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Chalcopyrite from
Kingston Mine, Navilawa, Viti Levu, Fiji


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kingston Mine, Navilawa, Viti Levu, Fiji
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:842231
Long-form Identifier:1:3:842231:6
GUID (UUID V4):3f46f289-3a6d-4c3e-92d5-0ea5f71235c9
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Au- and Porphyry Cu-Style Mineralization, Navilawa Caldera, Fiji Nathan A. Forsythe 1 , Paul G. Spry 1,...Abstract: The Navilawa caldera is the remnant of a shoshonitic volcano on Viti Levu, Fiji, and sits adjacent...epithermal Au–Te deposit. The caldera occurs along the Viti Levu lineament, approximately 50 km SW of the Tavua...the central, northern, and eastern parts of the Navilawa caldera where it is spatially associated with...low-grade porphyry Cu–Au mineralization at the Kingston prospect and various epithermal Au–(Te) vein systems
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Characteristics of the Tuvatu Gold-Silver Telluride Deposit, Fiji: Comparisons with the Emperor Deposit NANCY L. SCHERBARTH*...of 13 t Au is the second largest gold deposit in Fiji after the large Emperor gold telluride deposit (production...occur along the >250-km east-northeast–trending Viti Levu lineament. They are spatially associated with...groups) spatially related to the Viti Levu lineament in northern Viti Levu. Introduction THE TUVATU ore...system is one of the three largest gold systems in Fiji, the other two are the Emperor (Ahmad et al., 1987;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
6 The MineralDepositsand Metallogenesis of the Fiji Platform HOWARD COLLEY * Instituut voor Aardwetenschappen... The Fiji platform has a thick, youthful crust of ensimaticorigin. Stratigraphy within the Fiji islandsindicatesa...late Miocene tectonic event. Mineral depositsin Fiji includevarioustypesof massivesulfide;manganeseores;...Plioceneage. Nearly all the major mineraldepositsin Fiji are associated with theserocks. Volcanic and structuralfactors...orogenyand deepfracturing of the Fiji platform--factorsof fundamentalimportanceto Fiji mineralization;however,a
Report (Issue volume)
Tanganyika 6, Uganda 6, Nyasaland 3, Jamaica 2, Fiji 2, British Guiana 2, Bechuanaland 1, British Solomon...1� Sierra Leone 1. 1965 19 British Guiana 2, Fiji 1, Jamaica 1, Kenya 1, Sierra Leone I, Swaziland...diamonds in this region. Gold, native copper, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, scheelite and cinnabar were identified...Experimental Officer. Thirty samples from the Emperor Gold Mine, Fij i, were assayed for gold and silver and traces...silver were also made on 91 samples from Peter's Mine, British Guiana. Analyses were made on 30 samples
Book (edition)
. . . . . . . 6.3.2 Emperor Gold Deposit, Viti Levu, Fiji. . . . 6.3.3 Dinkidi Copper-Gold Deposit, Didipio...New Guinea, 13 Roumania, 14 Mariana Islands, 15 Fiji, 16 Kuril Islands, 17 Vanuatu, 18 Sunda Arc, 19.... . Samples from oceanic arcs (Lihir Island, Viti Levu, Goonumbla) plotted on the (TiO2/10)(Lax10)-(P2O5/10)...13 Fig. 6.14 Fig. 6.15 Fig. 6.16 pyrite ± chalcopyrite and cut by pyrite ± quartz stockwork veining...Geological overview of the Emperor gold deposit, Fiji. Modified after Setterfield et al. (1991) . . .
Book (edition)
Island, Papua New Guinea Emperor Gold Deposit, Viti Levu, Fiji . Dinkidi Copper-Gold Deposit, Didipio, Phillipines... Philippines . EI Indio, Chile . Emperor, Viti Levu, Fiji . Goonumbla, New South Wales, Australia Grasberg...Cripple Creek, USA (Thompson 1992), and Emperor, Fiji (Anderson and Eaton 1990; Setterfield 1991) are... Oceanic arcs (late) 4. Within-plate settings Fiji a Gill and Whelan (1989) 119 Borneo Bergman et...New Guinea, 13 Roumania, 14 Mariana Islands, 15 Fiji, 16 Kuril Islands, 17 Vanuatu, 18 Sunda Are, 19
Book (edition)
. . . . . . . 6.3.2 Emperor Gold Deposit, Viti Levu, Fiji . . . . . . . . 6.3.3 Dinkidi Copper-Gold Deposit...resources of 200,000 oz. gold both at Kanowna Belle Gold Mine, Australia, and at the Jabal Shayban Gold Project...New Guinea, 13 Roumania, 14 Mariana Islands, 15 Fiji, 16 Kuril Islands, 17 Vanuatu, 18 Sunda Arc, 19...altered monzodiorite with disseminated pyrite ± chalcopyrite and cut by pyrite ± quartz stockwork veining...Geological overview of the Emperor gold deposit, Fiji. Modified after Setterfield et al. (1991) . . . .
Report (issue)
107 Plate XXIII Field Activities in Antigua and Fiji " 116 Plate XXIV Geological Survey of British Solomon...16 Geological Mapping in Viti Levu by the Geological . . . . Survey of Fiji since 1952 " 115 Text-fig...potential coalfield areas, at the Moshaneng asbestos mine, and near Lobatsi. In 1954, geological mapping began...interest. A Government Geological Survey was founded in Fiji in 1951, but, owing to illness and the pressure...the end of 1956 approximately 660 sq. miles in Viti Levu were mapped on scales varying from 1 : 15,840
Book
Papua New Guinea . . . . Emperor Gold Deposit, Viti Levu, Fiji . . . . . . . . . Goonumbla Copper-Gold Deposit...Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emperor, Viti Levu, Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goonumbla, New South...1990; Richards 1990a; White et al. 1995), Emperor in Fiji (Anderson and Eaton 1990; Setterfield 1991), and... Oceanic arcs (late) 4. Within-plate settings Fiji a Borneo Gill and Whelan (1989) 119 Kuril Islands...Late oceanic arc settings are well represented in Fiji (Gill 1970) and the New Hebrides (Gorton 1977; Marcelot
Journal (issue)
Territories in Borneo British Guiana • • • • • • Fiji • • • • • • • • • NOTES Statistical Summary...STANTON, 1 M.Sc., Ph.D., F.G.S. Queen'sUniversity,Kingston, Ontario,Canada ABSTRACT 1950-51 (UNIVERSITY OF...extensive Mkonda graphite occurrence near Sasare mine, the two together extending over a total distance...surveys were carried out at the Kgwakgwe manganese mine on behalf of Marlime Chrysotile Corporation in the...also arose in the underground development of the mine and the Geological Survey assisted by carrying out
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/oregeo The Engineer Mine, British Columbia: An example of epithermal Au-Ag...and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada f Department of Earth...Roscoelite Vanadium a b s t r a c t The Engineer Mine epithermal precious metal deposit in British Columbia...style of epithermal mineralization at the Engineer Mine we conducted detailed petrographic, mineralogical...studies. The principal ore assemblage of the Engineer Mine epithermal veins precipitated in response to boiling
Journal (issue)
Somaliland Protectorate . British Territories in Borneo Fiji . . . • • • . • . • . 423 . British...2nd Ed. B y W. D. Wright . . . 464 Metalliferous Mine Surveying. 4 t h Ed. B y F. Winiberg, revised and... carried out in the vicinity of the Mpanda lead mine, together with large-scale diamond-drilling by the...other minerals present were monazite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, lollingite and 416 O V E R S E A S G E...interest. Fiji The following account of the activities of the Geological Survey of Fiji for the first
Journal (issue)
Honduras • Jamaica • Leeward Islands • • • • Fiji • • • ♦ • • British Solomon Islands Protectorate...Zircons from nepheline-syenite-gneiss, south of Mine Camp, Tambane apparent ages of four samples: 515...from an albite-aegirine rocl( 2 miles north-west of Mine Camp, Tambane apparent age: 542 m.y. Average apparentage...constitution. The galena from Neardy (No. 18), a mine near Odzi Station, Southern Rhodesia, was deposited...pegmatite comes from the important Geomines tin mine, and is a typical Kibaran pegmatite, while that
Report (issue)
British Solomon Islands Protectorate • • 167 • • • • Fiji • • • • • • • • 170 • • • • • Guyana • • • • • 173...the Geological Survey . . . Department at Suva, Fiji . Fig. 1 Availability of one-inch geological maps...More. Also, 877 ft of strata were examined in a mine drift. Inquiries : The number of inquiries has now...February and March Mr. Pallister spent 1 7 days in Fiji attending the South West Pacific Geological Survey...inspected prospecting and mining activity on Viti Levu. He was able to meet senior representatives from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MerenskyReef at the RustenburgPlatinumMine GORDON A. KINGSTON AND BOTHINA T. EL-DOSUKY Department of Mineral...normalreef faciesin the centralsectionof the Rustenburg mine are described and discussed. The studyindicatesthat...publishedlocationand analysesof discrete at the Union mine where a considerablythicker facies platinum-groupmineralsin...polishedsectionsof the occurs. ore wasaccomplished (Kingston,1966).Further pubPublications includingdata on...1924, much admirablework wasdone by Cooper platinum mine, and Schwellnuset al. (1976) on the (1928, 1929)
Journal (issue)
British Territories in Borneo British Guiana • • Fiji • • • • • • • • • • • • 73 • • • •...indicated by LOWER the prefix 'R' : 1. Pak Kion Mine No. 4 (map reference P.664010), about 2 miles ESE... 2. Hawthornden Mine No. 2 (map reference P.665032); R.4364854. 3. Hawthornden Mine No. 3 (map reference...Setapak and about I½ miles north of the Pak Kion Mine No. 4. The material is lithologically similar at...Material: One mould of a calice, R.43646, from Pak Kion Mine No. 4. Description: The calice, which may have suffered
Report (volume)
Mineral Resources of the Kingston Range Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California U.S...1709-D 1&* Chapter D Mineral Resources of the Kingston Range Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineral resources of the Kingston Range Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County...California Kingston Range Wilderness. 2. Geology California Kingston Range Wilderness. 3. Kingston Range Wilderness...the results of a mineral survey of a part of the Kingston Range Wilderness Study Area (CDCA-222), California
Report (chapter)
mineralogical input at various stages in the life cycle of a mine. It is concluded that it is difficult for the mineralogist...essential and ongoing participant of exploration and mine evaluation exercises. It is thus important that...play a part in a whole range of activities as the mine evolves and eventually dies. Examples include: (1)...Monash University on April 11, 2015 48 G. A. KINGSTON Mature production C 0 ,,, o ,"/ 9 "O O L...E'xDa,,_. Or//, ~ Fig. 1. The life cycle of a mine (after Peters 1978) (2) refinements in the classification
Report (issue)
Golddust Camp................................. Kingston district................................................ Black Colt mine.......................................... Comstock mine............................. Lady Franklin mine....................................... Superior mine.........................mines..................................... Iron King mine........................................... Brush...States mines......................... Ingersoil mine........................................... 1 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Champion No. 3 mine at Painsdale, Houghton County, Michigan. Note the Champion No. 4 mine shaft house in...Map of the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan showing mine sites in Keweenaw, Houghton, and Ontonagon counties...During the weathering of copper sulfides (such as chalcopyrite, CuFeS2, or chalcocite, Cu2S), the 65 Cu is...specimens collected from Michigan, along with chalcopyrite from Namibia, were each dissolved in 4 ml of...billion (ppb) Cu for analysis, which generated Mine location and copper isotope values for the native
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consists mainly of disseminated and/or vein-related chalcopyrite within the central potassic alteration zone...Island), Porgera, both Papua New Guinea, Emperor, Fiji, and the giant porphyry copper-gold deposits Bingham...SerenaO • Andl~tcoll0 I q • Porphyry Cu mine Epithermal Au-Ag• Cu mine [] Miocenevolcanic rocks t,,, 300...Farallon Negro Formation also hosts a rhodochrosite mine at Capillitas, producing gemquality material. Porphyry... 1995). The only hypogene copper mineral is chalcopyrite (Guilbert, 1995). The central potassic alteration
Catalog/List
140x90x20mm. £18. 3. ANTIMONITE. Xikuangshan Mine, Hunan, China. A single lead grey lustrous xl 110x9x7mn...4. APATITE AND SIDERITE ON QUARTZ. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portugal, An impressive display specimen... 5. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. Tecoma Hill Mine, Lucin District, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA. Beautiful...50x50x40ram. £28. 7., BARITE. Wilsons Stope, Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria. An interesting "hedgehog" group...circular banding. 60x50x20mm. £9. 9. BARITE. Parkside Mine, Egremont, Cumberland. A single terminated pale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries, Kingston"] at 08:30 13 August 2013 Figure 2 (below). Arizona...Sleeping Beauty mine, Gila County. Figure 3 (top right). Collecting at the Rowley mine, Maricopa County...known for its wulfenite mineral specimens, this mine also produces excellent chrysocolla rough as well... Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries, Kingston"] at 08:30 13 August 2013 In terms of both quantity...operated the turquoise mine at Turquoise Mountain, Gleeson, and the amethyst mine at Four Peaks. Arizona’s
Report (issue)
Overseas • British Solomon Islands Protectorate • • • Fiji • • • • • • • • • • New Hebrides • • • • • • • Swaziland...exploratory underground drives at The Janes and Nangiles Mine, near Chacewater, the te1escoping of thermal mineral... FIELD INVESTIGATIONS AT HOME Survey, at the Kingston College of Further Education. The course has covered...fossiliferous strata. Traces of mineralization with chalcopyrite and micaceous hematite were recorded in disturbed...assignments in Botswana, British Solomon Islands, Burma, Fiji, Hong Kong, Iran, Kenya, Malawi, New Hebrides, Peru
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks), direct atmospheric leaching of the run of the mine (5ROM) ore with sulphuric acid will not be economically...was crosscut by quartz and muscovite veins and chalcopyrite precipitated together with chalcocite and pyrite...Intergrowths of stannite and chalcopyrite in sphalerite, note the ‘chalcopyrite disease’ texture NO 1 ...Wheal Jane Wheal Penrose Stannite Sphalerite Chalcopyrite 3990 2150 560 330 700 5740 7320 1920 820...stannite and chalcopyrite in sphalerite and stannite in chalcopyrite resembling ‘chalcopyrite disease’.
 
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