentiated,intrusiveporphyry stockwhich WEST ANTARCTICA: Mo, Cu, AND Fe MINERALIZATION 903 projectedfrom
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sediments have been replaced by cherty quartz--bornite--chalcopyrite--chalcocite--sericite--pyrophylliteores...development. Precipitation mechanisms for the bornite ores may have involved fluid--sulphide and/or fluid--sediment...copper-rich fluids and the precipitation of Devonian bornite--chalcopyrite assemblages. Useful summaries o f...partly related to the separation of Australia from Antarctica and the development of the Bass basin. Fig....over Upper Owen -- the Haulage Unconformity. The bornite-chalcopyrite orebody is in the North Lyell mine
Book
PUBLICATIONS EXCHANGE AGREEMENT BEDROCK GEOLOGY JU ANTARCTICA Alfred R. Taylor U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer...Washington BEDROCK GEOLOGY OFFICER D.C. OF ANTARCTICA by Alfred R, Taylor LTJG, USNR June 1960 Introduction...org/details/bedrockgeologyot0Otay! INTRODUCTION Antarctica It was gan. in the was visited early as...investigation there. of Antarctica and made the first Exploration in Antarctica was very active from...continent the Marie have Land Byrd, E. of Antarctica. to fly over and have been reported the results
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Upper Mantle Lherzolite Xenoliths from East Antarctica Alexandre V. Andronikov * , Irina E. Andronikova...in Upper Mantle Lherzolite Xenoliths from East Antarctica. Minerals 2021, 11, 773. https:// doi.org/10...alkaline-ultramafic rocks in the Jetty Peninsula (East Antarctica) were studied for their major and trace-element...trace elements; upper mantle xenoliths; East Antarctica; SEM; LA-ICP-MS Rao Kota, Theodore J. Bornhorst...Jetty Peninsula (Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica; Figure 1) contain abundant xenoliths representing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secondary copper sulphides (chalcocite, covellite, bornite, enargite, tennantite), through the study of zeta...oxidation: chalcocite > tennantite > enargite > bornite > covellite > chalcopyrite, with chalcocite oxidising...Repparfjorden, Norway. The deposits contain major bornite and chalcopyrite, as well as chalcocite and traces...sulphides (chalcopyrite, covellite, digenite, bornite) with minor sphalerite/wurtzite and galena, whereas...sphalerite/wurtzite, galena, secondary Cu sulphides (bornite, covellite, digenite, chalcocite) and sulphosalts
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bimodal volcanism in the Central Bransfield Strait, Antarctica Received: 3 December 2003 / Accepted: 5 March...enargite, and sulfosalts, as well as traces of bornite (Fig. 7c–h). The interior of the chimney fragment...Opal-A coats sulfides and sulfates in all samples. Bornite and covellite are secondary minerals that formed...depth) volcanic edifices in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. The mineralization is polymetallic with high...(1994) Crustal diapirism in Bransfield Strait, West Antarctica: Evidence for distributed extension in marginal-basin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
galena, growth-zoned sphalerite, epidote, pyrite, bornite, hematite and pyrrhotite. Total sulphide content...amounts of chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, bornite, hematite and pyrrhotite. Arsenopyrite, K-feldspar...development of the Scotia arc region. In The Geology of Antarctica (ed. R. J. Tingey), pp. 215-44. Oxford: Clarendon...King George Island (South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica), Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences...active volcanism. In Geological Evolution of Antarctica (eds M. R. A. Thomson, J. A. Crame and J. W.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
environment, Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica DEBBIE C. ARMSTRONG* British Antarctic Survey...F)IsC1,are reported at this locality, and in Antarctica, for the first time. The WNWstriking, 1 km-long...alteration, acid sulphate-type epithermal system, Antarctica. Introduction VOLCANIC- and plutonic-related...ages of the Noel ACID SULPHATE ALTERATION IN ANTARCTICA 9~ ~ ~' ~ ~ . e, ~ " Kin George Island...Island t~ mith Island ~Low ,~e~~ ~" Island Antarctica + + + + + ,v ~,vvvvv, ,v ,v~ + ----'1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcopyrite–lenaite solid solution, Ag-rich bornite, argentopentlandite), palladium (Sb-free paolovite...at all. Keywords: metamorphic-hydrothermal Ag-bornite, Ag-paolovite, argentopentlandite, cassiterite...basalts underwent subsidence comparable to that of Antarctica or the Baltic Shield under the load of kilometers...pyrite, bravoite, valleriite, millerite, hematite, bornite, low chalcocite, heazlewoodite, wurtzite, sphalerite...chalcopyrite þ pyrrhotite þ stilpnomelane (ZF-PPZ), bornite þ magnetite þ anhydrite (PPF), chalcocite þ heazlewoodite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
S-poor, Cu-rich endmember paragenesis consisting of bornite and chalcocite (e.g., in the Carolusberg West ore...isotope ratios were determined for chalcopyrite, bornite and pyrrhotite (Table 4). The 634S values obtained...This feature together with reversed chalcopyrite-bornite fractionation is suggestive of open-system, disequilibrium...* -1.0 -0.5 0 (?‘A) FIG. 5. Ratios of (a) bornite and chalcopyrite, as well as (b) chalcopyrite and...equilibrium conditions with pyrrhotite > chalcopyrite > bornite (Fig. 5a,b, Table 4). Because the fractionation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
composition of isocubanite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, bornite, and covellite from oxidized Cu-rich massive sulfides...contents). Chalcopyrite concentrates most Au. Bornite has the highest amounts of Se, Sn, and Te. Crystalline...(isocubanite, chalcopyrite, pyrite) and secondary (bornite, covellite) sulfides from Cu-rich massive sulfide...LA-ICP-MS analysis of isocubanite, chalcopyrite, bornite, pyrite and covellite for major (57 Fe, 65 Cu)...chalcopyrite-rich zone 1, massive bornite-rich zone 2 and porous bornite-rich zone 3 (Figure 3a). The are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcopyrite, bornite, molybdenite, sphalerite and chalcocite, including exsolution textures of bornite–chalcopyrite...pyrrhotite (Po, FeS), chalcopyrite (Ccp, CuFeS2), bornite (Bn, Cu5FeS4) and chalcocite (Cct, Cu2S) (Fig....inclusions in pyrite (Fig. 3b, e). Fine-grained bornite is very rare and exhibits spectacular chalcopyrite...chalcopyrite exsolution textures (Fig. 3c). Bornite is further rimmed by chalcocite (Fig. 3c). Pyrite occurs...pyrite. c Chalcopyrite exsolution lamellae in bornite with a chalcocite rim and omphacite inclusions
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208 Pb/204Pb Pyrite + bornite Chalcopyrite + pyrite Chalcopyrite + bornite 18.574 18.417 18.464 15...270 38.321 Bornite Pyrite 18.459 18.462 15.605 15.596 38.383 38.363 Bornite Bornite Galena 18.327...557 15.570 38.165 38.115 38.161 Chalcopyrite Bornite Galena Galena Galena 18.396 18.409 18.417 18.452...Galena Chalcopyrite Enargite Pyrite Pyrite Enargite Bornite Pyrite Pyrite Sphalerite Sphalerite Enargit Enargite...560 38.254 38.255 38.209 38.255 Chalcopyrite-bornite replicate Molybdenite 18.603 18.605 18.611 15
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mn-rich redox fronts and secondary chalcocite and bornite. Interface sampling across the Archean–Permian...mineral in these samples. Chacocite, covellite and bornite is not identified in the ore zones and given the...Pentlandite Scheelite Cobaltite Chalcocite Covellite Bornite 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 - 334,217 784 4501 514...supergene sulfides, such as framboidal pyrite, bornite, covellite, and chalcocite. The reported detrital...pyrite (Figures 11I and 12; Table 1). Chalcocite, bornite, and covellite are secondary Cu sulfide minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
barite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite– tennantite, bornite and electrum and yellow ore of quartz, pyrite and...chacopyrite and galena with minor amounts of covellite, bornite, chalcocite, enargite and tetrahedrite–tennantite...chalcopyrite and barite with minor covellite and bornite. The relative abundances of the minerals in each...predominantly of chalcopyrite with occasional bornite (Cu5FeS4) formed later. Pyrite (FeS2) usually occurs...barite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite–tennantite, bornite, electrum) were thought to have formed during an
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characterised by an ivory-white dolomite containing bornite and chalcopyrite. It is bounded at its base in...pentlandite, chalcopyrite and, occasionally, pyrite and bornite, which exist as several different styles or phases...chalcopyrite, as well as pyrrhotite and occasional bornite. ‘Blebby’ sulphides also occur, and contain a similar...hornfels within cores, as well as on pyrite and bornite from footwall material of the Duitschland Formation...interstitial 1·8 1·7 DL1 DL2 Dolomite Shale Bornite Pyrite Alteration vein Medium-grained nodules
 
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