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Chalcocite from
Dikulushi Mine, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dikulushi Mine, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:537773
Long-form Identifier:1:3:537773:2
GUID (UUID V4):7bc46a0c-dbbe-49dd-aefc-ff05e501d32a
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
7.0km (4.4 miles) ⓘMwitapile prospect, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
80.1km (49.8 miles) ⓘKinkumbi prospect, Lake Mweru, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
81.8km (50.8 miles) ⓘLufukwe prospect, Lake Mweru, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
References
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Structural Control on the Dikulushi Cu-Ag Deposit, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo MAARTEN HAEST,† PHILIPPE...Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo Abstract The Dikulushi Cu-Ag deposit is located in the Kundelungu...region in the southeast Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kundelungu Plateau...comprise Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks of the Katanga Supergroup that attain an overall thickness of...thrust is exposed in the western part of the Dikulushi mine, marked by ductile deformed shale that was
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of the Dikulushi Cu–Pb–Zn–Ag mineralisation, Kundelungu Plateau (Democratic Republic of Congo) Maarten...mineralisation at Dikulushi and in other deposits on the Kundelungu Plateau (Democratic Republic of Congo) developed...faults into a chalcocite-dominated Cu–Ag mineralisation of high economic interest. The chalcocite samples contain...lithological control of the immediate host rocks on the chalcocite-dominated Cu–Ag ores. The Pb isotope systematics...clearly record a diachronous evolution. Keywords Dikulushi Cu–Ag deposit . Lead isotopes . Polysulphide vein-type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusion and isotopic study of the Dikulushi Cu–Ag deposit, Katanga (D.R.C.): implications for exploration...February 2009 # Springer-Verlag 2009 Abstract The Dikulushi Cu–Ag vein-type deposit is located on the Kundelungu...southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.). The Kundelungu Plateau is situated to...isotope study revealed that the mineralisation at Dikulushi developed during two spatially and temporally...mineralisation is dominated by massive Agrich chalcocite that precipitated from low-temperature H2O–NaCl–KCl
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COMMUNICATIONS Cu ISOTOPE RATIO VARIATIONS IN THE DIKULUSHI Cu-Ag DEPOSIT, DRC: OF PRIMARY ORIGIN OR INDUCED...vein-type Cu-Ag deposit of Dikulushi, Democratic Republic of Congo. The Dikulushi deposit consists of a Cu-Pb-Zn-Fe...comprising sphalerite, chalcopyrite, bornite, and chalcocite that precipitated under reducing conditions....mineralization phase, which is dominated by Ag-rich chalcocite. The upper part of the deposit is strongly reworked...Cu isotope ratio variations. Chalcopyrite and chalcocite from the Cu-Pb-Zn-Fe and Cu-Ag mineralization
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Lufukwe, Lufilian Foreland, Democratic Republic of Congo HAMDY A. EL DESOUKY,† PHILIPPE MUCHEZ, Geodynamics...MINING CONGO SARL, 8034 Avenue Nyota, Quartier Golf, Lumbumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo Abstract...border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, is one of the largest sediment-hosted stratiform...Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks belonging to the Katanga Supergroup. The Kinkumbi prospect, a sediment-hosted...Lufilian folding and deposition of the entire Katanga Supergroup. The Monwezi Sandstone was subjected
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Article Geometallurgy of Cobalt Black Ores in the Katanga Copperbelt (Ruashi Cu-Co Deposit): A New Proposal... M. Geometallurgy of Cobalt Black Ores in the Katanga Copperbelt (Ruashi Cu-Co Deposit): A New Proposal...Mining S.A, Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, University...Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi 1825, Democratic Republic of the Congo; theophil.ngoy@ruashi.com (T.K.); chabu.cm@gmail...Democratic Republic of the Congo; shengolutandulamichel@yahoo.fr Department of Mine Geology, Ruashi Mining
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Université de Lubumbashi, B.P.1825, Lubumbashi, Congo Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, ARC...belt is bordered to the northwest by the Archean Congo Craton and the Mesoproterozoic Kibaride belt, to...in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (hereafter Congo) and northwestern Zambia (Fig. 1). A basal...and by logging of borehole cores from the Kipushi mine. A total of 115 samples (30 from Bunkeya, 50 from...Lithostratigraphy of the Katangan Supergroup in Katanga (modified from François, 1973b, 1987, 1995; Kampunzu
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supergene-enriched Mashitu South Cu-Co deposit, Katanga Copperbelt, DRC Marta Soƛnicka, Gruffudd M. Gigler...supergene-enriched Mashitu South Cu-Co deposit, Katanga Copperbelt, DRC, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi:...supergene-enriched Mashitu South Cu-Co deposit, Katanga Copperbelt, DRC Marta Soƛnicka a,b,* Gruffudd M...Cu-Co deposit situated in the Katangan Copperbelt (DR Congo) hosts hypogene and supergene mineralization in...spectacularly large carrollite, chalcopyrite, bornite and chalcocite crystals from the Kamoya South II deposit overlap
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mineralization at Luiswishi and Kamoto, Katanga Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Hamdy A. El Desouky & Philippe...International, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo S. Dewaele Department of Geology and Mineralogy...minerals are chalcopyrite, bornite, carrollite, and chalcocite. These minerals are in many places replaced by...rocks. Keywords Central African Copperbelt . D.R. Congo . Stratiform Cu–Co mineralization . Stable (S, C...Republic of Congo (DRC; Fig. 1), comprises two main parts. The Congolese part (hereafter “Katanga Copperbelt”)
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The Kamoa Copper Deposit, Democratic Republic of Congo: Stratigraphy, Diagenetic and Hydrothermal Alteration...deposit is located in the Katanga Province of the southern Democratic Republic of Congo outside of the area...Mwashya-Grand Conglomérat contact, changing from chalcocite to bornite to chalcopyrite to pyrite with increased...displays a classical mineral zonation pattern of chalcocite to bornite to chalcopyrite to pyrite(sphalerite)...within Neoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Katanga Supergroup, which were deposited within an extensional
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contrasting ïŹ‚uid systems in the Katanga Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of Congo Hamdy A. El Desouky a,⁎, Philippe...Groupe Forrest International, Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Post-entrapment reequilibration a b s t r a c t The Katanga Copperbelt is the Congolese part of the well-known...samples from the Kamoto and Luiswishi mines in the Katanga Copperbelt recognized two generations of hypogene...least two main hypogene Cu–Co sulïŹde phases in the Katanga Copperbelt. The ïŹrst is an early diagenetic typical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the low temperature Dikulushi Cu–Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization (Democratic Republic of Congo). 25 Copper mineralization...Paratacamite ((Cu,Zn)2(OH)3Cl) Djurleite (Cu31S16) Chalcocite (Cu2S) Cuprite (Cu2O) Amram Rehavam Cu-sulphide...sandstone-hosted secondary Cu mineralization of the Congo copper belt where rising oxidizing warm saline brines...Foundation. We are thankful to Nathalya Teplyakov and Dr. Sara Ehrlich for help with the chemical separations...the LuïŹlian fold-and-thrust belt, Katanga (Democratic Republic of Congo). Journal of African Earth Sciences
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porphyry copper deposit in northern Peru occurs in chalcocite and covellite-rich veins and disseminations that...near-surface chalcocite and Fe oxides having isotopically depleted values compared to chalcocite, covellite...copper isotope data indicate that most of the chalcocite and covellite formed from high-temperature hypogene...it was found that only the most near-surface chalcocite ores responded well to this treatment. This suggested...both hypogene and supergene chalcocite were present, but also that chalcocite genesis also affects metallurgical
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discovered in 1902, and the sulfides were mined until mine closure in 1994 (Kamona and Friedrich, 2007). During...its lifespan, Kabwe was the most significant Zn-Pb mine in Zambia, with production from the sulfide bodies...and relative positions of orebodies on the 850 ft mine level (∌260 m depth from the surface), underlying...highly faulted massive dolomite adjacent to the Mine Club fault zone. The No. 2 body is a willemite-rich...2008) consider Kabwe, together with Kipushi, Dikulushi, Lombe, and Kengere, to be a vein-type Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag
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Development, Groupe G. Forrest International, Lubumbashi, Congo b Department of Geology, University of Botswana...African Copperbelt in both Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo hereafter) and Zambia, which represent the most...forms a northward convex structure, straddling the Congo–Zambia border and called “Lufilian Arc”. It was...east-northeastwards through Kolwezi and Likasi (Congo), and southeastwards to Bwana Mkubwa (Zambia) and...Group is called the “Mwashya Subgroup” or “R 4” in Congo (formerly “Systùme Schisto-Dolomitique” of Van den
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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...copper sulfides (such as chalcopyrite, CuFeS2, or chalcocite, Cu2S), the 65 Cu is favored as the oxidized...billion (ppb) Cu for analysis, which generated Mine location and copper isotope values for the native...0.25 La Salle mine, Houghton County North Cliff mine, Keweenaw County Michigan mine, Ontonagon County
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deposits reveals distinct differences—the Silver Bell mine possesses leach cap minerals that are more depleted...Cu is transported downward and precipitates as chalcocite (Cu2S) in the reducing environment of the water...produced from pyrite (FeS2), chalcopyrite, and chalcocite weathering; (2) a supergene enrichment zone and/or...where the Cu was upgraded by the precipitation of chalcocite; and (3) a hypogene zone that contains primary...and Borrok (2009) Kimball et al. (2009) Chalcocite Chalcocite Djurleite Digenite Spionkopite Covellite
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label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...Strata-Bound Copper-Cobalt District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo Dzhezkazgan and Associated Sandstone...Tunnels Au-Ag-Zn-Pb deposit, Montana, United States (mine now exhausted). 1971: Recognized control of ore...high sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag deposit, Chile (mine now exhausted). 1971: First formal recognition...which led to discovery of Perkoa Zn-Pb-Ag deposit (mine under construction). 1990: Recommendation of Cerro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
weathering reactions of primary minerals such as chalcocite and chalcopyrite. Here, we examine the fractionation...2010; Mathur et al., 2009a, 2009b, 2010) and acid mine drainage (Balistrieri et al., 2008; Borrok et al...large variations in Cu isotope values observed in mine waters and low-temperature ore deposits, researchers...unreacted mineral. Dissolution experiments involving chalcocite (Mathur et al., 2005; Wall et al., 63 2007)...enargite (0.92 ± 0.14‰, (Kimball et al., 2009)), and chalcocite (2.74 ± 0.23‰, (Mathur et al., 2005)). Thus,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper-rich minerals (native copper, cuprite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, and malachite) at ablation spot...three samples of native copper (Michigan Cu, Baltic Mine, Michigan native copper district, United States;...Arizona, United States; Okorogawa Cu, Okorogawa Mine, Tochigi, Japan) were analyzed. Laser ablation analyses...the reported value of native copper from the same mine (d65Cu = 0.29 ± 0.04‰, 1s, n = 8; Larson et al....experiments that oxidation of chalcopyrite [Cu (I)] and chalcocite [Cu (I)] gave Cu (II) leach solutions with d65Cu
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University 3 Pebble 4 Hunter of Alaska, 3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, Alaska 99508 Limited Partnership, 3201...quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration. Supergene chalcocite and covellite partially replace hypogene chalcopyrite...sulfides); abbreviations: Alb = albite, Cc = chalcocite, Cov = covellite, Cpy = chalcopyrite, Goe = goethite...nonhypogene mineral assemblages, such as Fe, chalcocite, or copper oxides, are not plotted in the contoured...al., 2010; Mirnejad et al., 2010). Supergene chalcocite and Cu oxide samples have been shown to possess
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(2018) insisted 65 that the classification of chalcocite based on Cu isotope composition could help to...minerals are pyrite, molybdenite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite and bornite 159 occurring in veinlets and/or...periphery and high- 162 grade chalcopyrite-chalcocite-bornite ores are present in the core (Gerel &...secondary Cu enrichment blanket of a bornite-chalcocite-covellite assemblage is 166 developed in the...pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite ± cubanite, 172 (7) chalcocite-bornite and (8) galena-sphalerite-tennantite
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around its southern margin in the Prominent Hill mine area [68] (Figure 3). Interpretations from [68,70...polymetallic haematitic breccia complexes, dominated by chalcocite–bornite–chalcopyrite assemblages, hosted in a...Structural Control on the Dikulushi Cu-Ag Deposit, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Econ. Geol. 2007,...structural setting of mineralisation at Kolomela Mine, Northern Cape, South Africa, based on fully-constrained...gold mineralization in the Hope reef at Fairview Mine, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Ore Geol
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............................................H22 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................H25 Mine Closure...........................................microgram of manganese per liter Å angstrom AMD acid mine drainage ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and...rocks of the McDermitt caldera near the McDermitt Mine in Humboldt County, Nevada (from Rytuba and others...None Shale Sandstone Ultramafic Apex Mine, Utah Ruby Creek Mine, Alaska Cadmium-lead-zinc ore, general
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intermediate zone of Cu-enriched phases (i.e. bornite, chalcocite, covellite), which Berkenbosch et al. (2012a)...(2011) also suggested that the suite of bornite, chalcocite, and specular hematite could indicate more oxidized...Vanhaecke F (2009) Cu isotope ratio variations in the Dikulushi Cu-Ag deposit, DRC: of primary origin or induced...Brantley SL (2009) Copper isotope fractionation in acid mine drainage. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 73:1247–1263. doi:10
 
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