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Fuchsite from
Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Fuchsite
Formula:K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kyaniteⓘ2 photos of Fuchsite associated with Kyanite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fuchsite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:982628
Long-form Identifier:1:3:982628:1
GUID (UUID V4):71e6c601-d9d7-4a21-b695-e6b03961158c
Nearest other occurrences of Fuchsite
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘPhalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘAthens-Weigel Mine, Consolidated Murchison Mines, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
87.4km (54.3 miles) ⓘWillemsoord West mine, Bourke's Luck, Pilgrim's Rest, Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:17 17 August 2017 of PALABORA Limpopo Province South Africa MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...Gauteng Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za A Figure 1. The abandoned Palabora open pit, photographed...bottom of the pit 300 meters below sea level. The Palabora* Igneous Complex (PIC) is located some 450 kilometers...kilometers northeast of Johannesburg in Limpopo Province, South Africa, just below the Tropic of Capricorn...and vermiculite from the complex. In 1956 the Palabora Mining Company was set up to develop the large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxidecopper-gold mantos accompanied by potassic (fuchsite, biotite and potassium feldspar) and/or calcic-sodic...consists of 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT magnetite, fuchsite, chalcopyrite, Ag-rich gold, cuprite, and late...hydrothermal activity: biotite and chromian muscovite (fuchsite) from mantos at the Guaynopa IOCG deposits yielded...attributed to Cenozoic extensional events. The local sedimentary country rocks (Figure 1) constitute...mineralogy consists of magnetite, chromian muscovite (fuchsite), chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, Ag-rich gold
Catalog/List
grey-black rich crystalline mass 3x4 Broken Hill, New South Wales Australia ÂŁ8 4 VANADINITE orange brown crystals...fibrous mass 5x3 Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence Co., New York, USA. ÂŁ7 6 MOHAWKITE...all over 4x4 surface. It's about lm thick Cassagna Mine, Ne ,Graveglia Valley, Liguria Italy, I collected...Cornwall ÂŁ10 15 BA YLDONITE green, small scale botryoidal 1cm x 8mm on 2.5xlcm Penberthy Croft Mine St Hilary...SUGILITE mauve chip about 8mm Wessels mine, North Cape Province South Africa ÂŁ8 31 CLINTONITE two or three small
Book (edition)
OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations, the Economic...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and/or craton-scale tectonism associated with the Limpopo Orogeny. Two samples gave TOages of -2350-2400...Geology, University of Cape Town, RondeLwsch7700, South Africa. 1933 1934 C. E. J. de Ronde et al. MOOD/ES...their Rb-Sr ratios from samples located 5-7 km south of the large Nelspruit granite batholith (blank...cryptic tectono-thermal events. LOCA’IION AND LOCAL GEOLOGY The samples chosen for 40Ar/3’Ar stepheating...T /EL ACK CHERT) -__ SIL IC/FlED ULTRAhfAFlC/LOCAL L Y CayTAlNS SPfNlFEX TEXTURES, GREEN CHERTI ff
Report (issue)
Geological Surveys, Common­ wealth Institute Building, South Kensington, London, S.W.7 (KENsington 3264, Ex.... Geological Map of the Hangha Chromite Mining District, reduced from 1 : 2,500 Field Survey " Surface...North ,, 17 Surface Geology of the North and South Bendu Pits ,, 18 5 LIST OF TABLES Table I Analyses...Chromiferous Dunite from Amba Pit, Hangha Chromite Mining District, Sierra Leone. 2. Detail of Chromite Banding...EXISTENCE of chromite in substantial quantity in the south-eastern part of the Sierra Leone Protectorate was
Journal (issue)
Nineteen, Number Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt...........221 COVER: ANGLESITE from the Touissit mine, Morocco. The large crystal measures 4.5 cm. This...Chichibu mine” (by Kuniaki Kato and Hidemichi Hori), “ Collecting report: Hikagezawa gold mine, Shizuoka...Avenue Sun City, Arizona 85351 he Tonopah-Belmont mine is a micromounter’s paradise. An un­ common suite...sulfates, molybdates and chromates can be found at the mine. The abundance of species makes it an ideal introduction
Book (edition)
Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL...matrix (dark grey); HimmelsfĂŒrst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany
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Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07 The Estuaries...Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South Africa Note: The authors and the publishers cannot
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fruition and where they develop depends on a host of local factors, but the broad environmental controls in...and possibly enrage some of those with first-hand local knowledge. To such people I can only offer an advance...their willingness to share freely of their time and local expertise with an itinerant academic. Without their.................. . 83 The Fresnillo Ag-Pb-Zn District, Zacatecas, Mexico .............................Massive Sulfide Deposits of the BathurstNewcastle District, New Brunswick, Canada Discussion of Tectonic
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Kuopio, Finland P. Heino Yara Suomi Oy, SiilinjÀrvi Mine, SiilinjÀrvi, Finland R.J. Herrington The Natural...US T. Huhtelin QP-FRB Outokumpu Ferrochrome Kemi Mine, Kemi, Finland E. Hyvönen Geological Survey of Finland...Survey of Finland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Mustavaara Mine Ltd, Oulu, Finland J. Kinnunen Mawson Resources...Oulu, Finland Contributors T. MÀki PyhÀsalmi Mine Oy, PyhÀsalmi, Finland H.V. Makkonen Geological...Taipale Palsatech Oy, Rovaniemi, Finland Mustavaara Mine Ltd, Oulu, Finland, Finland O.T. RÀmö University
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On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Catalog/List
Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, ÂŁ3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl ÂŁ5 1x2 ÂŁ10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl ÂŁ4 1x2 ÂŁ7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl ÂŁ10 14 x 54 ins ÂŁ5...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins
Book
metallogeny, on relationships between regional and local ore-bearing structures of various ages, on marginal...Characteristics Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, Bushveld and Palabora Complexes Akitkan Volcanic Belt Tectonometamorphic...without geosynclinal preparation (for example, the Limpopo Belt, dated 2.6 Ga). The next (third) stage (2...high-grade regions (West Greenland, Labrador and Limpopo elts); II—Archaean greenstone belts (Swaziland...and subdivided them into periods of global and local activisation. In particular, the most important
Book
t a t e d Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in Africa, Asia (exclusive of t h e U S S R ) a n d Australasia...him. I have tried to include all ore districts in Africa, Asia (exclusive of the U.S.S.R.)> and Australasia...incluir todos los distritos mineros conocido en Africa, Asia (con exclusion de la Union Soviética), y...npOCTO npOtIMTaTb 3TH a8Meq8HMH. Bo BBeneHMH 60nee Ba~H~e HCTOtlHHKH CCMnOK B 6H6nHorpa~HRX p8cnono~eH~...nHH~rpeHa. BKn~qeH~ HeKOTopMe CXeM8THQeCKHe KapTM, nOK83~Ba~mMe npH6nHaHTenbHMe MeCTonono~eHHR pynooTnoxeHHM
Report (chapter)
small continental blocks to the north and SW to south (Schmitz et al. 2004), which would have been susceptible...Archaean cratons (e.g. Palabora, South Africa; Carajas, Brazil; Olympic Dam, South Australia) or close to...deposits), Palaeoproterozoic (c. 2.05 Ga: e.g. Palabora) and Mesoproterozoic (c. 1.59 Ga: e.g. Olympic...the Bushveld Complex and Great Dyke of southern Africa and the Stillwater Complex of the USA, all sited...the entire hydrosphere became oxic, except for local anoxic basins. 85 It is the timing of these stages
Book
major producing districts, or a representative district if there are many. We name the chief mining companies...supply must come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many...eclipsing the mineral magnesite in some areas; the trona mine rather than the Solvay plant is now the main source...comfort. Users of chromite, who must the USSR, South Africa, Albania, and wish that chromite deposits were...Republic of South Africa by the Department of Mines and the Geological Survey of South Africa; such profiles
Book (edition)
Illustration de couverture : fer rubanĂ© de la mine de fer Tom Price, Palabora, Australie (Photographie de Kurt Konhauser)...Industrie pharmaceutique, cosmĂ©tique, pesticides Baryum (Ba) PiĂ©geage des gaz rĂ©siduels dans les tubes cathodiques...une mine Ă  ciel ouvert, qui est une alternative bien moins onĂ©reuse que l’exploitation d’une mine souterraine...mais ce mĂȘme mĂ©tal est Ă©galement extrait dans une mine russe de syĂ©nite Ă  nĂ©phĂ©line, une roche magmatique...autre exemple est le gisement de l’intrusion de Palabora, rĂ©sultat de la mise en place d’un magma riche
Book
sites for which global pressures may require us to mine in pristine environments such as the deep sea-floor...knowledge of mineral economics and global trade from local media and other popular sources of information,...turn of the last century it was only possible to mine deposits with high grades that were close to the...utilisation of modern techniques, it is possible now to mine ore with as little as 0.5% Cu. And with the economy...new large high-production mines, particularly in South America and Oceania, made this possible. Throughout
Book (edition)
communities to be plunged into unemployment because a mine or mines have become unprofitable, a need to earn...for diamonds is worldwide but that for bricks is local. Formal organized markets have developed in various...for, and hence the price of, the mine product, well in advance of mine development. A useful recent discussion...critical in the USA, but in the Republic of South Africa (RSA), a major source of all three, they are...producers have spent vast sums of money on exploration, mine development and production but have paid too little
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Corporation of South Africa, the Chair of Economic Geology at Rhodes University, South Africa, and since...appointments at the Astrobiology Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, and the China University of Geosciences...which has included work in Europe, southern Africa, South East Asia, New Zealand, the southwest Pacific...Felsic Phase of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3.6 The Sn-W Deposits.... . . . . . . . 4.4.4 Sabie-Pilgrim’s Rest, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.5 Capricorn
Book
Hydrometallurgical Processing of Low-Grade SulïŹde Ore and Mine Waste in the Arctic Regions: Perspectives and Challenges...hydrometallurgical processing of low-grade sulïŹde ore and mine waste in the Arctic regions. The paper presents...Hydrometallurgical Processing of Low-Grade SulïŹde Ore and Mine Waste in the Arctic Regions: Perspectives and Challenges...Mountains of the Taimyr Peninsula, and from the south, by the Putorana Plateau. The maximum width of the...southern margin of the Taimyr fold belt, and in the south to the northern part of the Siberian craton. Therefore
Catalog/List
crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...PO/~ ‱ yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula ‱ Russia) (6a pure plate...Group) rich fawnmassive. Xrayed meial. (Sjogruvan Mine, Grythyttan, Sweden) lxl fl.50 lx2 E3 2x2 E6 053
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sills), if they are exposed in outcrop or in the mine workings at all. The Climax Mo complex is the best...the south-eastern corner of the Coastal Batholith near Arequipa, Toquepala-Cerro Verde district; in the...portion of the batholith. They are parallel with the local alaskite, porphyry and quartz latite dikes replacing...known (e.g. the Montana Tunnels deposit, Obelisk Mine). The former locality contains disseminated pyrite...volcanic centres (stippled). Abbreviations: KA=Kairakty; BA=Bainazar; Bo=Borly; KE=Kyzyl-Espeh; S0=Sary Oba;
Book (volume)
Other distinct mineral species, e.g. taeniolite, fuchsite, etc., because they are comparatively rare and...Y4—6^g02o(OH,F)4 where X is mainly K, Na or Ca but also Ba, Rb, Cs, etc. Y is mainly Al, Mg or Fe but also Mn...doubtful use, but other names such as phengite, fuchsite, etc., denote varieties of muscovite which differ...muscovite are as follows: For K: Na, Rb, Cs, Ca, Ba. For octahedral Al: Mg, Fe+2, Fe+3, Mn, Li, Cr, Ti...per cent. Cr203, and these are generally called fuchsite or mariposite. It has been suggested that the
 
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