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Dolomite from
Loolekop pipe, Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Pipe
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Loolekop pipe, Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1470785
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1470785:4
GUID (UUID V4):aae2c057-b044-44a2-bf5c-a85e7837df6f
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ā“˜Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
2.9km (1.8 miles) ā“˜Foskor apatite pit, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
50.7km (31.5 miles) ā“˜Beta shaft, Alpha-Gravelotte Mine, Consolidated Murchison Mines, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
52.8km (32.8 miles) ā“˜Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa R. Johannes Giebel1,2,*, Christoph...250 Nelson-Mandela-Drive, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 3 Department of Applied Geology and Geohazards...PO Box 94, Artillery Road, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa 5 Department of Earth Science, Rice University... Abstract The 2060 Ma old Palabora Carbonatite Complex (PCC), South Africa, comprises diverse REE mineral...the PCC as well as in a carbonatite complex in South Africa. The variable REE mineral assemblages reflect
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
trace elements in Cu-sulfides from the Loolekop pipe, Phalaborwa: implications for ore-forming processes...Cu-sulfide mineralization within the Loolekop pipe of the Phalaborwa Igneous Complex has been extensively...involved in Cu-sulfide mineralization within the Loolekop pipe through textural analysis and trace element...dispersed bornite with chalcopyrite exsolution and local traces of chalcocite and covellite related to fluid...also precipitating along fractures within the Loolekop pipe. Keywords Carbonatite-phoscorite series . Cu-sulfides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associations, as exemplified by the Phalaborwa Complex, South Africa Lorenzo Milani 1 & Robert Bolhar...trace element analyses of fluorapatite, calcite, dolomite, olivine, and phlogopite have been undertaken...and carbonatite rocks of the Palaeoproterozoic Phalaborwa Complex. Textural and compositional characterization...Witwatersrand, PVT Bag 3, Wits, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University...the Western Cape, PVT Bag X17, Bellville 7530, South Africa 3 Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phoscoriteā€“carbonatite association at Phalaborwa, South Africa Lorenzo Milani 1 & Robert Bolhar 1 &...of the phoscoriteā€“carbonatite association at Phalaborwa. We trace the behavior of the compatible elements...Witwatersrand, PVT Bag 3, Wits,, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa 2 Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Stellenbosch University, PVT Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa 3 Department of Earth Sciences, University...the Western Cape, PVT Bag X17, Bellville 7530, South Africa revealing an evolutionary trend of decreasing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphides from the 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa phoscorite-carbonatite Complex, South Africa Robert Bolhar a,āˆ— , Martin...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa d Department of Geology, University of Maryland...Oxidation Event sulphur isotopes lead isotopes Phalaborwa Complex sub-continental lithospheric mantle magmatic...and carbonatites of the ca. 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa Complex in South Africa. Additionally, sulphide mineral separates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of mica and apatite from the Palabora Carbonatite complex, South Africa R. Johannes Giebel, Michael...of mica and apatite from the Palabora Carbonatite complex, South Africa. Lithos (2018), https://doi.org/10...of mica and apatite from the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa R. Johannes Giebela, b,* , Michael...-Mandela-Drive, Bloemfont ein 9300, SC a PT Markla South Africa Department of Applied Geology and Geohazards...(and fenites) of the Loolekop deposit, Palabora Carbonatite Complex (South Africa). Mica in pyroxenites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
constraints on the petrogenesis of the Phalaborwa carbonatite Complex, South Africa Fu-Yuan Wu a,āŽ, Yue-Heng Yang...Council for Geoscience, Limpopo Unit, P.O. Box 620, Polokwane 0700, South Africa e Department of Earth...Srā€“Ndā€“Hf isotopes Carbonatite Phalaborwa a b s t r a c t The Phalaborwa carbonatite Complex, situated...situated in the northeastern part of South Africa, is characterized by copper and zirconium mineralization,...that the outer pegmatitic pyroxenite at the Loolekop pipe was emplaced at 2060 Ā± 4 Ma, and the main phoscorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
controlling apatite formation in the Phalaborwa Complex (South Africa) based on combined cathodoluminescence...Nature 2020 Abstract The Phalaborwa world-class phosphate deposit (South Africa) is hosted by a Paleoproterozoic...the Witwatersrand, PO Wits, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa 3 Etienne Deloule etienne.deloule@univā€‘lorraine...phosphate deposit of Phalaborwa, located in the Archean Kaapvaal Craton of South Africa (Eriksson 1989).... The Phalaborwa deposit is related to an alkaline and carbonatitic complex dated at 2060 Ā± 2 Ma (Reischmann
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
e complexes of the Kovdor (Russia) and Palabora (South Africa) alkaline-ultrabasic massifs have comparable...complex reflects gradual concentric zonation of the pipe: pyrrhotite with exsolution inclusions of pentlandite...crystallization from the pipe margin toward its axis. The Kovdor and Loolekop phoscorite-carbonatite pipes...pipes in the Palabora massif have similar sequences of sulfide formation, and the copper specialization...specialization of the Palabora massif can be caused by higher water content in its initial melt allowing it to dissolve
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vegetation include Nb, rare earth elements (REEs), P, Ba, Sr, F, U, and Th, and in water, F, Th, and U are...Country Mine production 2014 (Mt) 2015 (Mt) Reserves (Mt) Igneous phosphorites Brazil Russia South Africa...Although the Paleoproterozoic Phalabora Complex in South Africa only produced 2.20 Mt (10%) in 2015, the country...(2013). there is a dominant element (Ca, Pb, Sr, Ba, or Mn) at two of the cation sites, and P, V, or...and apatite dolomite carbonatite. Carbonatites are commonly enriched in (L)REE, Nb, P, Sr, Ba, HFSE, U,
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 ā€˜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;
Book
Zircon Macrocrysts from the Drybones Bay Kimberlite Pipe (Northwest Territories, Canada): A High-Resolution...Hydrometallurgical Processing of Low-Grade Sulļ¬de Ore and Mine Waste in the Arctic Regions: Perspectives and Challenges...Zircon macrocrysts from the Drybones Bay kimberlite pipe (Northwest Territories, Canada) are the subject...hydrometallurgical processing of low-grade sulļ¬de ore and mine waste in the Arctic regions. The paper presents...Zircon Macrocrysts from the Drybones Bay Kimberlite Pipe (Northwest Territories, Canada): A High-Resolution
Report (issue)
engineered. Once an ore deposit is discovered, a mine is developed and U extracted by a variety of mining...expensive task, as is getting acceptance by the local community. Some of these higher costs for nuclear... Langer Heinrich (Namibia) Witswatersrand (S. Africa), Blind River/ Elliot Lake (Canada) Streltsovsk...Rƶssing (Namibia), Ilimaussaq (Greenland), Palabora (S. Africa) Olympic Dam (Australia) Pervomayskoye...Niger, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the Karoo of South Africa. (3) Vein deposits occur as veins in metamorphic
Report (issue)
SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN...CARIBBEAN ISLANDS .................................. 36 SOUTH AMERICA ..........................................Summary for South America ................................................................ 49 AFRICA......................................... 55 6.5.19. South Africa ..................................................................... 60 6.5.24. Summary for Africa ..............................................
 
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