Locality type:

Mine

Classification

Species:

Chalcocite

Formula:

Cu₂S

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

717728

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:717728:6

GUID (UUID V4):

876ed652-77bb-4e8b-86c9-b2b14f3b5dc1

References

Cox, Dennis P., Lindsey, David A., Singer, Donald A., Diggles, Michael F. (2003) Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits of the World: Deposit Models and Database. Open-File Report 2003-107. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr2003107

Milesi, J. P., Toteu, S. F., Deschamps, Y., Feybesse, J. L., Lerouge, C., Cocherie, A., ... & Nicol, N. (2006). An overview of the geology and major ore deposits of Central Africa: Explanatory note for the 1: 4,000,000 map “Geology and major ore deposits of Central Africa”. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 44(4-5), 571-595.

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	Cox, Dennis P., Lindsey, David A., Singer, Donald A., Diggles, Michael F. (2003) Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits of the World: Deposit Models and Database. Open-File Report 2003-107. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr2003107	Report (issue)
	following minerals deposited in zones in this order: chalcocite and other CU S minerals, bornite, chalcopyrite...pyrite, and 2 subordinate galena and sphalerite. Chalcocite forms near the oxidized source of copper; pyrite...exposures may be completely leached. Secondary chalcocite enrichment is not present in many deposits because...involved in mining sediment-hosted copper deposits. Chalcocite and bornite in the high-grade zone are fairly...hydrothermal overprint on sedimentary–diagenetic bornite-chalcocite mineralization. Arsenic, cadmium, mercury and
	Dill, Harald G. (2010) The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium. Earth-Science Reviews, 100 (1) 1-420 doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.011	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Ceriopyrochlore Cerite Cerussite Chabazite-(Ca) Chalcedony Chalcocite Chalcomenite Chalcophanite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite...serpentinite at Barberton, South Africa (Hiemstra and de Waal, H.G. Dill / Earth-Science Reviews 100 (2010)...Dominican Republic, Lake Izabel, Guatemala, Loma de Hierro, Venezuela, Cerro Matoso, Colombia, Aghios...ophiolites (harzburgite, dunite). (Fig. 04.06) (Chételat de, 1947; Dixon, 1979). Supergene Ni mineralization...Chételat (1947). of the garnierites of the Uralian province are of hypogene rather supergene origin (chrysotile
	Dill, Harald G. (2010) The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium. Earth-Science Reviews, 100 (1) 1-420 doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.011	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Ceriopyrochlore Cerite Cerussite Chabazite-(Ca) Chalcedony Chalcocite Chalcomenite Chalcophanite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite...serpentinite at Barberton, South Africa (Hiemstra and de Waal, H.G. Dill / Earth-Science Reviews 100 (2010)...Dominican Republic, Lake Izabel, Guatemala, Loma de Hierro, Venezuela, Cerro Matoso, Colombia, Aghios...ophiolites (harzburgite, dunite). (Fig. 04.06) (Chételat de, 1947; Dixon, 1979). Supergene Ni mineralization...Chételat (1947). of the garnierites of the Uralian province are of hypogene rather supergene origin (chrysotile

Chalcocite from Cachoeiras de Binga, Sumbe, Cuanza Sul Province, Angola

Chalcocite from
Cachoeiras de Binga, Sumbe, Cuanza Sul Province, Angola