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Bismuth from
Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Bismuth
Formula:Bi
Comments:Found with gold.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bismuth data
Locality Data:Click here to view Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:251585
Long-form Identifier:1:3:251585:4
GUID (UUID V4):0683ceff-7db3-4a83-a980-6f61a302f9fa
Localities for Bismuth in this Region
New Consort Mine, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Nearest other occurrences of Bismuth
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘNew Consort Mine, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA:... COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic and...Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria or........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
African Localities T o complement the Minerals of Africa theme of the 2002 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show,...88; Namibia is next with 73; the Republic of South Africa is third with 65; together they represent about...immediately leap to mind at the very mention of Africa, David Livingstone (18 13-73) and Henry Morton...for them, but neither species was first found in Africa; Mexico and Peru are the type localities for livingstoneite...discovered in a famed Kimberley diamond pipe in South Africa (see Who’s Who in Mineral Names by Tarassoff
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulphide Body of the Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga, South Africa H.F.J. Theart Department of Earth Sciences...Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa E-mail: htheart@postino.up.ac.za C.D. de Nooy...Mining Limited, P O Box 1212, Florida, 1710, South Africa E-mail: dorritn@avmin.co.za ABSTRACT Platinum...sulphide ore of the Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Mineralogical investigations were...elsewhere. Although the mine is currently regarded as South Africa’s only primary nickel producer, the sale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARTICLE The New Consort Gold Mine, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa: orogenic gold mineralization in...in the Palaeo- to Mesoarchaean Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa is one of the oldest recognized...Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602 Stellenbosch, South Africa mineralization can be distinguished. Loellingite...This early mineralization may correlate with the local D1 deformation. The second and main stage of gold...fluids. Keywords Orogenic gold . Barberton greenstone belt . South Africa . New Consort 716 Miner Deposita
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are indicated in square brackets: New Consort, South Africa [1–9]: Cuiabá Brazil [10–13]: Ajjanahalli, India...Buddini [28,29], India; Pilgrim’s Rest [30–33], South Africa; Lega Dembi, Ethiopia [34]; Navachab, Namibia...Figure 1. Four deposits are situated in southern Africa, three in India, two in Russia, one in Ethiopia...Lega Dembi Navachab Mindyak Kochkar Awak Mas Barberton Greenstone Belt Rio das Velhas Supergroup (Nova...Ma between the Paleoproterozoic Pilgrim’s Rest district and the Neoproterozoic Lega Dembi and Navachab
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2005). The world’s largest Hg deposit, the AlmadĂ©n district of central Spain, is representative of concentrations...reworking of the mercury-hosting rocks of the AlmadĂ©n district (primary mineralization 427–380 Ma) led to at...west-central California. This important mining district, including the New AlmadĂ©n mine in Santa Clara...in the literature. For example, the Hg mining district of Pike County, Arkansas, is hosted in Carboniferous...Namibia. in the famous deposits of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, which are dated at 1.695–1.685
Corporate Document
Kochbulak-Kairagach ore field 9.5.1 Kochbulak deposit 10. SOUTH AFRICA 10.1 Western Deeps 10.2 Fairwiew 10.3 Renco...16 Corinthia 13.17 Edward's Find 13.18 Polaris South 14. Intermediate and felsic igneous host rocks 14...molybdenite, pentlandite, a set of tellurides, native bismuth and native gold. Hand specimen description Sample...is >1 km long, 15-30 m wide, parallel with the local lithological units, and dips at 60° to the ENE (PietikÀinen...and the Jormua and Outokumpu ophiolites further south (Kontinen 1987, Sorjonen-Ward et al. 1997, Lehtonen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
illustrating the nature of Archean volcanismin southern Africa and elsewhereare made available for purposesof...mineralization. The Archean mineralization of southern Africa is briefly compared and contrasted with that of...the easternpart southern Africa. of Botswana, the northeasternsegment of South The purposes of this paperare...paperare, briefly,to consider Africa, and Rhodesia,the shield consistsof two crathe nature and distribution...26 SUTHERLAND 27 RETERSBURG 28 MURCHISON 29 BARBERTON 30 MULDERSDRIF 31 AMALIA ‱ 50 1.00 km LEGEND
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Goldridge deposit, Kraaipan Greenstone Belt, South Africa Received: 1 June 2005 / Accepted: 29 May 2006...southwest of Mafikeng in the North West Province, South Africa. The ore body thickness varies from 15 to 45...Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa Present address: N. Q. Hammond (*) Geological...pyrite and pyrrhotite, and to a lesser extent, with bismuth tellurides and carbonate minerals. Mass balance...formation . Gold . South Africa Introduction The Kaapvaal Craton in South Africa (Fig. 1) is host to
Report (issue)
nickel-rich meteorite (Bon Accord, South Africa). Association: Bismuth, annabergite, aerugite, xanthiosite...gaspéite, nimite, bonaccordite (Bon Accord, South Africa). Distribution: At Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony...mine, Bon Accord, Barberton district, Transvaal, South Africa. From Kambalda, 56 km south of Kalgoorlie,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Consort Gold Mines in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa* Windeati Argapadmi, Eniko...Archean (3.55–3.10 Ga) Barberton greenstone belt of the Kaapvaal craton in South Africa. Published structuralgeologic...isotopic analyses were performed on native gold from Barberton, on two other lode gold deposits and two carbon...sulfide-rich ores. Different gold samples from Barberton yield Δ109Ag values (differences in 109Ag/107Ag...sources of the structurally coeval deposits at Barberton are less likely than a process of isotopic fractionation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa 3 Centre for Microscopy Characterisation and...Precambrian terranes, the Capricorn Orogen, the Barberton Greenstone Belt and the Ashanti Belt, all of which...Australia, the Barberton Greenstone Belt in southern Africa, and the Ashanti Belt in western Africa. All areas...(Capricorn Orogen), Sheba and Fairview mines (Barberton Greenstone Belt), and Obuasi (Ashanti Belt). The... 1995). Barberton Greenstone Belt, Sheba and Fairview mines 3 The Palaeoarchaean Barberton Greenstone
Journal (issue)
Twenty-three, Number Three Âź Articles Gold in South Africa ..............................................and this must have introduced him to many other local mineral collectors and possibilities for further...of this typically natrolite covered material for local dealers as well as himself. He used much of this...lent a distinction to his stock of minerals that local dealers found hard to match. During his time with...later years he just purchased from the miners and local dealers. He did not like to be hurried, and drove
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
continental margin settings (North American and South American Cordillera); the second comprises the collisional...basins of various sizes: large (Altaids, Yilgarn, Africa), moderate (Appalachians, Himalayas), and small...(Au–As–S–Te–Ni–W– Cu–Fe) vein ore subtypes; (3) the gold–bismuth (Au– As–Bi–S–Te–Se–Sb–Ni–Co–W–Mo–Cu–Fe) vein, greisen...instance, the oldest gold– quartz belts of the Barberton Province (Sheba and other deposits) and the ores...0–2.8 Ga (Kirk et al., 2002), are located in South Africa. The Canadian Shield, Western Australia, and
Journal (issue)
Mowry Place Tucson, AZ 85741 Articles Gold in South Africa ..............................................and this must have introduced him to many other local mineral collectors and pos­ sibilities for further...of this typically natrolite covered material for local dealers as well as himself. He used much of this...lent a distinction to his stock of minerals that local dealers found hard to match. During his time with...later years he just purchased from the miners and local dealers. He did not like to be hurried, and drove
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 ‘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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ga-old microbial bioïŹlm from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa Frances Westall a,⁎, Barbara Cavalazzi...Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa m UniversitĂ© d'OrlĂ©ans/UniversitĂ© François Rabelais-Tours...Kingsway Campus, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa o Centre de Recherches PĂ©trographiques et GĂ©ochimiques...29 September 2011 Editor: T. Spohn Keywords: Barberton microbial mat photosynthesis calciïŹcation aragonite...billion-year (Ga) old microbial bioïŹlm from the Barberton greenstone belt, thus documenting in situ calciïŹcation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dixon, R. Minerals of South Africa, Johannesburg (Geological Society of South Africa), 1995. xix + 296 pp...2104, South Africa). This volume, which deals exclusively with minerals found in South Africa, combines...(Monarch cinnabar mine, the asbestos deposits of the Barberton greenstone belt, the gold deposits of the Witwatersrand...Province includes the 3000 km 2 0 k i e p copper district with well-crystallized chalcopyrite and chalcocite...crystals of tantalite, libethenite, beryl, native bismuth, bismoclite, etc. Polymetallic deposits in this
Book (edition)
Aluminum Antimony Argon Arsenic Barium lkryllium Bismuth Boron Bromine Cadmium Calcium Carbon Cerium Cesium... Meta/lurgical and Mineralogical Society o/ South Africa Journal of Chemical Phy ics Journal cif the...and Proceedings of the Royal Socief) 1 of Ne,v South Wales JPSJ Journal of rhe Physical Society of...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Artrocitc, Ivigtul cryolitc deposit. Ivittuut municipality. southwest Wi tgreenl Greenland. 73. 1492, ZK
Catalog/List
fine pale green fibrous mass with some quartz. 3x2 South Norway ÂŁ6 Selasvatn 9. TOURMALINE dark green elongated...pure metallic mass about 2x4 inches Ratnapure district SriLanka ÂŁ15 18. BARITE very well formed single...magnetite with minor scheelite, Natas Mine. Okahandja district Namibia ÂŁ6 38. NATIVE GOLD quite a rich piece...mass with minor Serpentine 2 x2.5 Barberton . Transvaal South Africa 52. PYROPHANITE small reddish-brown...manganese ore Postmasburg Griqualand West , South Africa lxl ÂŁ4 55. FLUORITE yellowish exposed vein with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Laboratory, C.S.LR. and the Geological Survey o f South Africa Received 5 July 1971 Revised version received...terrain surrounding the Barberton Mountain Land in the Republic of South Africa is used to demonstrate...rocks surrounding the Barberton Mountain Land in the Republic of South Africa [3], similar relationships...rocks from the granitic terrain surrounding the Barberton Mountain Land, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University... yon S. Toerien, Separation of Lead (II) from Bismuth (liD, Thallium (liD, Calcium (II), Mercury (II)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfide deposits in the Murchison greenstone belt, South Africa Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera & Hennie Terblanche...Murchison greenstone belt, Limpopo Province, South Africa, represents a rifted epicontinental arc sequence...volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VMS) district in Southern Africa. The so-called Cu– Zn line is host to...schwarz-schampera@bgr.de H. Terblanche METOREX Ltd., Rosebank, South Africa higher temperature upflow, reflected by proportions...Murchison greenstone belt . Kaapvaal craton . South Africa Introduction Volcanic-hosted massive sulfide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
width reaches ~40 km near the Sergozero– Babozero district. The SGB occurs in the northern part of Strelna...of Strelna Terrane have been upthrown from the south over the Imandra–Varzuga Paleorift Zone (Balagansky...Terrane are thrust over the Strelna Terrane from the south. The SGB is crosscut by the lengthy NW-trending...amphibolite and talc–chlorite–actinolite schists. To the south and the east, rocks of the Sergozero Sequence are...andesite, amphibole schist, conglomerate); (9) South Kola Complex (mainly biotite and biotite-muscovite
Report (chapter)
gold distribution in the Nalunaq gold deposit, South Greenland using three-dimensional implicit modelling...mineralization at the Nalunaq orogenic gold deposit in South Greenland. Gold occurs in narrow quartz veins with...shoots plunging 20–258 NE, corresponding to the South, Target and Mountain blocks of the Nalunaq gold...Palaeoprotorezoic orogenic gold deposit located in South Greenland, which was mined between 2004 and 2014...Orogen is divided into three zones from north to south: the Northern Domain, the Central Domain and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1987, Huebner & Flohr 1990), in the Gambatesa district in eastern Liguria (Marescotti & Frezzotti 2000)...pyrrhotite – chalcopyrite – native bismuth. (e) Löllingite and native bismuth included in cobaltite. Taken...nickeline, and cobaltian löllingite), bismuth minerals (native bismuth, hedleyite, parkerite, and bismuthinite)...crystals and rarely includes smaller grains of native bismuth, bismuthinite and, more rarely, löllingite. Cobaltite...pyrrhotite, pentlandite, gersdorffite, native bismuth, and parkerite. The Co and Fe contents of nickeline
 
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