Locality type:

Complex

Classification

Species:

Bornite

Formula:

Cu₅FeS₄

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Santa Elena ultramafic Nappe, Nicoya Canton, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

968263

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:968263:4

GUID (UUID V4):

6354e45b-ac64-4bd6-b4c6-419ddb4a4d5f

References

Schwarzenbach, E. M., Gazel, E., & Caddick, M. J. (2014). Hydrothermal processes in partially serpentinized peridotites from Costa Rica: evidence from native copper and complex sulfide assemblages. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 168(5), 1-21.

Schwarzenbach, E. M., Gill, B. C., Gazel, E., & Madrigal, P. (2016). Sulfur and carbon geochemistry of the Santa Elena peridotites: Comparing oceanic and continental processes during peridotite alteration. Lithos, 252, 92-108.

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	Palomares, R. M., Hernandez, R. L., Menor, L. O., Garcia, R. P., Perez, S. M., Linares, F. G. (2013) HYDROTHERMAL PALLADIUM ENRICHMENT IN PODIFORM CHROMITITES OF CALZADILLA DE LOS BARROS (SW IBERIAN PENINSULA) The Canadian Mineralogist, 51 (3) 387-404 doi:10.3749/canmin.51.3.387	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	pyrite, and sphalerite; and (3) chalcopyrite, bornite, and carrollite. In assemblages 1 and 2, massive...Assemblage 3 is characterized by (1) the presence of bornite and chalcopyrite intergrowths, as well as carrollite...wittichenite, and talnakhite at the interface between bornite and chalcopyrite (Figs. 3e, f, g and h); (2) the...development of thin veins filled by chalcopyrite and bornite that cut magnetite and chromite grains. Mineral...chalcopyrite shows nearly stoichiometric compositions. Bornite from assemblage 3 also shows nearly stoichiometric
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	region, i.e., the Cyclops ophiolite [5], Papuan Ultramafic Belt [6,7], Seram-Ambon ophiolite [8] and ophiolites...Department of Mineral and Energy Resources in the Papua Province selected six geological provinces with high deposit...Southern Papua and Fafak. The Jayapura geological province contains the Cu–Zn–Pb–Fe–Cr–Co–Ni–Au mineralization...origin: upper mantle versus versus mafic and ultramafic magmas [58,59]. An analysis of olivine showed...showed the process of their mafic and ultramafic magmas [58,59]. An analysis of olivine showed the process
	Chistyakova, Sofya, Latypov, Rais, Zaccarini, Federica (2015) Chromitite Dykes in the Monchegorsk Layered Intrusion, Russia:In SituCrystallization from Chromite-Saturated Magma Flowing in Conduits. Journal of Petrology, 56 (12) 2395-2424 doi:10.1093/petrology/egv079	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Arctic Circle (Fig. 1). It is one of many mafic–ultramafic layered intrusions within the Baltic (Fennoscandian)...chromitite have never been reported in mafic–ultramafic layered intrusions previously. It was therefore...dykes) cross-cutting cumulate rocks in the lower, ultramafic part of the Monchegorsk Layered Intrusion (MLI)...%) Cu–Ni sulphides (pentlandite, chalcopyrite, bornite, heazlewoodite and millerite). The sulphide mineralization...of the massif that exposes the most primitive ultramafic cumulates (Smolkin et al., 2004a) (Figs 1 and

Bornite from Santa Elena ultramafic Nappe, Nicoya Canton, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

Bornite from
Santa Elena ultramafic Nappe, Nicoya Canton, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica