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Chalcopyrite from
Zaaiplaats Mine, Zaaiplaats tin field, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Fluorite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Zaaiplaats Mine, Zaaiplaats tin field, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:259136
Long-form Identifier:1:3:259136:0
GUID (UUID V4):5d251f4a-0479-4d22-9c03-62b5baa7fa67
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
10.0km (6.2 miles) Tweefontein Farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
12.6km (7.8 miles) Akanani prospects, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
16.8km (10.5 miles) Sandsloot mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
31.7km (19.7 miles) Moorddrift farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
31.8km (19.8 miles) Townlands, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
35.5km (22.0 miles) Oorlogsfontein, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
49.2km (30.6 miles) Waterberg deposit, Mookgophong, Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
53.4km (33.2 miles) Pienaar's Mine, Eersteling goldfield, Pietersburg greenstone belt, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
61.2km (38.1 miles) Nonnenwerth 421 LR farm, Blouberg Local Municipality, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
66.9km (41.6 miles) Aurora project, Blouberg Local Municipality, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization: The Zaaiplaats Tin Granites, Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa Leonidas Vonopartis...Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa; Paul.Nex@wits.ac.za (P.N.); Judith.Kinnaird@wits...Johannesburg, P.O. Box, 524, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa Correspondence: Lvonopartis@gmail.com Received:...Abstract: The stanniferous granites of the Zaaiplaats Tin Field are part of the A-Type Lebowa Granite Suite...Bushveld Igneous Complex of northeast South Africa. The tin field comprises three granites: (1) the Nebo
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the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050 South Africa email: kinnairdj@geosciences.wits.ac.za F.J...the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050 South Africa email: krugerj@geosciences.wits.ac.za R.G....Wits 2050 South Africa cawthorng@geosciences.wits.ac.za © 2004 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...data obtained for an ‘evolved’ feldspar from the Zaaiplaats granite. We recognise two distinct processes...marginal tectonism of the Kaapvaal craton in the Limpopo belt, which may have been a longer-lived event
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa Current address: Department of Geology, Rand...Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa e-mail: glgy13@na.rau.ac.za L.J. Robb EGRI-HAL...2050, South Africa e-mail: robblj@geosciences.wits.ac.za © 2004 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT Field mapping of a region in the central southeastern portion of the Bushveld Complex in an area... Located in the central northeast region of South Africa, north of Pretoria (Figure 1), the Complex is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Mineralizing Fluids at the ZaaiplaatsTin Mine, PotgietersrusDistrict G. VON GRUENEWALDT Institute...Taylor, P. THE close genetic relationshipbetween tin miner- Pollard, and co-workers.In effect, therefore...Setting of the Mineralization examples. The Zaaiplaats tin mine is situated within the Three different types...endograniticmineralization are developedat the Zaaiplaatstin mine. First, northwesternpart of the BushveldComplex...and are underlainby metasedimentsof the ore of the mine sinceits discoveryin 1906. These Pretoria Group
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mechanism of formation for Maggs Pipe, Zaaiplaats tin mine, South Africa P.J. Pollard, R.G. Taylor and N.M...and Bobbejaankop Granite at the Zaaiplaats mine are host to major tin mineralization. Detailed textural...Preliminary observations on several other pipes at Zaaiplaats indicate that quartz and feldspar dissolution...further constrain models of pipe formation at Zaaiplaats, a detailed textural and mineralogical study...Mineralization in granite- and porphyry-related tin systems sometimes occurs as cylindrical or pipe-shaped
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PervasivelyAltered BushveldGranitesat the ZaaiplaatsTin Mine P. J. POLLARD,R. G. TAYLOR, Departmentof Geologyand...Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia Abstract Tin with associated tungstenand rare earth elementmineralizationat...siterite,scheelite, synchisite,arsenopyrite,chalcopyrite,galena,and other sulfidephases.Pervasivealteration...tectonicfracturing duringcrystallization of the granitesat Zaaiplaats wasprobablythe mostcrucialfactorin the developmentof...1976; Cuney et al., 1985). However, in disseminated tin depositscassiterite formsasa cavity-fillingandreplacementmineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
investigation of the Waterberg hydrothermal platinum deposit, Mookgophong, Limpopo Province, South Africa P. Armitage*1...geology around the unusual quartz-vein hosted Waterberg platinum deposit was mapped using aerial photographs...Mookgophong (Naboomspruit) District of the Limpopo Province in South Africa and is dominated by a gently...with the Planknek–Ysterberg Fault system, south of Mokopane (Potgietersrus). The Welgevonden Fault is...Complex to a position at unknown depth beneath the Waterberg deposit, or provided a network of shear zones
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, Pretoria University, Hillcrest 0002, South Africa Received: 17 May 1994/Accepted: 9 December 1994...Rustenburg Layered Suite of the Bushveld Complex. Field and geochemical characteristics of these volcanic...Box 91230, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa ** Anglo American Research Laboratories, P.O...O. Box 106, Crown Mines, 2025, Johannesburg, South Africa The events comprising the Bushveld Complex...Granophyre Suite, RGS; SACS, 1980) in southern Africa are of enormous spatial extent. Volcanic rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australia 2 Vergenoeg Mine, Farm Kromdraai, Rust De Winter, SA, Pienaar’s River, South Africa Received February...Paleoproterozoic Vergenoeg fluorite deposit in South Africa is hosted in a breccia pipe comprising units...Bushveld Complex in the northeastern part of South Africa (RSA). Modified after Crocker (1985) The giant...Geological setting Regional geology The Vergenoeg mine, owned and operated by Metorex Ltd., is located...Group is overlain unconformably by the younger Waterberg Group (Fig. 2) and the Karoo Supergroup of clastic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Disseminatedand Pipe-Style Mineralization at the ZaaiplaatsTin Mine P. J. POLLARD, Departmentof Geology, JamesCookUniversity... Townsville,Queensland4811, Australia Abstract Tin-tungsten-rare earth elementmineralizationat Zaaiplaatsis...temperatures, andindicatethatoxygenisotopevariationat Zaaiplaats reflectsexchange between the graniteandthe magmaticfluid...characteristic feature of granitesassociated with tin mineralizationandprovidesa recordof interactionbetweenthe...1954; Crocker,1986; PollardandTaylor, 1986) is a tin-tungsten-rare earth element-mineralizedsystemwhich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1995 The tin zone: sediment-hosted hydrothermal tin mineralization at Rooiberg, South Africa A. Rozendaal...7600, South Africa 2 Gold Fields of South Africa, 75 Fox Street, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Received:...1994/Accepted: 9 December 1994 Abstract. The Rooiberg tin field, also known as the Rooiberg Fragment, is located...Lebowa Granite Suite. Practically all the significant tin deposits are hosted by arkoses, located towards the...hydrothermal carbonate breccias appear to dominate each mine. Petrological and geochemical investigations of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicGeology Vol. 84, 1989, pp. 1817-1834 Disseminated Tin Mineralization in the Roof of the Bushveld Granite...Zaaiplaatstin mine. Severalstylesof endogranitictin mineralizationoccurat the Zaaiplaats mine, but disseminated...absentor poorlydevelopedand, exceptfor the anomalous tin contentsin thiszone,there are few obviousdifferencesbetween...BushveldComplex,and granite in the disseminated tin zone is more altered than barren Bobbejaankop Granite...Ca, Rb, Cu, and Sn, and depletedin Na. Within the mine area, granitefrom the mineralizedzone containshigherNa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
In the mineralized Bushveld granites of the Zaaiplaats area, sub-solidus alteration is extreme. Our...University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Republic of South Africa 1384 GUNTHER J. KLEEMANN AND DAVID TWIST... 1987). Their disparate ages, evident from the field relationships, are thus indirectly confirmed. This...paper will document and discuss aspects of the field geology, petrography, and geochemistry of the Bushveld...and their country rocks are readily amenable to field study. Although this report focuses on the area
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
Report (issue)
ASSISTANCE OF THE SCIENTTFIC AND TECHNICAL STAFF TIN ORES BY G. M. DAVIES, M.Sc. (LoND.), F.G.S. Scientinc... CONTENTS CHAPTER I TIN ORES : T THE ORES R OCCURRENCE, CHARACTERS AND USES PAOB OF TIN-WORLD'S PRODUCTION...PRODUCTION OF TIN ORE-VALUATION OF TIN ORE-THE PRICE OF TIN -THE PROPERTIES OF TIN-THE USES OF TIN• SECONDARY...SECONDARY TIN • • • • • I CHAPTER II SOURCES OF SUPPLY OF TIN ORES {a) BRITISH EMPIRE : Europe : United...Settlements . 29 Africa: Gold Coast, Nigeria, N yasaland, Rhodesia, Union of South Africa, Swaziland 47
Report (issue)
International Strategic Minerals Inventory Summary Report-Tin Prepared as a cooperative effort among earthscience...Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of... International Strategic Minerals Inventory Summary Report-Tin By David M. Sutphin, Andrew E. Sabin, and Bruce L...Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of...International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report- Tin I by David M. Sutphin, Andrew E. Sabin, and Bruce
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)
in the world-class Vergenoeg fluorite deposit, South Africa Torsten Graupner a,⁎, Caroline Mühlbach b, Ulrich...Germany Vergenoeg Mining Company (PTY) LTD., South Africa d Chair of Geology and Economic Geology, University...Vergenoeg fluorite deposit in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa is hosted by a volcanic pipe-like body. The...in the world-class Vergenoeg fluorite deposit, South Africa, Ore Geol. Rev. (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10...samples The Vergenoeg mine is located in the Kaapvaal Craton in southern Africa. Its host rocks form the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
20013 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Part 2 Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China T he first part of this...this column concentrated on the North and South American fluorite localities (Pohwat 2013). In this installment...northern England, particularly from the Rogerley mine, has made these classic specimens available once...localities. The mines of Cornwall have been mined for tin at least since the time of the Roman Empire. Later...copper. Besides providing excellent examples of tin and copper minerals, Cornwall has provided a wealth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A. LEUBE PART II. PETROLOGY, AND SOUTH TIN MINES, AFRICA E. F. STUMPFL MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY.......................................... 531 B-Mine (Nieuwpoort) .....................................more acceptable. In Figure 19, the composition field of the Rooiberg"quartzites"is projecteduponPettijohn's...originally were ROOIBERG •IND LEEUIJ/POORT TIN MINES 529 rich in primarycarbonate. On the contrary...occupiesa WNW striking belt about 2,000 feet wide just south of Rooibergvillage. Total feldsparcontentof arkositesfrom
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Valley-type (MVT) deposits, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa Stephen E. Kesler a,⁎, Martin Reich a,b , Marlon...Neoarchean–Paleoproterozoic Transvaal basin in South Africa, which were deposited before the 2.4 to 2.0...Paleoproterozoic Transvaal Supergroup of southern Africa ⁎ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 763 5057;...sulfate-rich basinal brines transport metals to local areas containing reduced sulfur (Anderson, 1983;...the Transvaal and Griqualand West basins in South Africa and the Kanye basin in Botswana (Fig. 1). These
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
because * Present address: Asarco, Inc.,Sweetwater Mine,Route1, Box416,Ellingit contains transparent fluoritethatshould...Consulting Corporation, Johannesburg, South of inclusions Africa. whichthedeposit formed. Thepresence...564 VERGENOEG MAGNETITE-FLUORITE DEPOSIT, SOUTH AFRICA 565 rocksdo not cropoutin the immediateminearea(Crocker...maximum thickness of about 15 m several kilometers south ofthepipe,whereit consists of massive hematite...Massive hematite-fluorite unittakenapproximately 500m south of to about3 m about750 m southof the pipe(Fig.2A
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION TO THE MINING AREAS OF SOUTH AFRICA by Aberra Mogessie, Christoph Hauzenberger...State, South Africa 1. Preface Almost a year ago Aberra Mogessie planned to organize a field excursion...(where we had organized past excursions) and South Africa. Having discussed the matter with Christoph...to organize a field excursion to the geologically interesting mining areas of South Africa. We contacted...from the University of Free State, South Africa to help us with the local organization especially to get
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nerv mineral from the Zaaiplaats tin mine, central Transvaal; (Jnion S. Africa Dept. Mines, Geol'.Suroey...cassiterite-bearing pipe in granite intheZaalplaals tin mine, Potgietersrust district, Transvaal. The explosion breccia...Lombaardite does not occur in unbrecciated normal tin-bearing parts of the pipe. R-rr,arrowsnrps: Similar...4, 342-346 (1950). A specimen from the Kamaresa mine, Lavrion (also Laurion, Laurium), Greece, in the...Ilistrixite Paul Rlmorrn, Der "Histrixit" der Curtin-Davis-Mine in North-Dundas, nordwestTasmania:NeuesIahrb. Mineral
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Qitianling granitoid and the Furong tin ore deposit in Hunan Province, South China: implication for the genesis...genesis of granite and related tin mineralization KUI-DONG ZHAO, SHAO-YONG JIANG*, YAO-HUI JIANG, RU-CHEN...China. Recently, the Furong tin ore deposit was found in this stock, with a tin reserve of approximately...worldwide. Fractional crystallization of the magma and tin deposition directly from exsolved magmatic-hydrothermal...l fluids may not be the major mechanism for the tin mineralization in this deposit. Instead, we suggest
 
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