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Sphalerite from
Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte7 photos of Sphalerite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Galena6 photos of Sphalerite associated with Galena at this locality.
Dolomite3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Pyrite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:647929
Long-form Identifier:1:3:647929:9
GUID (UUID V4):ec0fd57f-acc0-47f6-bdb7-391a42711911
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
21.5km (13.4 miles) Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pan-African, Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb deposit, southwestern Namibia D.J. Alchin Kumba Resources...Grahamstown, South Africa e-mail: J.Moore@ru.ac.za “Rosh Pinah” – The stone which the builders refused has become...genesis of the Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb deposit in southwestern Namibia. During continental rifting...rifting at ~740 Ma, an intracratonic rift (Rosh Pinah Graben) became detached from the main Gariep depository...deep rift. Mineralisation consists mainly of sphalerite, pyrite, galena and chalcopyrite within mudstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
around the Rosh Pinah massive sulphide deposit in the external Pan-African Gariep Belt, Namibia H. E. Frimmel...Pan-African Gariep Belt, with emphasis on the Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb sulphide deposit, demonstrated that the...pre-Gariep basement near the volcano-sedimentary Rosh Pinah Formation. These are explained by derivation...Very rare pre-orogenic fluids discovered in Rosh Pinah mine samples display markedly different composition...host rock. The good preservation of the syn-rift Rosh Pinah ore bodies during the Gariep orogeny is explained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kingston"] at 08:22 13 August 2013 Rosh Pinah LEAD-ZINC MINE Figure 1 (above). Transparent yellow...the Rosh Pinah mine (foreground) with the village in the background. Gisela Hinder photo. Namibia 398...at 08:22 13 August 2013 he Rosh Pinah mine is located in southern Namibia, 20 kilometers north of the...and the farms Namuskluft 88 and Spitzkop III. The mine is somewhat isolated, and in order to get to it...need to be spent driving the roads in southern Namibia. The main access road branches off from the tarred
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Skorpion Supergene Zinc Deposit, Southern Namibia GREGOR BORG,† KATRIN KÄRNER, Petrology and Economic...Abstract The Skorpion zinc deposit in southwestern Namibia comprises a significant nonsulfide orebody (24...facies, and the complex deformational style of the region is the result of intense faulting, folding, and...sulfide minerals comprise pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, minor chalcopyrite, and galena as well as secondary...secondary chalcocite and colloidal sphalerite (brunckite). The volcanic-hosted sulfide ore minerals are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19 Stratigraphic setting of the metalliferous Rosh Pinah Formation and the Spitzkop and Koivib Suites...Suites in the Pan-African Gariep Belt, southwestern Namibia D.J. Alchin Kumba Resources, P O Box 1224, Postmasburg...proposed for the Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Formation in southwestern Namibia. The formation forms part of...hosting two major economic base metal deposits at Rosh Pinah and Skorpion. It is characterised by the presence...failed intracratonic rift graben in the east (Rosh Pinah Graben) that was separated by a basement horst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zinc-lead deposits in Neoproterozoic units of Namibia: Lead isotopic and geochemical evidence Received:...Neoproterozoic sediment-hosted Zn-Pb sulphide deposit at Rosh Pinah and the oxidised Zn deposit at Skorpion in the...southwestern Namibia, as well as that of galena from minor occurrences in the wider Rosh Pinah ore province...rock to the Rosh Pinah deposit and its stratigraphic equivalents. The pre-orogenic Rosh Pinah deposit and...the metasedimentary siliciclastic host to the Rosh Pinah deposit. Derivation of the Pb, and by Editorial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonate beds in the Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Formation, Namibia: Implications on depositional setting...altered carbonate rocks are an important host to Rosh Pinah-type base metal sulphide mineralisation in the...the PanAfrican Gariep Belt in southern Namibia. In order to elucidate the genesis and environment of formation...other being in a more distal position at the Rosh Pinah mine, revealed a primary sedimentary origin for...for the Rosh Pinah Formation. Introduction Two major base metal ore deposits, the Rosh Pinah ZnPb sulphide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sediment-hosted Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb-Ag deposit in the Pan African Gariep Belt, southwestern Namibia Abraham Rozendaal...ABSTRACT Limitations on the life-of-mine of the sediment-hosted Rosh Pinah deposit urged exploration for extensions...from detailed lithogeochemical traverses on the C Mine and Eastern Orefield, coupled with mineralogical...of a large (n > 400) multielement data set of the mine area, showed that the extent of wall rock alteration...Indices devised for the various lithologies of the Rosh Pinah deposit, such as the Barium Alteration Index
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Formation is unconformiblyoverlain by the younger at Rosh Pinah. Hilda Series of the Gariep Systemwhich is in...rocks of the Hilda Series The mining area of Rosh Pinah is situatedap- to the northwest. consist of dolomite...few kilometers Huns Mountains to the east of Rosh Pinah. The scantyvegetationconsists mainlyof succulents...otherxerophyticplants. to the south and southeast of Rosh Pinah. The Kapok Formation •RegionalGeological Setting...pyroclasticswith THE Pb-ZnDEPOSITOF ROSHPIN,4H MINE 307 I LOCALITY MAP. Windhoek / • SOUTH WEST
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
blankets of porphyry Cu deposits in the Atacama region. The Chilean Palaeocene-Eocene metallogenic belt...Faride epithermal silver–gold deposit, Antofagasta region, Chile, Economic Geology, 86, 1222– 1237. Warren...Capricornio Au–Ag epithermal vein system, Antofagasta region, Chile G. Arfè∗ 1, M. Boni1, N. Mondillo1,2, R...of smithsonite from Skorpion and Rosh Pinah Zn–(Pb) deposits (Namibia): preliminary results G. Arfé1,...sulphides including galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and bornite. The hypogene mineralisation is deeply
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and 558 pages later, ending with the Van der Plas mine. There is more, however, in the form of a chapter...10 percent of the photographs used in the first Namibia book are repeated here, so most are new. Many of...map showing its location in Namibia. Furthermore, unlike the first Namibia book that had multiple reference...reference lists after each region, there is one composite reference list at the end of the book making it...pages), 3 photos; Aris (23 pages), 33 photos; Rosh Pinah (10 pages), 18 photos; Tsumeb (158 pages), 265
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is pyrite and arsenopyrite with lesser galena, sphalerite and pyrrhotite. Minor phases of bismuthides and...blankets of porphyry Cu deposits in the Atacama region. The Chilean Palaeocene-Eocene metallogenic belt...Faride epithermal silver–gold deposit, Antofagasta region, Chile, Economic Geology, 86, 1222– 1237. Warren...Capricornio Au–Ag epithermal vein system, Antofagasta region, Chile G. Arfè∗ 1, M. Boni1, N. Mondillo1,2, R...of smithsonite from Skorpion and Rosh Pinah Zn–(Pb) deposits (Namibia): preliminary results G. Arfé1,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and dolomite, was discovered in the Westvaco trona mine in Wyoming where it occurs in microscopic quantities...in a newly discoveredzinc-lead-copperdepositat Rosh Pinah, situated about 100 miles south-eastof Aus in...ore-mineralsin the deposit are mainly pyrite, sphalerite, galena,chalcopyrite and tennantite, the latter...the first time by Lippmann (1962) from the barite mine in Hot Spring Countv. Arkansas. 1770 NORSETHITE...of South West Africa showins the location of Rosh Pinah. :r:1' Fro. 2. Interlocking norsethite (light-grey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
roaster feed concentrate consisted of a blend of Rosh Pinah, Black mountain and an import concentrate. The...roasters consisted of a mixture of Black Mountain, Rosh Pinah and an imported concentrate. Each feed concentrate...composed of 29% Black Mountain, 26% Import and 45% Rosh Pinah. Thermodynamic process modelling FactSage simulations...feed Phase Mixture Black Mountain Import Rosh Pinah ZnS CuFeS2 FeS2 SiO2 BaSO4 CaMg(CO3)2 PbS FeS...proportions of solids phases differ with more unreacted sphalerite at oxygen ratio of 0?84 with the resultant smaller
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Differentiating dilution and retention processes in mine effluent remediation within a natural wetland on...Casas, Joan de Pablo, and Jordi Bruno 1284 Acid mine drainage in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Odiel river...Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)2, a new sulfosalt from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps: Definition and crystal structure—P...Kimberlite-hosting fault zones in the Malaya Botuoba region, Yakutian diamondiferous province—A.S. Gladkov...of gold in stream sediments in the Sungai Kuli region, Sabah, Malaysia—W.K. Fletcher and J. Muda Transportation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
N ames Skorpionite Skorpion Mine Lüderitz District Karas Region Namibia BRUCE CAIRNCROSS S Department...scattered on a green tarbuttite matrix, Skorpion Zinc mine; field of view 1.6 cm. Bruce Cairncross specimen...Skorpion mine 562 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 2. View of the mining operation at the Skorpion Zinc mine ca....Figure 3. Location of the Skorpion Zinc mine in southern Namibia; prepared by William Besse. Dr. Bruce...cleavage. The mineral is named after the Skorpion Zinc mine where it was discovered, and that is the only known
Report (issue)
Arkansas, USA); calcite, alstonite, fluorite, sphalerite (Cave-in-Rock, Illinois, USA); huntite, barytocalcite...Distribution: In the USA, from the Baroid barite mine about four km east-northeast of Magnet Cove, Hot...Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, and in the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois. From the...Canada. At Långban, Värmland, Sweden. From Rosh Pinah, Namibia. In the Murun massif, southwest of Olekminsk
Catalog/List
4 TINZENITE rich, orange mass on quartz Cassagna Mine, Liguria Italy 2 x 2.5cm £7 7 "MOHAWKITE" a burnjshed...surface . good coverage about 1.5mm thick Cassagna Mine, Ne ,Graveglia Valley, Liguria Italy, I collected...crystals over most of the surface Sefrou, Fes-meknes region Morocco £25 26 BANALSITE brown massive with some...some reddish hematite areas 6x3.5x2cm Benallt Mine , Rhiw, Llyen North Wales £20 28 OLIVINE "bomb" green...remarkably solid piece for this species Erongo region Namibia 6x5 £25 37 P AL YGORSKITE very light weight
Book
Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...s Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science
Book
systematically present the geology of each country, region and continent on Earth. Each book aims to provide...counterpart of the Oranjemund Group (Gariep Belt) cropping out in the western borders of Namibia and South Africa...concerning the tectonic and geodynamic evolution of this region during the Precambrian. Major tectonometamorphic...tectonostratigraphic domains and structures of the region are presented, together with implications for the... They emphasize the enormous potential of this region in terms of base (Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Ni), precious
Book
REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
styles of VMS mineralization present in a particular region can be predicted from examination of the facies...inner zone of chalcopyrite and pyrite followed by sphalerite and galena, more distal barite and a large external...chimneys and spires are pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena with Mg-rich silicates, carbonates...cemented by sandy textured NU pyrite and lesser sphalerite and chalcopyrite that is interpreted to be the...are relatively unmetamorphosed and undeformed, and mine plans and TE sections clearly show the mound morphologies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Morro Agudo, in the Vazante Group; (2) Windhoek, Namibia (2002), at the 11th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium...Geocongress, with the Otavi Mountain Land of northern Namibia as the main focus; (3) Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo (2003)...the Geoscience Africa symposium; (5) Windhoek, Namibia and South Africa (2005), in the Gariep-Matchless...glaciogenic diamicites and cap carbonates in Brazil, Namibia and Congo– Zambia, which represent an important...Bambui, Vazante (Brazil), Nosib, Otavi, Mulden (Namibia) and Roan, Nguba, Kundelungu (D.R.Congo) are equivalent
Catalog/List
rich black pitch like mass in blue Chrysocolla Star Mine, L_u/lwmbashi South Katanga C;fi/40 small 2x2 £25...tabular twinned crystal about 8 mm size ( Telino Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £40 Na Be PO4 11...( small hollow tubes or epimorphs) Toca da Onca Mine, Virgem da lapa, Minas Gerais Brazil £35 12. HOLMQUISTlTE...micro crystals on l xl .5 inch matrix Schoeller Mine Kladno. Czech Republic . a 15. KTENASITE blue...blue micros and coatings on l xl inch Glomrudkollen Mine, Modum Norway l xl £12 16. CORNETITE rich coverage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and 3:30 P.M. • The Alte Elisabeth (Old Elisabeth) mine offers onehour guided tours of surface machinery...Sundays, 11:00 A.M. • The Reiche Zeche, a teaching mine, open to visitors, includes a collection of minerals...2.5-hour underground guided tours of the silver mine for those twelve and older. Open 9:30 A.M.–2:30...Calcite, 14 × 7 cm, from the United States (Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee). Jörg Wittig photo. Figure...important mineral location to see a view of the actual mine displayed on the wall. For additional information
 
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