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Digenite from
Harper, Harper County, Kansas, USA


Classification
Species:Digenite
Formula:Cu9S5
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Digenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Harper, Harper County, Kansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:563724
Long-form Identifier:1:3:563724:9
GUID (UUID V4):647632b4-5c40-46c0-b5bf-777a353d70f2
Nearest other occurrences of Digenite
31.3km (19.5 miles) Milan, Sumner County, Kansas, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) Viola, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
coppermineralizationin Permian and Triassic rocks of Kansas,Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico is found in reduced...reagentis not 601 602 T. D. BRANAMAND E. M. RIPLEY KANSAS L OKLAHOMA TEXAS o 1O0 Miles 50 I o lOO...(•) (•) (•) (•,(•) LOCATION MAP South-central Kansas North-central Oklahoma Mangum Creta North Texas...baritefromsulfides Cu MINERALIZATIONIN KANSAS 603 KANSAS EXPLANATION • Harper sandstone [•1 Wellington formation...coppermineralization 0 0 10 10 20 Miles SUMNER 20 Km CO. HARPER o Milan Welhngton FIG. 2. Locationsof drill
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
easternshoreran north-souththrough Dolomite oœ south-central Kansas. Permian red beds form a belt of copper-bearingsedimentsex-...locateddirectlybelowthe Oklahoma to south-central Kansas. Chalcocite and 300-œoot-thick red Ninnescah Shale...calcareous sandstones. Numerous salt eralized trend in Kansas. castsare found throughoutthe section. A one-footthick...dense,platy, mud-crackedlimestonelies about In Kansas,copperis commonlyfoundin the Milan Dolomiteand...evidenceof coppermineralizationin the Flowerpot in Kansas. The Milan Dolomitemembercaps the thick sequenceof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sustutcopperdeposit,north-central BritishColumbia(after Harper,1977, andMongerandChurch,1977).The Sustutcopperpropertyis...regionalmetamorphic isogradis afterBurns(1973). Harper (1977) recognizedthree phasesof folding mentary...hosted by the axial planesstriking 110-130 ø" (Harper, 1977, p. MoosevaleFormation of the Takla Group...have a senceof well-definedstratigraphicmarkers,Harper northwesterly strike and southwestern dip. The...only evident on a regionalscaleas described by Harper(1977). Graded beds are the mostpredominantsedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Red-BedCopperMineralization in the Lower Permian of South Central Kansas EDWARD M. RIPLE¾, MICHAEL W. LAMBERT, Departmentof...Bloomington,Indiana 47405 AND PIETER BERE•DSE• Kansas GeologicalSurvey, Lawrence, Kansas66044 Abstract...Introduction Coppermineralizationin the Permianred bedsof Kansas was documentedby Norton (1939), who occurin southwestern...RunnymedeMember of 1974). As part of a continuingeffortby the Kansas the Ninnescah Shale, and the Milan Dolomite of...per possibilities in Harper, Sedgwick,and Sumner countiesin south central Kansas (Fig. 1). The studiesreport
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evidenced by lamellae of chalcocite, chalcopyrite, and digenite. As the temperature continues to drop, bornite...in pegmatites. Bornite may alter to chalcocite, digenite, acanthite, chalcopyrite, and covellite. It can...chalcopyrite, chalcocite, wittichenite, linnaeite, digenite, covellite, stromeyerite, polybasite, and tetrahedrite...localities in the United States: Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Butte has been called “the richest hill...and pyrite, 11 × 9 × 4 cm, from Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Montana Tech Mineral Museum specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
activity diagramsfor coexistingmineralsand aqueous (digenite,liquidsulfur,"intermediatesolidsolution," solutionsat...equilibria:New York, Harper andRow, 450 p. undermagmaticconditions.We recognizethat digenite and intermediate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bismuthinite (Bi2S3), native Bi, chalcocite (Cu2S), digenite (Cu9S5), chalcopyrite (CuFeS:), bornite ( C u...chalcocite is frequently present with djurleite, digenite, covellite and tennanute (especially a Bi-bearing...bar) CuFeS: chalcopyrite Cu2S chalcocite Cu9S5 digenite FeS2 pyrite Sz sulphur gas CusFeS4 bornite CuS...areas of thermodynamic stability of chalcocite, digenite, bornite, chalcopyrite, covellite, wittichenite...79 - 33 -3/59 - 2O.7O chc - chalcocite. dig - digenite. bor - bornite. coy - covellite. bis - b i s m
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcocite to digenite (or anilite), and to blaubleibender and normal covellite; and supergene digenite to blaubleibender...djurleite, with minor chalcocrte(sensu stricto)and "digenite". The status of this last mineral has recently...throughout the district. Anilite is converted to a digenite-t1'pe solid solution bv even gentle grinding at...polishing. In the present discussion,the term "digenite" is reservedfor a mineral which is isotropic and...and covellite.It ma1'well be that much of the digenite formed by' supergeneoxidation in the southern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMMUNICATIONS of some volcanic rocks from Catron County, Nexv Mexico: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with...Nexv York, Springer-VerJarilla Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico: New lag, 137 p. Mexico Bur. Mines...Bull. 87, 437 p. (High Rolls) miningdistrict,Otero County,New Mexico: \Voodward,L. A., Callender,J. F., Gries...Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Harper Harper 76-M-55 34 level Messina Fault 74-M-18 ...chalcociteup to 80 kb at 25øC with a diamond ite (or digenite) phase.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Transition (incipiently developed) covellite,digenite,cuprite,marcasite djurleite, chalcocite, violarite...developed 'transition zone' contains djurleite, digenite, violarite and marcasite, admixed with some cuprite...chalcopyrite shows some incipient alteration to digenite, djurleite and chalcocite and oxidizes along cleavages...alteration along octahedral planes and cracks into digenite, implying some reaction with Cubearing solution;...279 pp. Garrels, R.M., 1960. Mineral Equilibria. Harper, New York, N.Y., 254 pp. Ghosh, A.K., 1972. Trace
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
molybdenite,chalcopyrite,bornite,chalcocite,and digenite(?) in that parageneticorder. The thermalstabilityof... pyrite, chalcopyrite,bornite, chalcocite,and digenite(?). Molybdeniteforms colloformmasses (Fig. 4a)...These relationshipshave beeninterpretedto indicate Digenite (?) that chalcopyritedepositionbegan before bornite...including spinel, diopside,and scapolite,are ably digenite. found insideindividualcalcitegrains. This suggests... L., 1965, Solutions,Minerals, and Equilibria: Harper and Row, New York, 450 p. Gustarson,L. B., 1963
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
related minerals are chalcopyrite, chalcocite,digenite,covellite, chrysocolla;and azurite. A further...sulvanite, is concentratedas supergenechalcocite,digenite, and covellite (Fig. 311 cd Bi sb Pb B EA Sr...to dark grey area is a mixture of chalcocite, digenite, and covellite and is surroundedby quartz (dark...Wses (1962) Geochemistry in Mineral Exploration. Harper and Row Publishers, New york and Evanston. HrllruneNo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
assemblageis more complex and includes covellite, digenite, blaubleibendercovellite, chalcocite, monoclinic...covellite' particularly in samples which contain digenite as an alteration product of chalcopyrite. Covellite...whereas an adjacent bornite grain is rimmed by digenite which is in turn surrounded by a mixture of normal...CHnrsr (1965) Solutions,Minerals, and Equilibria Harper and Row, New York, 450 p. G E H L E NK , v o N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
presented by McKinstry (41) except that bornite-digenite is assumed on the basis of experimental work...py--pyrite rl--realgar cv--covellite S--sulfur di--digenite dom-domeykite en-•enargite tn--tennantite to--tenorite...replacedby a narrow stability field of digenite, boundedby the reaction digenite-covelliteat slightly higher fs•...fs• and by the reaction chalcocite-digenite,below the 425ø C critical end point (49), at slightly lower...much with increased temperature. The digenite-chalcocite and digenite-covellite TABLE AVAILABLE THERMOCHEMICAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals are associated in part with pyrrhotite, digenite, tetrahedrite, chalcocite, bornite, and covellite...chalcopyrite, chalcocite, bornite, covellite, digenite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, and tetrahedrite-tennantite...pyrrhotite; co, covellite; cc, chalcocite; dg, digenite [u Microprobe analysis Microprobe analysis of...Solutions, minerals and Equilibria. pp. 93 267, Harper and Raw Publisher (1965) Garson, M.S., Shalaby
Journal (issue)
‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada .........................................Canyon, about 8 km east of Round Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. It can be reached by trail from the mouth...Early Mining History Records on file at the Nye County Recorders Office, Tonapah, Nevada, state that the...the Outlaw mine, 12 miles north of Manhattan, Nye County, Nevada.” With this limited locality information...Aikinite Minin Company near Round Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. The followin account by Shannon (1925)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sequencein ascending order is chalcocite, djurleite, digenite, bornitc, chalcopyrite and pyrite. Abnormal concentrationsof...been observed. Pyrite is also seen covellite, digenite, djurleite, galena, greenockite, as clustersof...fractions of an inch is, in ascendingorder, chalcocite,digenite,bornite in width. (two varieties),chalcopyrite(sparse)...oil. FiG. 15. Interlaminatedchalcocite(Cc) and digenite (Di). Reflectedlight, in oil. FiG. 16. Pervasivereplacement...Reflectedlight, in oil. FiG.21. Interlamination of digenite(Di) and covellite(Cv) in association with pink
Report (issue)
States Colorado United States Idaho United States Kansas United States Michigan United States Missouri United...Permian and early Mesozoic rocks in Eastern Europe and USA. All ages from Lower Proterozoic are possible. The...Germany 70 Dong Chuan, China Michigan, USA 80 Kona Dolomite, USA 90 Redstone district, Canada Copper...state Chalcopyrite Covellite Bornite Anilite Digenite Djurleite Chalcocite Native Copper Cu Fe S2 Cu...occurrences. Deposit subtype Chalcocite, Bornite digenite, djurleite 82 61 Chalcopyrite Galena Sphalerite
Journal (issue)
been found at a handful of other localities in the county including Hingston Down Quarry (Ward, 1983), Maen...intergrown with malachite and associated with digenite and covellite. (Reflected Light Microscopy) Small...containing chalcopyrite with rims of bornite, digenite and covellite were found. One specimen of chalcopyrite...Covellite also occurs intimately intergrown with digenite in copper sulphide "veins". (XRD and EDS) CUPRITE...vein-like structure was identified as a mixture of digenite and covelline. (XRD) DOLOMITE CaMg(CO 3)i The
Book
Geology of Texaco's Hobson Uranium Deposit, Karnes County, Texas. H.M. Dahl and C.A. Callender. . . . ....Ore Bodies of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey. (Abstract) R.W. Metsger............were found at the Scrub Oaks iron mine of Morris County, New Jersey. Most of these iron mines were emplaced...Rare-Earth Deposits at Scrub Oaks Mine, Morris County, New Jersey", Bulletin 1082-B, U.S . Geological...Magnetite Deposits of the Dover District, Morris County, New Jersey" , Professional Paper 287, U. S . Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chl: chlorite, Cv: covellite, Dck: dickite, Dg: digenite, Dpp: dioctahedral potassic phyllosilicate, Eng:...sulfides and their replacement by covellite ± digenite. The supergene enrichment zone is <100 to 250...Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, USA. Operating conditions were 15 kV and 30 nÅ, with...chalcopyrite, Cv: covellite; Dck: dickite, Dg: digenite, Dpp: dioctahedral potassic phyllosilicate, Eng:...tennantite enargite enargite enargite digenite digenite Sample N° Alteration 25-249-17.0 43-210-4
Report (issue)
that was drilled in 2007 by Full Metal Minerals, USA, Inc. Bulk geochemical analysis of this sample shows...project area being explored by Full Metal Minerals, USA, Inc., showing locations of base-metal prospects...2006 and 2007 exploration by Full Metal Minerals, USA, Inc., at the Little Whiteman (LWM) and Fish prospects...Recent exploration was done by Full Metal Minerals, USA, Inc., (FMM) at several base- and precious-metal...Z:~197 Ta y 14 T:105.2±2.0 20 142O00' 141O30' USA CANADA 0 12 Chicken Chicken Taylor Mountain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
djurleite ≤ 9080 ppm, yarrowite ≤ 6614 ppm, and digenite ≤ 3545 ppm). Silver minerals and alloys, as well...main ore minerals minerals are chalcocite Cu2S, digenite Cu9S5, covellite CuS (Figure 9), djurleite Cu31S16...Cu31S16, bornite are chalcocite Cu2 S, digenite Cu9 S5 , covellite CuS (Figure 9), djurleite Cu31 S16 ...tetrahedrite (Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13 (up to 2.4 wt %); djurleite, digenite, 12 and 4 S13 andchalcopyrite tetrahedrite(up...S13 galena (up to (up 2.4 wt %); wt djurleite, digenite, and (up pyrite to 0.4 wt to 0.412wt to 0.3 %);
Report (volume)
strata near the Creta deposit, and black shales of Kansas, respectively, and to M.P Foose for sharing PGE...are important and minor amounts of covellite, digenite, native copper, and cuprite are present (Hayes...possible carrollite, leucoxene; bornite, digenite, hematite; digenite, chalcocite, hematite. In deposits where...pyrite and chalcopyrite are replaced by bornite, digenite, and chalcocite (see Hayes, 1985). This sequence...copper mineralization. PGE generally are found with digenite and covellite rather Pt Pd 30 ppm 30 ppm Phosphatic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfides. In view of the recent recognitionof 'digenite,,djurlei.te,anilite and other new mineralsin the...Cu at red-.beddeposits. Several workers report digenite (McCauley, 1961; Kidwell and Bower, 1974) or blue... 1044 ARTHUR l/V. ROSE I COLORADO • P : KANSAS i OKLAHOMA .... ß .:! =.½. NE MEXIC }...1%5, Solutions,minerals and equilibria: New York, Harper and Row, 450 p. Glaeser,J. D., 1974,Upper Devonianstratigraphyand
 
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