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Quartz from
Broken Hill Mine, Aggeneys, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Siderite1 photo of Quartz associated with Siderite at this locality.
Sphalerite1 photo of Quartz associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Broken Hill Mine, Aggeneys, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:21673
Long-form Identifier:1:3:21673:5
GUID (UUID V4):2b007ec4-e86b-4ee0-885b-cbac51a360bf
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
5.8km (3.6 miles) Aggeneys, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
33.6km (20.9 miles) Kabis Farm, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
43.3km (26.9 miles) Pella, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
45.7km (28.4 miles) Girtis Farm 109, Karasburg East, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
50.1km (31.1 miles) Houms Rivier Farm 133, Karasburg West, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
51.1km (31.8 miles) Gaidip Farm 146, Karasburg West, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
51.4km (31.9 miles) Hartebeestmund Farm 108, Karasburg East, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
52.0km (32.3 miles) Goodhouse-Wolftoon area, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
54.0km (33.6 miles) Homestead pegmatite, Tantalite Valley, Karasburg East, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
54.3km (33.8 miles) White City pegmatites, Tantalite Valley, Karasburg East, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...Chapman photo. • 1.4 cm, Chapman’s Gully, South Australia. South Australian Museum collection; Jeff Scovil...Jeff Scovil photo. • 4.2 cm, Mongalata goldfield, South Australia. Geoscience Australia collection; Jeff
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Bushmanland Group supracrustal succession, Aggeneys, Bushmanland, South Africa: Provenance, age of deposition and...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa Present address: Paleoproterozoic...O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006. South Atrica e-mail: russellb®postgrad.uj.ac.za Richard...Sciences, University of Cape Town. Private Bag. Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa e-mail: dlr@geology.uct...uct.ac.z;i e 2007 March Geolt^cal Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The cenini] portion of the structurally
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possible sulphide partial melting at Broken Hill, Aggeneys, South Africa I: Petrography R.H. Bailie Department...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa, Present address: Paleoproterozoic...Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa, e-mail: glgy13@na.rau.ac.za or geo_russ@hotmail...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, Cape Town, South Africa e-mail: dlr@geology...za © 2005 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The Broken Hill-type Ph-Zn-Cu-Ag massive sulphide
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Invited Review Article A classification of Broken Hill-type deposits: A critical review Paul G. Spry...Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords: Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag...Pb-Zn-Ag deposit Broken Hill-type deposits Classification Broken Hill Hill-type Pb-Zn-Ag (BHT) deposits...highest grade ore deposits in the world. The Broken Hill deposit, Australia, is the largest accumulation...because the type example of this class of deposit (Broken Hill) is not hosted in marble or calc-silicate rocks
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of the Mesoproterozoic Aggeneys-Gamsberg Broken Hill-type district, South Africa Craig R. McClung & Jens...intimately associated with the polymetallic Broken Hill-type (BHT) massive sulfide deposits of the AggeneysGamsberg...AggeneysGamsberg Pb–Zn–Cu ± Ag–Ba district in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Barite samples were collected...collected and studied from four localities in the district. Although metamorphic water–rock interaction processes...compared with the occurrences in the Aggeneys area, i.e. Swartberg-Tank Hill and Big Syncline. The obvious differences
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spinel associated with the Aggeneys Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag deposits, Namaqualand, South Africa P. G. Spry Department...quartzites, quartz-magnetite rocks, aluminous metasediments, barite-magnetite rocks, quartz veins, and...pegmatites associated with the Aggeneys base metal deposits, Namaqualand, South Africa. Zincian spinel in, sulphidebearing...garnet. Gahnite in sulphide-free garnet quartzites, quartz-magnetite rocks and barite-magnetite rocks probably...quartzites and quartz-magnetite rocks. Although Zn-rich spinels represent guides to ore in the Aggeneys area and
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(LCT) pegmatites and the Nb–Y–F (NYF) pegmatites. Quartz, potassium feldspar, and albite are the major constituents..., Hawk Mine, NC, USA; Rutherford Mine, VA, USA; Little 3 Mine, Ramona, CA, USA; Golcando Mine, Minas...Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico; Broken Hill, Australia; Ducktown Mine, TN, USA; Jeffrey Mine, QC, Canada). Garnetiferous...from our kimberlite localities (e.g., Kimberly, South Africa; Garnet Ridge, AZ, USA), whereas uvarovite is...associated with chromite pods (e.g., Saranovskii Mine, Russia). Samples of garnet in medium- to high-grade
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associated with the Broken Hill-type Gamsberg Zn-Pb deposit, Namaqua Province, South Africa M. Stalder Department...Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa email: mstalder@freesurf.ch A. Rozendaal Department...7602, South Africa Corresponding author: ar@sun.ac.za © 2005 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...Bedded barite forms a distinct component of four Broken Hill-type deposits in the amphibolite-facies metamorphosed...metamorphosed Bushmanland sequence of South Africa. In the Gamsberg Zn-Pb deposit, barite has been effectively
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Swartberg Base Metal Deposit, Aggeneys-Gamsberg Ore District, South Africa Tarryn Kim Cawood†,* and Abraham...Private Bag X01, Matieland 7600, Republic of South Africa Abstract The polymetamorphosed Swartberg Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag...deposit in the Namaqua Metamorphic Province of South Africa is a major metal producer in the region, yet...quartzite. The Garnet Quartzite is dominated by quartz and almandine garnet and mineralized with pyrite...mining town of Aggeneys, in the Bushmanland region of South Africa (Fig. 1). Despite the local importance
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metamorphic suite of the Central Namaqua Mobile Belt (South Africa) A.P. Willner Institut ffir Mineralogie, Ruhr-Universit/it...Central Bushmanland area of the Northern Cape Province (South Africa). These are part of the same supracrustal...supracrustal sequence as the large base metal deposits of Aggeneys and Gamsberg, however, in a different stratigraphic...sillimanite-, sillimanite-corundum-, sillimanite-quartz-rocks, topazites and equivalents enriched in apatite...Disseminated tourmalines from samples adjacent to the Aggeneys Zn-Pb-Cu deposit were also analysed for comparison
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OF THE MESOPROTEROZOIC BUSHMANLAND ORE DISTRICT, SOUTH AFRICA—A DISCUSSION C. R. MCCLUNG,1,† J. GUTZMER...Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, Republic of South Africa of Mineralogy, Technische Universität Bergakademie...contribution to the greater understanding of the Aggeneys-Gamsberg district and Bushmanland Group through the addition...sulfide deposits of the Aggeneys-Gamsberg district, must be younger than 1650 Ma, as previously concluded...direct conflict with the results of regional and local fieldbased investigations of the lithostratigraphy
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OF THE MESOPROTEROZOIC BUSHMANLAND ORE DISTRICT, SOUTH AFRICA—A DISCUSSION C. R. MCCLUNG,1,† J. GUTZMER...Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, Republic of South Africa of Mineralogy, Technische Universität Bergakademie...contribution to the greater understanding of the Aggeneys-Gamsberg district and Bushmanland Group through the addition...sulfide deposits of the Aggeneys-Gamsberg district, must be younger than 1650 Ma, as previously concluded...direct conflict with the results of regional and local fieldbased investigations of the lithostratigraphy
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SEDIMENTATION AND TERRANE AMALGAMATION IN SOUTHWESTERN AFRICA R. McG. MILLER Consulting Geologist, PO Box 11222...Society of South Africa ABSTRACT Mesoproterozoic crustal evolution of southwestern Africa involved a...collision in the Gordonia Subprovince. Thereafter, local intermittent magmatism and sedimentation continued...Pegmatites mark the final magmatic event at about 1000 Ma. The high-grade rocks of the Gordonia Subprovince...juxtaposed against low-grade terranes to the north and south during isostatic rebound on major, late-stage, dextral
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THE MESOPROTEROZOIC AGGENEYS TERRANE, WESTERN NAMAQUA MOBILE BELT, SOUTH AFRICA W.P. COLLISTON Department...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa e-mail: waynecolliston@ymail.com A.E. SCHOCH...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa e-mail: aesc@iafrica.com H.E. PRAEKELT Department...Bloemfontein, South Africa e-mail: praekelthe@ufs.ac.za © 2012 December Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT The stratigraphy of the Aggeneys Terrane is discussed, one of at least eleven tectono-stratigraphic
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of the Aggeneys base metal sulphide mineral deposit sites in the Lower Orange River region, South Africa...Metropolitan University, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth, South Africa e-mail: ttmuedi@gmail.com A. Papenfuss and N...Free State, Geology Department, Bloemfontein, South Africa, e-mail: gauertcdk@ufs.ac.za U. Altenberger...Elizabeth, South Africa e-mail: Maarten.deWit@nmmu.ac.za © 2016 March Geological Society of South Africa Abstract...Program. The Aggeneys Cu-Pb-Zn deposit, situated in the arid north western part of South Africa, represents
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rocks from the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex (South Africa)" Geochemical evidence for an exhalation-related...2Department of Geology, University of Cape Town, 7700 Rondebosch (South Africa) (Received October 5, 1988; accepted...rocks from the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex (South Africa): Geochemical evidence for an exhalation-related...peraluminous metamorphic rocks, i.e. sillimanite-quartz rocks, biotite-sillimanite gneisses, monomineralic...rocks and sillimanite-corundum rocks in the northern Cape Province (Fig. 1 ). They occur as scattered
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Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province
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Mesoproterozoic Broken Hill-type Gamsberg Zn–Pb deposit, Namaqua Province, South Africa Received: 24 January...the Gamsberg deposit in central Bushmanland, South Africa. Their shape, zonal features, and geochemistry...Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, 7602 Matieland, South Africa E-mail: ar@sun.ac.za Tel.: +27-21-8083122 Fax:...elsewhere. Keywords Gamsberg Zn–Pb deposit Æ Broken Hill-type Æ Phosphorites Æ Apatite Æ Proterozoic ...of the occurrence of nodular apatite within Broken Hill-type sulfide mineralization. The aim of the present
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-x ARTICLE The O’okiep Copper District, Namaqualand, South Africa: a review of the geology with emphasis...Abstract The O’okiep Copper District is the oldest formal mining area in South Africa. Between 1852 and 2002...first primitive crust 1,700–2,000 Ma ago to early Cambrian times ~500 Ma ago, with particular emphasis on...Orogeny, notably: the O’okiepian Episode (1,180–1,210 Ma ago) of alpine-type folding, regional granite plutonism...metamorphism and the Klondikean Episode (1,020– 1,040 Ma ago) of open and tight folding and the intrusion
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and metamorphic ages of the Aggeneys Granite Suite, Bushmanland, South Africa Russell Bailie Department...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa Present address: Paleoproterozoic...Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa e-mail: russellb@postgrad.uj.ac.za Richard...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa e-mail: dlr@geology.uct...of South Africa ABSTRACT The central Bushmanland portion of the Namaqua Province of South Africa is
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sulfides in the Areachap Group, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Russell Bailie & Jens Gutzmer &...schists of the Areachap Group, in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The Areachap Group represents...Bailie (*) University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa e-mail: rbailie@uwc.ac.za J. Gutzmer...McClung University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa from that of associated sulfides. At one of...isotopes . Zn–Cu deposits . Areachap Group . South Africa . Sulfides . Barite Introduction The Areachap
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Broken Hill mine, near Aggeneys, northern Cape Province, South Africa. 2.651 (100), 2...26 3.18 2.43 100.01 (1) Broken Hill mine, northern Cape Province, South Africa; average electron microprobe...underwent high-grade metamorphism. Association: Quartz, magnetite, spessartine-rich garnet, apatite, sillimanite...Distribution: At the Broken Hill mine, near Aggeneys, northern Cape Province, South Africa. Name: Prefix, ferro...of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. References: (1) Guggenheim, S. and H.E
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from the Broken Hill massivesulfide deposit in the NamaqualandMetamorphic Complex, South Africa H,c.nrwrcE...Geological Sciences,University of Cape Town, Rondebosch7700, South Africa JoHN M. Moonn Department of Geology...Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstovvn6140, South Africa AssrRAcr Micas with variable Ba content in...sulfide bodies in the Broken Hill deposit, Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa. In those layers...muscovite * potassium feldspar buffer, /o, buffered by quartz * fayalite + magnetiteand f",between 10-5 and l0-7
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the Bushmanland Grou , 206de 2•4 20 œ04P of South Africa has ave uniform Pb isoto e corn osition with...63-36.71 (all2•rranges). Fourseparate orebodies (Broken Hill,BlackMountain, BigSyncline, andGamsberg) sh...metamordeveloped withinthe Namaqua province of southern Africa phismhaveseverely modified theoriginalstratiform...Rhodes University, Grahams- formations, town, South Africa. nentsbut whichshowa generalupwardincreasein...ISOTOPE PATTERNS,BUSHMANLAND GROUP, S. AFRICA YOUNGER Cape To•n BELTS AND COVER SEQUENCES NAMAQUA
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa e Department of Earth Sciences, Parks Road,...Anglo-American Mining Corporation, Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa Received 19 January 2006; received...Namaqua-Natal Orogen evolved between about 2000 and 1000 Ma as part of an orogenic system that assembled the...and “wraps” the Archaean Kaapvaal Craton to the south and west. The Orogen includes the western ultra-hightemperature...high-level igneous, Richtersveld Terrane (1900–1700 Ma) and, to the east, by the amphibolite-facies granite
 
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