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Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

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Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Aurichalcite6
Hemimorphite2
Azurite1
Native Copper1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22880
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22880:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
70.9km (44.0 miles)Lombe Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
References
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Journal (issue)
ThreeArticlesFamous mineral localities:TheKipushimine, Z a ir e ....................................J. LhoestP.O. Box 141B-4000 Liege, BelgiumKipushi is famous as a rich pipe-like deposit o f zinc...Crescent, it hasyielded many valuable specimens.Kipushi is the typelocality fo r renierite and kipushite...situated at a higher stratigraphic level in theKatanga System or its equivalents. This province includes...Angola-Congo craton, examples being M ’Passa in the People’s R e­public of theCongo andKipushi in southeastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb,andKipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African...region of Zambia and the Democratic Republic ofCongo (formerly Zaire). The 232Th/204Pb isotope ratios...from the carbonatehostedKipushi Cu-Pb-Zn massive sulphide deposit intheCongo also has homogeneous lead...mantle component,and the isotopic age of theKipushi deposit (456 Ma)suggests that the emplacement...compared to those of theKipushi Cu-Zn-Pb deposit inthe Democratic Republic ofCongo which occurs in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consisting commonly of Zn and Pbcarbonates (smithsonite, hydrozincite and cerussite) plus a range of...discovered in 1902, and thesulfides were mined untilmine closure in 1994(Kamona and Friedrich, 2007). During...its lifespan,Kabwe was the most significant Zn-Pbmine inZambia, with production from the sulfide bodies...‘typical’ supergene mineral assemblage (e.g.smithsonite, cerussite, goethite).The aim of the present...and relative positions of orebodies on the 850 ftmine level (∼260 m depth from the surface), underlying
Report (issue)
85α = 111.5◦Z=2X-ray Powder Pattern: Otavimine, Southwest Africa [=Tsumeb, Namibia]; close toarsentsumebite...arsenic-bearing Pb–CuAssociation:Azurite,smithsonite, malachite, cerussite, mimetite, wulfenite, olivenite...Tsumeb, Namibia. AtKipushi, 28 km southwest of Lubumbashi,KatangaProvince,Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)...from the Mammoth-St. Anthonymine, Tiger, Pinal Co.; from the Mex-Texmine, near Bingham,Hansonburg district...SanBernardino Co., California; in the Black Pinemine, near Philipsburg, Granite Co., Montana.From Roughton
Report (issue)
mineral deposits; commonly a post-mine product.Association:Smithsonite, devilline, posnjakite, ktenasite...malachite, gypsum.Distribution: From the Kamarizamine, Laurium, Greece. On Ross Island, Lough Leane, Co...Co.Kerry, Ireland. In England, in the Waterbankmine, Ecton, Staffordshire; from the Potts Gilland other...at the Smallcleughmine, Nenthead, Northumberland.From the West Blackcraigmine, near Newton Stewart...Friedrichssegenmine, near Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Rich masses from thePrince Leopoldmine, Kipushi
Report (issue)
and zinc deposits.Association:Rosasite,smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, malachite, azurite...Loktevskiimine, upper Loktevka River, west Altai Mountains, Russia. At Monteponi,and in the Rosasmine, Sulcis... Cochise Co., in the SilverHillmine, Pima Co., and at the 79mine, Gila Co.; from Cerro Gordo, Inyo...Juab Co., at the Hidden Treasuremine, Tooele Co., in the Apexmine, near St. George,Washington Co....specimens from the Ojuelamine, Mapimı́, Durango, Mexico. At theTchah Khunimine, Anarak district, Iran
Report (issue)
calcite (New Jersey, USA); zinc, sphalerite,smithsonite,hemimorphite, hausmannite.Distribution: In...Tonopah-Belmontmine, Osborne district, Maricopa Co., Arizona, the result of amine fire; in volcanic...Tsumeb, Namibia.FromKipushi, 28 km southwest of Lubumbashi,Katanga Province,Congo (Shaba Province,Zaire)
Book
miningorganizations, such as Union Miniere duHaut-Katanga,should not be forgotten. It is evident that...Buttgenbach H. (1 947) Les Mineraux de Belgique et duCongo Beige. 573 p. Paris: Ed. Dunod.Cesbron, F. (1985)...the government of the Democratic Republic of theCongo introduced a new admin istrativesubdivision for...concern the formerKatanga Province. According to the new subdivision, the formerKatanga Province is now...three newprovinces: theHaut-Katanga Province, the Lualaba Province and theHaut-Loma mi Province. What
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2NOTEZinc–germanium ores of the Tres MariasMine,Chihuahua, MexicoBernhardt Saini-Eidukat & Frank...sulfide deposits are animportant source of Ge. The “Kipushi-type polymetallicdeposits” (KPT, Höll et al. 2007)...affinities (Megawet al. 1996, 1988), the Tres Mariasmine in the state ofChihuahua, Mexico. The deposit,...to define thedeposit’s total reserves, and themine management aims atbecoming a significant provider...buttes inFig. 1 Schematic cross section,Tres MariasMine. Not all levelsare shown. Inset shows depositlocation
Catalog/List
Tellurium down one side small 2x3 inch(BambollaMine, Moctezuma, Mexico) £25BERYL translucent colourless...CHALCANTHITE rich blue mass on lx2 matrix (MajubaMine, Nevada USA)£6STRONTIANITE yellowish. strongely...crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmithmine, Strontian, Argyllshire,Scotland) lxl £5lx2 £10...5mm brown crystals over 2x4 inch surface hardshellMine, Santa CruzCounty Arizona USA £ I 2GYPSUM variety...small bubble moves about 5mm insidethe plate (Katanga) £6HEMIMORPHITE good covering of attractive pale
Book (edition)
GermanyDr. Salah Al-KhirbashProf.Dr. Rainer Altherr &Dr. rer. nat. Michael HanelProf.Dr.-Ing. Peter...Joachim LorenzProf.Dr. Robert MarschikDr. Frank Melcher☆ &Dr. Simon Goldmann &Dr. Thomas OberthürDipl...-Min. Sebastian MöllerDr. rer. nat. Hans-Peter Röper☆Prof.Dr. Supriya Roy✝Dr. Thomas SeifertDipl...-Geol. Jana Wazeck &Prof. Klaus ThalheimDr. Thomas WitzkeProf.Dr. Fathi ZereiniMitteljörn 14a, D-24536...BismutotantaliteOldhamiteSpinelValentiniteFoorditeSmithsoniteSussexite Reflection Colour& Ø Reflectance
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mason University] at 01:02 21 December 201479Mine, Gila County, ArizonaEveryone likes blue minerals...with the formula (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6. Some analysesDr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals...interest, including malachite, azurite, cuprite,smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, androsasite. A...including the Harborsidemine at Brooksville, HancockCounty, and the Lubec leadmine and prospects at Pembroke...Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascotmine), Coos County,New Hampshire; as pale blue rosettes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
African copperbelt of the DemocraticRepublic ofCongo and Zambia), where the ore is located within the...the Central African copperbelt(e.g. Kabwe andKipushi). Although clearly not a volcanic-hosted massive...Rosh Pinahmine, 2 Skorpionmine, 3 Obib mountains, 4 Kolke, 5 Abos, 6 Haruchas, 7 Hoitsminepreceded...non-sulphide Zn deposit thatcomprises mainlysmithsonite, sauconite and hemimorphite, and has been explained...oxidised to a variable extent to willemite,smithsoniteand cerussite. The sulphide ore occurs stratabound
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
district, TN), and (c) theDemocratic Republic of theCongo (from treatment of slags ofthe Lubumbashi Cu-Zn...and in part from slags 156originated fromKipushi). Germanium grades in these depositsrange between...deposits largely consist of Zn- and Pb-carbonates (smithsonite, hydrozincite, and cerussite) and the Zn-silicates...sphalerite,using the Ge concentration of 57.8 ± 2.6 ppm (Dr. StephenWilson, personal communication, in Belissont...appears that the most abundant ore mineral issmithsonite(detected in 17 samples), followed by sphalerite
Book
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH Prof.Dr. GUNTHER H. FRIEDRICHDr. PETER M. HERZIGInstitute of Mineralogy...Figures) . . . . . . .60The Origin of theKipushi (Cu, Zn, Pb) Deposit in DirectRelation with a...and wrench tectonics near Macmillan Pass, YukonTerritory,Canada. In : Turner RJW, Einaudi MT (eds) The...southeastern Selwyn Basin,Nahanni Map area. YukonTerritory and District of Mackenzie. Curr Res Part A Geol...stratiform baritic depositsof the Selwyn Basin. YukonTerritory and District of Mackenzie. Curr Res Part A Geol
Catalog/List
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 20071) ALBITE and MICA. ConsolheiroMine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A nice intergrown group ofoff-white...collection. 60x30x30mm. £68.4) AURICHALCITE. Wet GrovesMine, Wensleydale, N Yorks. A calcite matrix with the...shaped xls to I0mm. The majorityterminated. OldDr F Krantz ofBonn label. "Barytocalcit Alston Moor...Frizington,Cumbd". 70x40x30mm. £65.9) CALCITE. LevantMine, Pendecn, Cornwc:11. An "onion layer" type of matrix...90x60x40mm. £95.l 0) CALCITE. Coronation Lode, GeevorMine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Nice little group ofeight intergrown
Catalog/List
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 20071) ALBITE and MICA. ConsolheiroMine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A nice intergrown group of...collection. 60x30x30mm. £68.4) AURICHALCITE. Wet GrovesMine, Wensleydale, N Yorks. A calcite matrix with the...shaped xls to 10mm. The majorityterminated. OldDr F Krantz of Bonn label. "Barytocalcit Alston Moor...Frizington,Cumbd". 70x40x30mm. £65.9) CALCITE. LevantMine, Pendecn, Cornwall. An "onion layer" type of matrix...90x60x40mm. £95.10) CALCITE. Coronation Lode, GeevorMine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Nice little group of eight intergrown
Report (issue)
Superintendent of Documents.ANCHORAGE, Alaska-^230 UniversityDr., Rm. 101LAKEWOOD, Colorado Federal Center, Bldg...National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201Sunrise ValleyDr.SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125...zinc, cobalt, gold, and silver. The Azure Ridgemine, located on the northwest boundary of the study...cobalt, gold, and silver. The nearbyAzure Ridgemine, on the northwest boundary of the studyarea, produced...claims, which includes the Azure Ridgemine (formerlynamed Bonellimine), was actively maintained in 1987
Report (issue)
Germanium-GalliumMine,Washington County, Utah Geology and Mineralogy of the ApexGermanium-GalliumMine,Washington...Geology and mineralogy of the Apex GermaniumGalliummine, Washington County, Utah(U.S. Geological Survey...Abstract 1Introduction 1Germanium and gallium 1ApexMine 1Acknowledgments 3Methods 3Geologic setting 3...References 8FIGURES1. Map showing location of ApexMine and generalizedgeology of surrounding region 2...22. Photograph showing main adit of ApexMine and gentlydipping beds of the Callville Limestone 3
Journal (issue)
Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, ZincCorporationmine, Broken Hill, New South Wales,Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo.• 2.5 cm, Top Campmine, Western Ausytralia.George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo.Middle row from left:• 2.3 cm, Kintoremine, Coolgardie, WesternAustralia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners andmine captains.Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moontamine wassampling ore for the company’s assay office
Catalog/List
Limonite mmtrix.3x2". £8.10.BARYTES. Haile MoorMine, Nr. Egremont, W. Cumberland.Superb, intergrown...association.2~xlt". £2.16.CaSSITERITE. DolcoathMine, Camborne, Cornwall. h massof light brown fine...from the deep levelsof Cormla II's richest tinmine. 3x2~xli". £2.=.17. C",-SSITThITE variety "TOr...sample. 2xltxlt". £1.25.19.CBALCOCITE. GeevorMine, Pendeen, Cornw 11. h single3 mID. sized sharp...Barytes. 4x4~". £6.22.Cfu,LCOSIDThITE. PhoenixMine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall.Specimen h - Dark green
Catalog/List
CATALOGUE 107, NEW MINERALS1077 ■■ ALLOPHANEHawkswood .Mine, CornwallGreenish , good coating on matrix, green...gelatin capsule.J£5207 ■■ KESTERITECliggaMine CornwallMetallic mass in matrix, quite richIx...1.5cm £12Mg OH Cl385 ■■ MIARGYRITEMc LaughlinMine, Napa County Californiablack areas in quartz with...Cookeite in one area, nice miniature specimen IpeMine, Governador Valadares MinesGerais Brazil 1.5 xl...1 to 2cm thick.Cork, S.Ireland£9BallycummiskMine, near Rossbrin .Co12. BERTRANDITE. excellent coverage
Report (issue)
vtou/pfre).GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE APEXMINE,WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH'B R af tbyLawrence...Apexmine10Table 2. Chemical analyses of some nearly monomineralic samples fromthe Apexmine11...FIGURESFigure 1. Map showing location of the Apexmine and generalized geologyof the surrounding region...Figure 2. Photograph showing main adit of the Apexmine and gently dippingbeds of the Callville Limestone...crystals from the 5330 level, Apexmine14 AbstractThe Apexmine, in Washington County, Utah about
Catalog/List
of Mounana, Gabon and Shaba, Zaire (thenKatanga, BelgianCongo). Mr. Gilbert Gauthier, a noted mining...of theMine" collection, assembledas a museum display in the offices of the Shinkolobwemine, wasordered...Collections from AfricaCUPROSKLODOWSKITE, MusonoiMine, Kolwezi,META-VANURALITE, Mounana, GabonShaba...BARIANDITE, Mounana , GabonGUILLEMINITE, MusonoiMine, Kolwezi, Shaba , ZaireIncredibly good 4.5 x 3........... . ....... $100.00CARROLLITE, MusonoiMine, Kolwezi , Shaba , ZaireAttractive, 1.2 cm on an
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonates, suchas hemimorphite, sauconite,smithsonite and cerussite, when suitable T, pH and Eh conditions...supergene sectionof deposits. An example is the ApexMine (Utah, USA), where goethite and hematite contain...secondary ore consistsmainly of Zn-rich carbonates (smithsonite and hydrozincite) and silicates (hemimorphite)...along vertical faults and fractures, comprisingsmithsonite, withsubordinate cerussite, anglesite, sauconite...non-sulfide ore includes mainly hemimorphite andsmithsonite, whilehydrozincite, chalcophanite, greenockite
 
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