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Arsenopyrite from
Fairview Mine, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fairview Mine, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:779722
Long-form Identifier:1:3:779722:4
GUID (UUID V4):d2ecc5f3-ddb4-40b8-838f-538b552a96df
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
4.3km (2.7 miles) Sheba Mine, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
7.8km (4.8 miles) Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
9.3km (5.8 miles) New Consort Mine, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
33.1km (20.6 miles) She Mine, Pigg's Peak, Hhohho Region, Eswatini
48.4km (30.1 miles) Forbes Reef area, Malolotja Nature Reserve, Hhohho Region, Eswatini
77.4km (48.1 miles) Rietfontein Mine, Sabie, Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
98.3km (61.1 miles) Pilgrim's Rest, Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at Sheba and Fairview gold mines: Clues to Mesoarchean mineralisation in the Barberton Greenstone Belt...Belt, South Africa Andrea Agangi a,⁎, Axel Hofmann a, Wojciech Przybyłowicz b,c,1 a b c PaleoProterozoic...University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa Materials Research Department, iThemba LABS...Foundation, PO Box 722, Somerset West 7129, South Africa AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty...gold Pyrite Arsenopyrite Archean Barberton Greenstone Belt a b s t r a c t The Fairview and Sheba mines
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...(higher temperature, close to granitoid contact), Fairview, and Sheba (lower temperature in the interior...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 ε109Ag values (differences in 109Ag/107Ag
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Complex of the Fairview Mine—multiphase gold mineralization during regional folding, Barberton Greenstone...Greenstone Belt, South Africa Jonathan Gloyn-Jones 1 & Alexander Kisters 1 Received: 5 September 2018 / Accepted:...Abstract Gold production in Fairview Mine in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, is focused on high-grade...metasedimentary rocks. The main ore shoot of the MRC at Fairview shows a steep southeasterly plunge that can be...relationships with other auriferous reefs from the Fairview Mine complex indicate a late timing of the MRC-type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
structurally-controlled gold mineralisation of the Barberton Greenstone Belt Andrea Agangi a,⇑, Axel Hofmann...Geology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa c Université Lyon, UJM –Saint Etienne, Laboratoire...Archaean Gold Barberton Greenstone Belt Multiple S isotopes a b s t r a c t The Barberton Greenstone Belt...Belt of southern Africa hosts several Mesoarchaean gold deposits. The ores were mostly formed in greenschist...isotopes in sulfide ore from Sheba and Fairview mines of the Barberton Greenstone Belt to distinguish ‘‘deep”
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of gold mineralisation in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa M.A.H. Altigani, R.K.W. Merkle...Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028,South Africa a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...2015 Available online 18 December 2015 Keywords: Barberton Gold Hydrothermal Halogen Mineralisation a b...associated sulphides at Sheba, Fairview, and New Consort gold mines in the Barberton Greenstone Belt (BGB) identify...Introduction The Barberton Greenstone Belt (BGB) of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa (Fig. 1), is one
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the Hope reef at Fairview Mine, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa Jonathan Gloyn-Jones, Alexander...mineralization in the Hope reef at Fairview Mine, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa, Ore Geology Reviews (2018)...mineralization in the Hope reef at Fairview Mine, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa Jonathan Gloyn-Jones* and...Stellenbosch, Matieland 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa * corresponding author: gloynjonesgeologist@gmail...auriferous shear zones at Fairview Mine in the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa, collectively referred
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARTICLE The New Consort Gold Mine, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa: orogenic gold mineralization...Consort Gold Mine in the Palaeo- to Mesoarchaean Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa is one of the...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...ranging from arsenopyrite + pyrite + pyrrhotite in the structurally highest to arsenopyrite + pyrrhotite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALISATION IN THE SHEBA-FAIRVIEW MINE, BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT, SOUTH AFRICA P.H.G.M. DIRKS School of...Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa Current Address: School of Earth and Environmental...Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa e-mail: guy.charlesworth@wits.ac.za; mphoyanga...Society of South Africa ABSTRACT Gold mineralisation in the world-class Sheba-Fairview mining district in the...the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa, occurs along a fracture network that is arranged in overlapping
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...Nathans (Capricorn Orogen), Sheba and Fairview mines (Barberton Greenstone Belt), and Obuasi (Ashanti... 1995). Barberton Greenstone Belt, Sheba and Fairview mines 3 The Palaeoarchaean Barberton Greenstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minimumscaleof •60 x 10 km andfor phaseseparation on a local(mine)scale.Evidencefor phaseseparation is notedby...SouthAfrica. 0361-0128/92/1316/366-3753.00 366 BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT GOLD DEPOSITS 367 b34Ssulfides...comprisingbasalmetavolcanicrocks of the kg), Consort(61,171 kg), Fairview(37,493 kg), and OnverwachtGroup, overlainby fine...leastasyoungas3164 _ 12 Ma (Arm- Abbotts,Fortuna, Fairview, and Three Sisters,are in thisarc(Fig. 1). The...locatedslightlyto the south, therefore,hasa geologichistorythat spansca. 300 and the Three Sisters mine to the northeast
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2007, Vol. 71(2), pp. 123–142 Gold-bearing arsenopyrite and pyrite in refractory ores: analytical refinements...used to study Au occurrences within pyrite and arsenopyrite in four refractory Au ores from Colombia, France...closely linked to As distribution. Gold bonding in arsenopyrite, examined by transmission electron microscopy...patterns and As-Au diffusion zoning in pyrite and arsenopyrite may account for the very irregular distribution...these minerals. K EY WORDS : gold, arsenic, arsenopyrite, pyrite, refractory ores, growth zoning, electron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of the northwest part of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: A review C.R. Anhaeusser Economic...2050, South Africa e-mail: carl.anhaeusser@wits.ac.za © 2019 December Geological Society of South Africa...Abstract Formations on the northwestern flank of the Barberton Greenstone Belt have hosted over 85% of all the...the gold recovered from the ca. 3550 to 3000 Ma Barberton Supergroup since early discoveries in 1872. This...Pluton invaded the area north of present day Barberton town causing the separation of the greenstones
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...temperature from +500 to +200°C. The combination of arsenopyrite and oxygen isotope geothermometry, sphalerite...formation of biotite, tourmaline, pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite. Hand specimen description Sample Description...muscovite - calcite(?) pyrrhotite + possibly arsenopyrite, tourmaline, chlorite, garnet, scheelite, titanite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for a gruneritic Archean gold deposit, Barberton, South Africa Patrick J. Williams ) National Key Centre...Abstract The Lily mine, located some 24 km northeast of Barberton in South Africa, occurs stratabound...adjacent to the Lily Fault. Native gold occurs with arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, minor chalcopyrite, sphalerite...gold; Archean; metamorphism; grunerite; Barberton; South Africa 1. Introduction Stratabound deposits in...rocks of the 3.5–3.0 Ga Barberton granite–greenstone association in southern Africa contain an exceptional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EXTENSION IN THE NEW CONSORT GOLD MINE, BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT, SOUTH AFRICA M.R. MUNYAI School of Geosciences...University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, 2050, South Africa e-mail: mphoyanga@yahoo.com; guy.charlesworth@wits...University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, 2050, South Africa School of Earth and Environmental Science, James...2050, South Africa e-mail: guy.charlesworth@wits.ac.za © 2011 June Geological Society of South Africa...Africa ABSTRACT The area around New Consort Gold Mine (NCGM) was complexly deformed during at least five
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold mineraliza‐ tion at Sheba Mine, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa Lucas Pintos Cerda, Caitlin...gold mineralization at Sheba Mine, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, Ore Geology Reviews (2020)...mineralization at Sheba Mine, 4 Barberton Greenstone Belt, South 5 Africa. 6 Lucas Pintos Cerda1*...Stellenbosch, Matieland 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 10 11 *Corresponding author: E-mail address:...data from Sheba gold mine in the 17 Barberton Greenstone Belt of South Africa indicate that gold mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LOWER PART OF THE ARCHAEAN FIG TREE GROUP (SOUTH AFRICA) THOMAS O. REIMER Dyckerhoff Engineering GmbH... lower part of the Archaean Fig Tree Group (South Africa). Precambrian Res., 20: 375--390. The Ulundi...lowermost Fig Tree Group in the type area in the Barberton Mountain Land consists of a sequence of quartz--sericite...the Swaziland Supergroup in the Barberton Mountain Land of South Africa (Fig. 1) is related to the number...Publishers B.V. 376 Daylight Mine, and by Pflug (1966) from the Sheba Mine. These microfossils usually
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
andTraceElementsfromSulfides of Archcan Greenstone Belts in South Africa A Contribution to the Knowledgeof theOlde...found in the vein-typedepositof the Old Star Gold Mine in the Murchison:Range. The variableisotopicratios...edin pyrites from gold-sulfidedepositsin the Barberton Mountain Land supportthemetallogenetic concepts... over a distance of more than 2 and 3). The Barberton Mountain Land forms a rugged, wedge-shapedmountain... LEAD ISOTOPES AND TRACE ELEMENT,5', SOUTH 45 AFRICA 'FA[•I.i.:l. Previous Geochr(;noh•gi('al
Book
Archaean Geology of the Kaapvaal Craton, Southern Africa Regional Geology Reviews Series editors Roland... Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa François M. Roure, Rueil-Malmaison, France ...Archaean Geology of the Kaapvaal Craton, Southern Africa 123 Editors Alfred Kröner Institut für Geowissenschaften...Geology University of Johannesburg Auckland Park, South Africa ISSN 2364-6438 ISSN 2364-6446 (electronic)...continued interest. The Kaapvaal Craton of Southern Africa is featuring prominently in early Earth studies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa; godie.t.bare@gmail.com (G.T.B.); jeanjacquesmils@gmail...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Manicaland...Ghana), Con Mine (Yellowknife, NT, Canada), Barrick Goldstrike (Eureka County, NV, USA), Fairview (Barberton...(Barberton, South Africa), Mount Morgan (Queensland, Australia) and Giant Yellowknife Mines (Yellowknife, NT...associated with As, S, silicates and talc in the Fairview calcine leach residue have been reported by Mutimutema
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
goldin bandediron-formation hosts Zimbabwe; Barberton; MorroVelho,Brazil).Thetwo earliersyngenetic mineralization...production. is that, despitetheir discordanceon the local scale, gressivefeatures; arestrata-bound ontheregionalscale(Ge5...oxide thedeposits muts and Theron, 1975), on the mine scale(Groves (or carbonate) on a mesoscopic or microscopic...elementalcomposition of the goldores.The oresare at Barberton, South Africa, and from Zimbabwe are characterized byhighconcentrations...is a dominantly Bedding trend Majorfaull Gold mine carbonate facies banded iron-formation, but the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dolomite, chlorite, pyrite, pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite are commonly present in addition to massive...after collision - Suture zone Inset (Kyzyl Kum district): Mesozoic - Cenozoic sedimentary cover Palaeozoic...Lake Issyk-Kul Tashkent Kokpatas Kyzyl Kum ore district 8 M oz. Samarqand Suture Tadjikistan Muruntau...case, gold intergrown with a fragment of an arsenopyrite crystal was observed (Fig. 5 b). The gold crystals...Associated minerals Scheelite, Bi-tellurides, and arsenopyrite are directly associated with Au I in the Central
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mesothermal gold ores of the Bogosu-Prestea mining district of the Ashanti Gold Belt, Ghana: remobilization...June 1994 Abstract. The Bogosu-Prestea mining district of southwestern Ghana is a 33 km section of the...and as "invisible" gold in arsenian pyrite and arsenopyrite. The structurally deeper ores of the adjoining...Canada), Agnico Eagle (Canada), Fairview (South Africa), Sheba (South Africa), Red Lake (Canada), Carlin...with As-rich growth bands in both pyrite and arsenopyrite, and suggested several possible methods by which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
striking degreeof homogeneity in 5180valueson vein, district,andregionalscales.In mostdistricts, 5•80 valuesfor...is the dominantsulfidewith varyingamounts of arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite. A strikingly consistentparagenesishas...deposited preferentiallyin fracturesin pyrite and arsenopyrite nadianCordillera and Late Cretaceousto Tertiary...Plutonic Complex Districts: 1 Sheep Creek 3 IAu) Fairview 4 Coquihalla Au 6 0 I 200 I CarlbooRiver...inclusionsin samplesfrom the Coquihalla,Venus,and Fairview districtsrange between 250 ø and 350øC (Fig. 2)
Journal (issue)
Twenty-three, Number Three ® Articles Gold in South Africa ..............................................Cairncross & C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County, Iowa ............. 231 by P. L. Garvin...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...in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed
 
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