Mangula Mine, Mhangura, Makonde District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mangula Mine | Mine |
| Mhangura | - not defined - |
| Makonde District | District |
| Mashonaland West | Province |
| Zimbabwe | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
16° 52' 46'' South , 30° 9' 0'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mhangura | 6,503 (2014) | 2.5km |
| Raffingora | 1,957 (2018) | 34.6km |
| Karoi | 25,030 (2015) | 49.3km |
| Chinhoyi | 61,739 (2018) | 54.4km |
A copper-silver mine.
Famous for large, well-formed bornite crystals.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ✪ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 Description: World famous mine for bornite crystals as they do not commonly form well-shaped large crystals whereas this mine has superb large euhedral crystals over 2 cm diameter, but not plentiful. |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 References: Calcite specimen in my collection. Provenance: Jens Jacobsen's father collected the piece when he worked on the mine.Identified by Bruce Cairncross: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Native Copper Formula: Cu |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | ⓘ Native Copper | Cu |
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References
Maiden, K.J., Innes, A.H., King, M.J., Master, S., Pettitt, I. (1984) Regional controls on the localisation of stratabound copper deposits: Proterozoic examples from southern Africa and south Australia. Precambrian Research, 25 (1) 99-118 doi:10.1016/0301-9268(84)90026-3
Mangula Mine, Mhangura, Makonde District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe