Infobox mineral name Chalcopyrite category Sulfide mineral boxwidth boxbgcolor image Chalcopyrite Quartz 237645.jpg caption Twinned chalcopyrite crystal from the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado ... doclib hom chalcopyrite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy ref Chalcopyrite IPAc en icon k ... as green tinged black. On exposure to air, chalcopyrite oxidises to a variety of oxides, hydroxides ... and azurite , and rarely oxides such as cuprite Cu sub 2 sub O . Chalcopyrite is rarely found in association with native copper . Chemistry Image Chalcopyrite unit cell 3D balls.png thumb right 250px The unit cell of chalcopyrite. Copper is shown in pink, iron in blue and sulfur in yellow. Natural chalcopyrite has no solid solution series with any other sulfide minerals. There is limited substitution of Zn with Cu despite chalcopyrite having the same crystal structure as sphalerite . However ... minerals within the chalcopyrite crystal, for instance lamellae of arsenopyrite representing As, molybdenite representing Mo, etc. Paragenesis Chalcopyrite is present with many ore bearing environments via a variety of ore genesis ore forming processes. Chalcopyrite is present in volcanogenic massive ... hydrothermal circulation . Chalcopyrite is concentrated in this environment via fluid transport ... and crystallisation of a magma. Chalcopyrite in this environment is produced by concentration within a magma system. Chalcopyrite is an accessory mineral in Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore .... In this environment chalcopyrite is formed by a sulfide liquid stripping copper from an immiscible silicate liquid. Occurrence File Pyrite Chalcopyrite Sphalerite 40297.jpg thumb left Fine brassy chalcopyrite crystals below large striated pyrite cubes size 8.8 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm Chalcopyrite is the most important copper ore . Chalcopyrite ore occurs in a variety of ore types, from huge masses as at Timmins ... cordillera and the Andes . The largest deposit of nearly pure chalcopyrite ever discovered in Canada ... more details
Yellow copper is a colloquial name for various mineral s and alloy s with high copper content Chiefly, chalcopyrite . Less frequently, brass . disambig ... more details
Talnakhite is a mineral of chalcopyrite group with formula Cu sub 9 sub Fe, Ni sub 8 sub S sub 16 sub . ref http www.mindat.org min 3877.html Talnakhite Talnakhite mineral information and data Bot generated title ref It occurs in olivine olivinic gabbro dolerite . ref http geo.web.ru db msg.html?mid 1168487 Geo.Web.Ru ref It was named after the Talnakh ore deposit geology deposit , near Norilsk in Western Siberia , Russia where it was discovered as reported in 1963 by I. Budko and E. Kulagov. ref Ivetta Budko , Eduard Kulagov , A Natural Cubic Chalcopyrite . ., . ., , . . 1963 vol. 152, no. 2, pp. 408&mdash 410. ref It was officially named talnakhite in 1968. ref . ., . . , Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineraligicheckogo Obshchestva, 1968. . 97, . 1, . 63. ref ref name gather http gazetazp.ru cgi bin showissue.pl?n 1998 188&i 4 Time to gather stones ru icon ref Despite the initial announcement it turned out to be not a face centered high temperature Polymorphism materials science polymorph of chalcopyrite, but to have composition Cu sub 18 sub Fe, Ni sub 18 sub S sub 32 sub . At convert 80 C F to convert 100 C F it decomposes to tetragonal cubanite plus bornite . ref Cabri L.J., Econ.Geol. 1967 62, 910 925 ref ref Michael Fleischner, New Mineral Names , The American Mineralogist , 1970, vol 55, http www.minsocam.org ammin AM55 AM55 2135.pdf. p. 2135 ref References references Category Copper minerals Category Sulfide minerals Category Iron minerals Category Nickel minerals sulfide mineral stub de Talnakhit it Talnakhite ru ... more details
Zentrum Berlin lie mainly in the field of chalcopyrite thin film solar cells, although these techniques ... list summarizes the applications of these techniques Buffer layers for chalcopyrite based thin film ... layers point contact buffer layers in chalcopyrite based thin film solar cells. These dots 5 ... ref Chalcopyrite absorber layers Spray ILGAR is a low temperature technique that enables the growth of chalcopyrite absorber layers such as CuInS sub 2 sub and Cu In,Ga S sub 2 sub . Spray ILGAR CuInS ... more details
Copperfields Mine , originally known as Temagami Mine , is an abandoned underground and surface mine on Temagami Island in Lake Temagami that opened in 1954 in a sulfide ore body. Situated in Phyllis Township , the mine produced 34,000,000 dollars Canadian with 80 million pounds of copper , 230,028 ounces of silver and 13,271 ounces of gold . ref cite journal author year title Ground Geophysical Surveys Niemetz Property journal id Afri 31M04SW2038 ref It was considered to Mining mine the purest copper ore in Canada . The mine closed in 1972 and is now flood ed by water . Ruins of the Copperfields mill are present as fountains. It is possible to find ore s and mineral s in the scrap heaps of the old mine such as chalcopyrite , pyrite , bornite , malachite , dolomite , hessite , merenskyite , millerite , palladium , quartz and other minerals. The Lake Temagami Access Road was created to ship ore from the mine site. Copper nickel mineralization at the mine is associated with semi massive to disseminated pyrite at the lower contact between altered gabbro and rhyolite of the Temagami greenstone belt . The gabbro is steeply Strike and dip dipping , approximately 250 m thick and has a strike extent of at least 5 km. The intensity of mineralization varies greatly but is present over most of the defined strike length of the gabbro. Copper is associated with chalcopyrite. Nickel is associated with millerite, gersdorffite , linnaeite and cobalt nickel sulfarsenides. Copperfields Mine is the discovery site of a bright white mineral called temagamite . ref http www.mindat.org min 3908.html Temagamite Temagamite mineral information and data. Retrieved on 2007 08 30 ref It was discovered in 1973. See also List of mines in Temagami Volcanism of Canada Volcanism of Eastern Canada References Reflist External links cite amis 03768 Temagami 2011 07 19 coord missing Ontario Category Surface mines in Canada Category Underground mines in Canada Category Copper mines in Canada Categor ... more details
chembox verifiedrevid ImageFile Chalcopyrite unit cell 3D balls.png ImageCaption CIGS unit cell. Red Cu, yellow Se, blue In Ga IUPACName Section1 Chembox Identifiers ChemSpiderID Ref chemspidercite correct chemspider ChemSpiderID InChI InChIKey StdInChI Ref stdinchicite correct chemspider StdInChI StdInChIKey Ref stdinchicite correct chemspider StdInChIKey CASNo 12018 95 0 CASNo Ref CuInSe sub 2 sub PubChem RTECS SMILES Section2 Chembox Properties Formula CuIn sub x sub Ga sub 1 x sub Se sub 2 sub MolarMass Appearance Density 5.7 g cm sup 3 sup Solubility MeltingPt 1070 990 C x 0 1 ref name str BoilingPt BandGap 1.7 1.0 eV x 0 1 ref name str ElectronMobility ThermalConductivity RefractIndex Section3 Chembox Structure MolShape CrystalStruct tetragonal, Pearson symbol tI16 ref name str cite journal doi 10.1002 pssa.2211240206 title Phase Diagram and Optical Energy Gaps for CuInyGa1 ySe2 Alloys year 1991 last1 Tinoco first1 T. last2 Rinc n first2 C. last3 Quintero first3 M. last4 P rez first4 G. S nchez journal Physica Status Solidi a volume 124 issue 2 pages 427 ref SpaceGroup I overline 4 2d LattConst a 0.56 0.58 nm x 0 1 LattConst c 1.10 1.15 nm x 0 1 Coordination Dipole Copper indium gallium di selenide CIGS is a Alkali metal I Group 3 element III Group 6 element VI sub 2 sub semiconductor material composed of copper , indium , gallium , and selenium . The material is a solid solution of copper indium selenide often abbreviated CIS and copper gallium selenide . It has a chemical formula of CuIn sub x sub Ga sub 1 x sub Se sub 2 sub where the value of x can vary from 1 pure copper indium selenide to 0 pure copper gallium selenide . CIGS is a tetrahedral ly chemical bond bond ed semiconductor, with the chalcopyrite crystal structure, and a bandgap varying continuously with x from about 1.0 eV for copper indium selenide to about 1.7 eV for copper gallium selenide . It is used ..., with the chalcopyrite crystal structure. Upon heating it transforms to the zincblende form and the transition ... more details
chalcopyrite deposits of porphyry copper derivation. However, some recent work Wilson & Zentilli .... Thus, manto deposits need not be the weathered equivalents of primary chalcopyrite . Manto deposits .... See also Chalcopyrite Chalcocite Porphyry copper Ore genesis References Wilson N.S.F., & Zentilli ... more details
is a rare mineral that is mostly used for research purposes. It has similar properties to chalcopyrite ... portion of the Cu Fe S phase system. ref name amer Mooihoekite, chalcopyrite, talnakhite , and haycockite ... more details
Melaconite is a mineral consisting of cupric oxide , CuO. It is known also as black copper ore. In appearance it is strikingly different from cuprite or red copper ore, which is cuprous oxide . Crystals are rare they belong to the monoclinic , or possibly to the anorthic system , and have the form of thin triangular or hexagonal scales with a steel grey color and brilliant metallic lustre. More often, the mineral is massive, earthy or pulverulent, and has a dull iron black color. Hence the name melaconite , from the Greek , black and, , dust, which was originally given by Fran ois Sulpice Beudant F. S. Beudant in 1832 in the form melaconise . The crystallized Vesuvius Vesuvian mineral was later named tenorite , a name commonly adopted for the species. The hardness of the crystals is 3.4, but the earthy and powdery forms readily soil the fingers the specific gravity is 5.9. Crystals have been found only at Mt Vesuvius, where they encrust lava , and in Cornwall . The other forms of the mineral, however, are common in copper mines, and have resulted by the alteration of chalcocite , chalcopyrite and other copper ores, on which they often form a superficial coating. References 1911 Category Copper minerals Category Oxide minerals ... more details
Infobox SSSI image Image Clevedonshore.jpg 200px name Clevedon Shore aos Avon interest Geological gridref gbmappingsmall ST402719 latitude 51.44292 longitude 2.86181 displaymap Somerset area convert 0.94 acre km2 sqmi notifydate Start date 1991 enref 1005605 Clevedon Shore gbmapping ST402719 is a 0.38 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest adjacent to the Severn Estuary at Clevedon , North Somerset , SSSI notification notified in 1991. It is the side of a mineralised fault, which runs east west adjacent to the pier, and forms a small cliff feature in Dolomitic Conglomerate geology Conglomerate on the north side of Clevedon Beach, containing cream to pink baryte together with sulfide s. The minerals identified at the site include haematite , chalcopyrite , tennantite , galena , tetrahedrite , bornite , pyrite , marcasite , enargite and sphalerite . Secondary alteration of this assemblage has produced idaite , Covellite and other Copper sulfide s. ref name sssicitation http www.english nature.org.uk citation citation photo 1005605.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site accessed 9 July 2006 ref The site is listed as a Geological Conservation Review site as several of the minerals found here are rare, in particular the beaudantite . The presence of copper and arsenic is unusual for the Mendip Hills Mendip district . References reflist SSSIs Avon geological Category Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon Category Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1991 Category Clevedon ... more details
ash of purified Swarna Makshik which in modern terms is Chalcopyrite . Swarna Makshik is considered ... Gandhak Sulfur Swarna Makshik Chalcopyrite Bhasma Availability and dosage Sutshekhar Rasa is commercially ... mineral compounds like Swarna Makshik Chalcopyrite , Shankh conch shell and heavy metals like Swarna ... Swarna Makshik Chalcopyrite purification as per Ayurveda http nlam.in shod disp.php?ea5d2f1c4608232e07d3aa3d998e5135 ... more details
Temagami Island , formerly spelt as Timagami Island , is an island in Lake Temagami in Northeastern Ontario , Canada . It is the largest island within the lake, with Bear Island Lake Temagami Bear Island coming second. The island has many hiking trail s that lead into the old growth forest that is a mix of large Eastern White Pine white and red pine trees. A large copper mine opened on Temagami Island in 1954 called Copperfields Mine , which mined largest deposit of nearly pure chalcopyrite ever discovered in Canada. The mine closed in 1972. Temagami Island lies within n Daki Menan, the homeland of the Teme Augama Anishnabai , which covers almost convert 4000 sqmi km2 . Temagami Island is also home to Camp Wabikon , a residential summer youth camp. A bright white palladium mercury element mercury Telluride chemistry telluride mineral was discovered on Temagami Island in 1973 called temagamite , ref name Mindat http www.mindat.org min 3908.html Temagamite Temagamite mineral information and data. Retrieved on 2007 08 31 ref named after its discovery locality in Copperfields Mine, originally known as Temagami Mine. References reflist coord 46.9604 80.0356 type isle region CA display title Category Islands of Ontario Category Lake islands of North America Category Geography of Temagami NorthernOntario geo stub ... more details
McKinnan Gulch is a valley in Marin County, California , United States . It contains a small stream which descends the western slope of the Bolinas Ridge and drains into Bolinas Lagoon . ref http www.topoquest.com map.asp?lat 37.9185&lon 122.65816&size l&u 4&datum nad83&layer DRG TopoQuest map , USGS, retrieved July 6, 2008 ref Near the head of the gulch is an ore vein reported in 1955 containing chalcopyrite , galena , pyrite , and calcite . ref cite web url http tin.er.usgs.gov mrds show mrds new.php?dep id 10030794 title Mineral Resources Data System accessdate 2008 01 17 ref coord 37.9127035 N 122.6635942 W type landmark region US CA source gnis display title notes ref gnis 228412 McKinnan Gulch ref References reflist External links gnis 228413 McKinnan Gulch Mine See also List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area Category Landforms of Marin County, California Category West Marin Category Landforms of the San Francisco Bay Area Category Valleys of California MarinCountyCA geo stub ... more details
Cementation is a type of Precipitation chemistry precipitation , a heterogeneous process in which ion s are reduced to zero valence chemistry valence at a solid metallic interface. The process is often used to refine Leaching metallurgy leach solutions. Cementation of copper is a common example. Copper ions in solution, often from a ore leaching process, are precipitated out of solution in the presence on solid iron. The iron oxidizes, and the copper ions are reduced through the transfer of electrons. The reaction is spontaneous because copper is higher on the galvanic series than iron. Cu sup 2 sup aq Fe s Cu s Fe sup 2 sup aq This was a historically useful process for the Copper extraction techniques production of copper , where the precipitated solid copper metal was recovered as flakes or powder on the surface of scrap iron. ref A study on the optimum conditions of the cementation of copper in chlorination solution of chalcopyrite concentrate by iron scraps, by Hakan TEMUR, Ahmet YARTA I and M. Muhtar KOCAKERIM. BA Fen Bil. Enst. Dergisi 2006 8.2 http fbe.balikesir.edu.tr dergi 20062 BAUFBE2006 2 8.pdf ref Cementation is used industrially to recover a variety of heavy metals, and the cementation of gold by zinc in the Merrill Crowe process accounts for a substantial fraction of world gold production. ref Zinc cementation, R. Walton, i Developments in Mineral Processing i , Volume 15, 2005, Pages 589 601 http www.sciencedirect.com science article pii S0167452805150248 ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Cementation Metallurgy Category Metallurgy de Zementation ... more details
orphan date March 2012 The Merisi Mining District is situated in Adjara region in close vicinity to the Georgia country Georgian Turkey Turkish border. It is the part of Lesser Caucasus which occurs in the hinterland of the Arabian Plate Arabia Eurasian Plate Eurasia collision zone , in the broad Alps Alpine Himalayas Himalayan Orogeny orogenic belt . Area of the mining district is about 180 km sup 2 sup . Minerals The district contains several copper polymetallic, Porphyry copper deposit copper porphyry and stratified sulphuric pyrite deposits and ore manifestations. Some of deposits of the Merisi minign district is represented mainly with chalcopyrite and with subordinate lead zinc deposits with minor copper. The second order minerals are marcasite , hematite , malachite , azurite , native gold and silver . The modern exploration data demonstrate commercial gold presence in quartz sericite Chlorite group chlorite and quartz alunite rocks in close vicinity to the hydrothermal polymetallic Vein geology veins . The central part of the mining district is occupied by outcrops of the Merisi Namonastrevi Chalati subalkaline diorite syenite monzonite complex, which is surrounded by huge halos of gold bearing hydrothermally altered rocks. References references Category Adjara Category Geology of the Caucasus Regional geology stub ... more details
Infobox mineral name Tetrahedrite category Sulfosalt mineral boxwidth boxbgcolor image Tetrahedrite, H bnerite, Quartz 176605.jpg imagesize caption A sample of grey tetrahedrite, with white quartz formula Cu,Fe sub 12 sub Sb sub 4 sub S sub 13 sub strunz 02.GB.05 symmetry Cubic overline 4 3m hextetrahedral unit cell a 10.39 16 Z 2 molweight color Steel gray to iron gray habit Groups of tetrahedral crystals massive, coarse to fine compact granular system Cubic crystal system Cubic twinning Contact and penetration twins on 111 cleavage None fracture Uneven to subconchoidal tenacity Somewhat brittle mohs 3 4 luster Metallic, commonly splendent streak Black, brown to dark red polish refractive n greater than 2.72 opticalprop Isotropic birefringence dispersion pleochroism fluorescence absorption gravity 4.97 density melt fusibility diagnostic solubility diaphaneity Opaque, except in very thin fragments other references ref name HB http rruff.geo.arizona.edu doclib hom tetrahedrite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy ref ref name Mindat http www.mindat.org min 3924.html Mindat.org ref Tetrahedrite is a copper antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula copper Cu , iron Fe sub 12 sub antimony Sb sub 4 sub sulfur S sub 13 sub . It is the antimony endmember of the continuous solid solution series with arsenic bearing tennantite . Pure endmembers of the series are seldom if ever seen in nature. Of the two, the antimony rich phase is more common. Other elements also substitute in the structure, most notably iron and zinc along with less common silver, mercury and lead. Bismuth also substitutes for the antimony site and bismuthian tetrahedrite or annivite is a recognized variety. The related, silver dominant, mineral species freibergite , although rare, is notable in that it can contain up to 18 silver. File Tetrahedrite Chalcopyrite Sphalerite 251531.jpg thumb left Tetrahedrite crystals with chalcopyrite and sphalerite from the Casapalca Mine, Peru size 8.2 x 6.4 x 4.7 cm Tetrahedrite ge ... more details
for the town Camp Bird, Colorado Image CampBirdMill.jpg thumb right 350px Camp Bird Mill, 1940 File Chalcopyrite Quartz 237644.jpg thumb Chalcopyrite Quartz specimen from the Camp Bird mine, 600 Stope, 2100 Level. Size 5.2 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm. Click and scroll down for an enlargement. The Camp Bird Mine is a famous and highly productive old gold mine located between Ouray, Colorado Ouray and Telluride, Colorado . The mine is within the Gold mining in Colorado Sneffels Red Mountain Telluride district Sneffels Red Mountain Telluride mining district in the San Juan Mountains. It was discovered by Thomas Walsh miner Thomas F. Walsh in 1896, and is or was owned by the Federal Resources Corp. The mine produced about 1.5 million troy ounces of gold, and 4 million troy ounces of silver, from 1896 to 1990 ref http www.mindat.org loc 8702.html Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Sneffels District Mount Sneffels District , Ouray Co., Colorado, USA Bot generated title ref . At 2009 prices, Camp Bird s production would be worth over US 1.5 billion. Walsh sold the property for US 5.2 million in 1902. Walsh s daughter, Evalyn Walsh McLean , later purchased the Hope Diamond . Walsh died in 1909. Camp Bird is named after the Camp Birds , probably Rocky Mountain jays ref Nesting of the Rocky Mountain Jay W. C. Bradbury The Condor, Vol. 20, No. 6 Nov. Dec., 1918 , pp. 197 208 doi 10.2307 1362801 ref , that ate many a miner s lunch ref http www.ghosttowns.com states co campbird.html Camp Bird Colorado Ghost Town Bot generated title ref . Telluride native David Lavender related his experiences working at the Camp Bird Mine in the 1930s in his classic memoir One Man s West. C.W. McCall sang Way out in Colorado, in the Camp Bird Mine, down deep in the darkness, on level nine... ref http www.cw mccall.com works rubber duck camp bird mine.html Camp Bird Mine ref The song moved the mine s founding to 1892 to make the rhyme work and added a ghost. The Camp Bird Mine filed for a permit to resume mining in late 2007 ... more details
Infobox mineral name Cubanite boxwidth boxbgcolor image Cubanite 47299.jpg imagesize alt caption Striated, cyclically twinned cubanite crystals from the Chibougamau mines of Quebec. size 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm category Sulfide mineral formula CuFe sub 2 sub S sub 3 sub strunz 02.CB.55a dana symmetry Orthorhombic 2 m 2 m 2 m dipyramidal unit cell a 6.467 1 , b 11.117 1 , c 6.231 2 Z 4 molweight color Bronze to brass yellow colour habit Crystals elongated to thick tabular, striated also massive system Orthorhombic crystal system Orthorhombic twinning Common with twin plane 110 in pairs, also as fourlings and pseudohexagonal sixlings cleavage Parting on 110 and 1 overline 3 0 fracture Conchoidal tenacity mohs 3.5 4 luster Metallic streak Black diaphaneity Opaque gravity 4.0 4.2 density polish opticalprop Distinctly anisotropic on polished surface refractive birefringence pleochroism 2V dispersion extinction length fast slow fluorescence absorption melt fusibility diagnostic solubility impurities alteration other Strongly magnetic references ref name Mindat http www.mindat.org min 1168.html Mindat.org ref ref name HBM http rruff.geo.arizona.edu doclib hom cubanite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy ref ref name Webmineral http www.webmineral.com data Cubanite.shtml Webmineral ref File Cubanite 237462.jpg left 175px thumb Iridescent and highly lustrous brass yellow cubanite crystal from Chibougamau , Quebec size 1.7 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm Cubanite is a yellow mineral of copper , iron , and sulfur , CuFe sub 2 sub S sub 3 sub . ref name Webmineral Cubanite was first described in 1843 for an occurrence in the Mayar Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province , Cuba . ref name Mindat Cubanite occurs in high temperature hydrothermal deposits with pyrrhotite and pentlandite as intergrowths with chalcopyrite . It results from exsolution from chalcopyrite at temperatures below 200 to 210 C. ref name HBM It has also been reported from carbonaceous chondrite meteorite s. ref name HBM References Reflist Refb ... more details
Infobox mineral name Mackinawite category Sulfide mineral boxwidth boxbgcolor image imagesize caption formula Fe,Ni sub 1 x sub S where x 0 to 0.11 strunz 02.CC.25 symmetry Tetragonal 4 m 2 m 2 m unit cell a 3.67 , c 5.03 Z 2 molweight 85.42 g color Bronze to white grey habit As well formed thin tabular crystals massive, fine feathery system Tetragonal ditetragonal dipyramidal twinning cleavage Perfect on 001 fracture tenacity mohs 2.5 luster Metallic polish refractive opticalprop birefringence dispersion pleochroism fluorescence absorption streak Black gravity 4.17 density melt fusibility diagnostic solubility diaphaneity Opaque other references ref name Handbook http rruff.geo.arizona.edu doclib hom mackinawite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy ref ref http webmineral.com data Mackinawite.shtml Webmineral data ref ref name Mindat http www.mindat.org min 2512.html Mindat ref Mackinawite is an iron nickel sulfide mineral with formula Fe,Ni sub 1 x sub S where x 0 to 0.11 . It crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system and occurs as opaque bronze to grey white tabular crystals and anhedral masses. It has a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and a specific gravity of 4.17. Occurrence It occurs in serpentinite serpentinized peridotite s as a hydrothermal alteration product. It also is found in the redox reducing environment of fine grained river sediments, possibly produced by the action of magnetotactic bacteria magnetotactic and sulfate reducing bacteria . It has also been reported from meteorite occurrences. It occurs in association with chalcopyrite , cubanite , pentlandite , pyrrhotite , greigite , maucherite and troilite . ref name Handbook It was first described in 1962 for an occurrence in the Mackinaw mine, Snohomish County, Washington for which it was named. ref name Mindat References Reflist Category Sulfide minerals Category Meteorite minerals sulfide mineral stub de Mackinawit es Mackinawita it Mackinawite he ... more details
Kipushi is a town in Haut Katanga District , Democratic Republic of the Congo . It lies 35 km southwest of the city of Lubumbashi , very close to the border with Zambia , at an altitude of 1329 m 4363 ft . ref National Geographic Atlas of the World Revised Sixth Edition , National Geographic Society , 1992 ref The main economic activity of the town is mining . Kipushi is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sakania Kipushi . Kipushi Mine The Kipushi Mine formerly Prince L opold Mine produces copper , lead and zinc . Ore occurs in open spaces and collapse breccia s along a fault zone. The primary zinc rich ore body contains the minerals sphalerite , galena , pyrite , and arsenopyrite , accompanied by renierite , and some germanite and gallite. These minerals were overprinted by a formation of mostly copper rich minerals, including cobalt bearing chalcopyrite , and germanium and silver bearing bornite , plus molybdenite . The ore body is estimated to have contained 70 million tonnes of ore, with an average of 4.8 Cu, 8.8 Zn and 0.5 Pb. From 1925 to 1986 the mine at Kipushi produced 3.8 million tonnes of copper, 5.9 million tonnes of zinc, 0.4 million tonnes of lead, 45,000 tonnes of cadmium , and 120 tonnes of germanium , plus other elements. References Reflist H ll, R., Kling, M., and Schroll, E., 2007, Metallogenesis of germanium A review Ore Geology Reviews, v. 30, p. 145 180. External links http maps.msn.com 282npftw45loawulzjcayx4tyd 29 map.aspx?lats1 11.7625&lons1 27.25&alts1 14®n1 2 MSN Map DRCongo geo stub coord 11 45 45 S 27 15 00 E display title region CD KT type city 1000 source dewiki Category Populated places in Katanga province de Kipushi fr Kipushi hu Kipushi pl Kipushi ru zh ... more details
Infobox mineral name Temagamite category Telluride mineral boxwidth boxbgcolor image imagesize caption formula Pd sub 3 sub HgTe sub 3 sub molweight strunz 02.BC.50 color Bright white to grey habit microscopic included grains system Orthorhombic crystal system Orthorhombic twinning cleavage fracture tenacity mohs 2.5 luster Metallic streak polish refractive opticalprop birefringence dispersion pleochroism Weak fluorescence absorption gravity 9.5 density melt fusibility diagnostic solubility diaphaneity Opacity optics Opaque other references ref http webmineral.com data Temagamite.shtml Webmineral data ref ref name Handbook http rruff.geo.arizona.edu doclib hom temagamite.pdf Mineral Handbook ref ref name Mindat http www.mindat.org min 3908.html Temagamite Temagamite mineral information and data Retrieved on 2007 08 30 ref Temagamite is a bright white palladium mercury element mercury telluride mineral with a hardness of 2 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness Mohs scale . Its chemical formula is palladium Pd sub 3 sub mercury element Hg tellurium Te sub 3 sub . It was discovered at the Copperfields Mine Temagami Mine on Temagami Island , Lake Temagami in 1973, ref name Mindat and it represents a rare mineral in the Temagami greenstone belt . It occurs as microscopic inclusions within massive chalcopyrite at Temagami in association with other rare tellurides merenskyite , st tzite , hessite and an unnamed Pd Hg Ag telluride. ref http rruff.geo.arizona.edu doclib cm vol12 CM12 193.pdf Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. ll pp. 193 198 1973 ref In addition to the discovery locality, it has been reported from the Stillwater igneous complex in Montana and the New Rambler copper nickel mine in the Medicine Bow Mountains of Wyoming . ref name Handbook See also List of minerals References reflist Category Telluride minerals Category Palladium minerals Category Geology of Temagami Category Orthorhombic minerals mineral stub it Temagamite ... more details
coord 43.8128532 72.335100 display title Infobox superfund name Elizabeth Mine image town Strafford, Vermont Strafford county Orange County, Vermont Orange County state Vermont map location map Vermont caption lat 43.8128532 long 72.335100 width 150 CERCLIS ID VTD988366621 contaminants Mine tailings, metals, sulfides. responsible proposed 12 01 2000 listed 06 14 2001 construction partial del deleted The Elizabeth Mine was a copper mine located in Orange County, Vermont , some miles south of the town of Strafford, Vermont Strafford . The ore deposit was discovered in 1793, but mining did not start until 1809. Open pit mining and from 1886 underground mining was conducted. The mine produced up to 8,500,000 lbs. of copper 1954 and was closed in 1957. Due to acid mine drainage the west branch of the Ompompanoosuc River was polluted. Since 2000 the United States Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency EPA and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources have been developing a plan to clean up the area. Geology The ore deposits at the Elizabeth Mine are hosted in the strongly deformed Devonian Guile Mountain Formation a grey to dark grey mica schist . Ore deposits are localized in zones of high permeability associated with deformation that occurred during the Acadian Orogeny . The ore body is principally a massive sulfide deposit consisting primarily of pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite . See also Copper mining in the United States List of Superfund sites in Vermont External links http www.vermonthistory.org journal 70 vt703 404.pdf South Strafford s Elizabeth Copper Mine The Tyson Years, 1880 1902 http www.uvm.edu envprog formslinks Vermont 20Mining Copper.html Vermont Mining http www.anr.state.vt.us dec geo pdfdocs elizabethminebull.pdf The Geology of the Elizabeth Mine, Peter Howard, 1969 http www.anr.state.vt.us dec geo elizimages elizpa1small.jpg Geologic Map of the Elizabeth Mine Area Stratford, VT Category Geology of Vermont Category Copper mines in th ... more details
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