Quartz from Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa


South Africa
Mpumalanga Ehlanzeni District Municipality Mbombela Local Municipality ⓘ Barberton	Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
ⓘ Barberton Barite Drilling Project No. 2 borehole	Busigny, V., Marin-Carbonne, J., Muller, E., Cartigny, P., Rollion-Bard, C., Assayag, N., & Philippot, P. (2017). Iron and sulfur isotope constraints on redox conditions associated with the 3.2 Ga barite deposits of the Mapepe Formation (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 210, 247-266.
ⓘ Bien Venue deposit	Montinaro, A., Strauss, H., Mason, P. R., Roerdink, D., Münker, C., Schwarz-Schampera, U., ... & Peters, M. (2015). Paleoarchean sulfur cycling: Multiple sulfur isotope constraints from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, 267, 311-322.
ⓘ Fairview Mine	Mutobvu, Tyson, Pretorius, Hendrik, Muller, Charles Johannes, Mabala, Mahlomola Isaac (2024) Probabilistic Modelling of Geologically Complex Veins of the Barberton Greenstone Complex at Fairview Mine, South Africa. Minerals, 14 (4) doi:10.3390/min14040343
ⓘ Fortuna Mine	Slaughter, Dana (2023) Personal Communication.
ⓘ M'hlati prospect	Montinaro, A., Strauss, H., Mason, P. R., Roerdink, D., Münker, C., Schwarz-Schampera, U., ... & Peters, M. (2015). Paleoarchean sulfur cycling: Multiple sulfur isotope constraints from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, 267, 311-322.
ⓘ New Consort Mine	Munyai, M. R., Dirks, P. H. G. M., & Charlesworth, E. G. (2011). Archaean gold mineralisation during post-orogenic extension in the new consort gold mine, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 114(2), 121-144. Otto, A., & Meyer, F. M. (2008). Tektono-metamorphe Kontrolle der archaischen Goldmineralisation in der New Consort Gold Mine, Barberton Grünsteingürtel, Südafrika (No. RWTH-CONV-112943). Lehrstuhl und Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre u. Labor für Geochemie und Umweltanalytik.
ⓘ Princeton mine	Precambrian Research Volume 96, Issues 3-4, July 1999, Pages 209-224
ⓘ Sheba Mine	Jones, C., & Kisters, A. (2022). Regional and local controls of hydrothermal fluid flow and gold mineralization in the Sheba and Fairview mines, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Ore Geology Reviews, 144, 104805.

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