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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite18 photos of Galena associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Sphalerite17 photos of Galena associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Pyrrhotite13 photos of Galena associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Mica Group13 photos of Galena associated with Mica Group at this locality.
Pyrite5 photos of Galena associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Siderite5 photos of Galena associated with Siderite at this locality.
Pyrargyrite3 photos of Galena associated with Pyrargyrite at this locality.
Chlorite Group2 photos of Galena associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Titanite1 photo of Galena associated with Titanite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Broken Hill Mine, Aggeneys, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:250065
Long-form Identifier:1:3:250065:2
GUID (UUID V4):5e430972-b9f4-42d6-9c20-6cefbab5e743
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
5.8km (3.6 miles) Aggeneys, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
59.4km (36.9 miles) Tantalite Valley, Karasburg East, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
95.5km (59.3 miles) Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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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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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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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...pelitic lenses with fine-grained pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and lesser pyrrhotite, hosted by sulfide-poor...iron formation in the F2 hinge, rich in coarse galena, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite, to sulfide-poor
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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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spinel associated with the Aggeneys Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag deposits, Namaqualand, South Africa P. G. Spry Department...pegmatites associated with the Aggeneys base metal deposits, Namaqualand, South Africa. Zincian spinel in, sulphidebearing...Zn-rich spinels represent guides to ore in the Aggeneys area and elsewhere in the Namaqualand Metamorphic...Fe-rich spinels occur within metres of sulphides at Aggeneys. Zincian spinel, or gahnite, [(Zn, Fe,Mg)A1204]...gahnite-bearing sulphide-free assemblages. On the local scale, Bernier et al. (1984) utilized the Z n O
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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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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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Fe-Pb-Zn-Cu sulphides and baryte at Aggeneys and Gamsberg, South Africa K. VON GEHLEN Institut fiir Geochemie...Company (Pty) Ltd., Private Bag XOl, Aggeneys, CP 8893, Rep. of South Africa AND A. ROZENDAAL O'okiep Copper...Ltd., PO Box 17, Nababeep, CP 8265, Rep. of South Africa ABSTRACT. Sulphur isotope ratios in sulphides...extreme for Precambrian sulphur. Black Mountain, Aggeneys,in the west gave an average for the sulphides...for barytes of +20.6+4.3%0 (3 samples). Broken Hill, Aggeneys, in the centre gave an average for the sulphides
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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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Manganoan garnet rocks associated with the Broken Hill Pb–Zn–Ag orebody, Australia I. R. Plimer School...handling: J. G. Raith Summary The Palaeoproterozoic Broken Hill Pb–Zn–Ag stratiform orebody is intimately associated...considered an indicator to Broken Hilltype Pb–Zn–Ag ore deposits at Broken Hill, Australia (Richards, 1966;...2002), Gamsberg, South Africa (Rozendaal and Stumpfl, 1984) and Aggeneys, South Africa (Ryan et al., 1986)...garnet-bearing rocks (Spry et al., 2000). At Broken Hill, there have been major element (Jones, 1968;
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cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals...mill. So it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily...from several Maine occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was...include Kendall Head at Eastport and the Preble Hill or Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known...microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham or Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll
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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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mid-Proterozoic Gamsberg Zn-Pb deposit, Namaqua Province, South Africa M. STALDER AND A. ROZENDAAL* Department of...Building, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa ABSTR ACT Granular aggregates of fine-grained...associated with the Gamsberg Zn-Pb deposit, South Africa. To date, these minerals were believed to have...wolfeite, iron formations, Gamsberg Zn-Pb deposit, South Africa. Introduction ALGOMA-TYPE iron formations in... In the mid-Proterozoic Namaqua Province of South Africa, Algoma-type iron formations form * E-mail:
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Controls on Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia I.J. Basson, M.-J. McCall...Controls on Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia, Ore Geology Reviews (2018)...Controls on Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia I.J. Bassona,c,*, M.-J. McCalla...House, 20 Gardner Williams Ave, Somerset West, South Africa b North River Resources, 84 Dr Frans Indongo...X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa Abstract The Namib Lead and Zinc (Pb-Zn) Mine is hosted within the
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1987 A sulphur isotope study of the Broken Hill deposit, New South Wales, Australia P. G. Spry Department...garnet-rich rocks and high-grade ore from the Broken Hill deposit, New South Wales, Australia, have been determined...metamorphic events. Abstract. The Willyama Complex, New South Wales, Australia contains several hundred small...lead-silverzinc deposits as well as the large orebodies at Broken Hill. Barnes (1980) divided these deposits into three...intervals. Included in this group are the so-called Broken Hill-type deposits. Their mineralogy is complex, but
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of which are vent-proximal, are distributed in district clusters roughly surrounding a volcanic center...Canada For purposes of this discussion, a SEDEX district is taken to comprise three or more deposits. Stand-alone...stand-alone deposits do not form a vent-distal district. Districts form when the volume of a collector...(Large et al. 1998), has a zinc ratio of 13 on the northern perimeter of the deposit (basin) increasing to...center (Fig. 1; Ireland et al. 2004) along a north-south flow path leading into the HYC collector basin.
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high-grademetamorphic PrieskaZn-Cu depositand the Aggeneys-Gamsberg Namaquaprovince.Their size and compositionare...of the Korannaland Sequence (SACS, town 2107, South Africa. Introduction ** Presentaddress:Department...of Natal, King GeorgeV Avenue, Durban 4000, South Africa. 0361-0128/89/896/34-15$3.00 34 1980). ... theresults ofwhich PRIESKAZn-Cu DEPOSIT, SOUTH AFRICA TABLE1. 35 Cu-Pb-Zn-AgContentsof Someof the...Deposit Prieska Cu-Zn mine 47 Areachapmine 8.9 Black Mountain Broken Hill 81.6 85 Big Syncline
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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
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associated with the Broken Hill and Black Mountain Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag deposits, Aggeneys, South Africa. H6gbomite coexists...h6gbomite, sulphidation-oxidation reactions, Aggeneys, South Africa, massive sulphides, exploration guide....Bushmanland Group, Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa. The hornblendite sample occurs Mineralogical...at Aggeneys. In studies of gahnite associated with the Aggeneys base metal deposits (Broken Hill, Black...spatially associated with the Black Mountain and Broken Hill deposits. Spry and Scott (1986a) have also reported
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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...rocks and sillimanite-corundum rocks in the northern Cape Province (Fig. 1 ). They occur as scattered...Sequence in the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex (1600 Ma; Reid et al., 1987). The supracrustal Bushmanland
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pohwatp@si.edu Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department...brown color is perfect for highlighting stars from galena and ferberite right up to colorful fluorapatites...1. Gemmy siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department...pseudomorph calcite, dolomite, fluorite, barite, gypsum, galena, and bismuthinite (Palache, Berman, and Frondel...associated minerals of siderite include sphalerite, galena, hematite, calcite, ankerite, dolomite, fluorapatite
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model' are ~ 1800 Ma for the Rampura-Agucha, RajpuraDariba and Saladipura deposits, ~ 1700 Ma for the Zawar...Zawar deposits and ~ 1100 Ma for the Ambaji and Deri deposits. Mineralization in this orogenic belt thus...the area must be re-examined. Model ages of ~ 1100 Ma for the Ambaji-Deri deposits are the only evidence...Rajpura-Dariba deposits, as well as the Zawar district ore bodies collectively, are comparable in size...for comparable major deposits in Australia, South Africa and Canada. These conformable deposits are hosted
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Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...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;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler
 
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