 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 72(4), pp. 953–970 Gold-bismuth-telluride-sulphide assemblages at the Viceroy Mine, Harare-Bindura-Shamva...Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe T. OBERTHÜR* AND T. W. WEISER Federal Institute for Geosciences and...2008] ABSTR ACT Gold mineralization at the Viceroy Mine is hosted in extensional veins in steep shear... the close association of native gold, native bismuth and other Bi-Te-S phases suggests that gold was...liquid/melt-collecting mechanism was probably active at Viceroy Mine, where the distinct Au-Bi-TeS assemblage either |  | Bristol, Samantha K., Spry, Paul G., Voudouris, Panagiotis Ch., Melfos, Vasilios, Mathur, Ryan D., Fornadel, Andrew P., Sakellaris, Gregory Aarne (2015) Geochemical and geochronological constraints on the formation of shear-zone hosted Cu–Au–Bi–Te mineralization in the Stanos area, Chalkidiki, northern Greece. Ore Geology Reviews, 66. 266-282 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.11.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | online 11 November 2014 Keywords: Stanos Copper–bismuth–gold–tellurium mineralization Greece Geochemistry...Geochemistry Re–Os a b s t r a c t Copper–gold–bismuth–tellurium mineralization in the Stanos area, Chalkidiki...and crystalline rocks of the Rhodope Massif to the east. This area contains the Paliomylos, Chalkoma, and...likely related to the Strymon detachment (on the east of Kerdyllion detachment) that started operating...= 144–287 °C δ34S: Py and Apy 3.2–6.8‰ Viceroy, Zimbabwe Archean Metabasalt Mineralization in normal |  | Vasiliev, V. I., Borisenko, A. S., Mortsev, N. K., Khoa, C. C., Fyong, N. T. (2011) Jonassonite (AuBi5S4) from the Dakripen gold deposit in Vietnam. Geology of Ore Deposits, 53 (7) 614-619 doi:10.1134/s107570151107021x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | galena; sphalerite; bismuthinite; ikunolite; native bismuth; and, occasionally, gold. All these species are...Spain (Cepedal et al., 2006), and the Viceroy Mine in Zimbabwe (Oberthür and Weisser, 2008). Hence, the...include bornite, sphaler ite, bismuthinite, native bismuth and gold, ikunolite, bravoite, molybdenite, scheelite...(galena, sphalerite, bismuthinite, pyrite, gold, bismuth, the AuBi5S4 phase, and ikunolite); and (4) the...deposit in association with grains of (2) native bismuth, (3, 4, 6) ikunolite, and (5) galena. BSE image |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | systematics of sulfide inclusions from the Jagersfontein Mine—Sonja Aulbach, Steven B. Shirey, Thomas Stachel...Geology of a complex kimberlite pipe (K2 pipe, Venetia Mine, South Africa): insights into conduit processes...No. 5, 2009 Copper isotope fractionation in acid mine drainage—B.E. Kimball, R. Mathur, A.C. Dohnalkova...change—D. Kirk Nordstrom Water management for acid mine drainage control at the polymetallic Zn-Pb-(Ag-Bi-Cu)...Andrew Putnis, Allan Pring 1945 ‘Invisible gold’ in bismuth chalcogenides—Cristiana L. Ciobanu, Nigel J. Cook |  | Bi, Shi-Jian, Li, Jian-Wei, Zhou, Mei-Fu, Li, Zhan-Ke (2011) Gold distribution in As-deficient pyrite and telluride mineralogy of the Yangzhaiyu gold deposit, Xiaoqinling district, southern North China craton. Mineralium Deposita, 46 (8) 925-941 doi:10.1007/s00126-011-0359-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralogy of the Yangzhaiyu gold deposit, Xiaoqinling district, southern North China craton Shi-Jian Bi & Jian-Wei...Mesozoic magmatic rocks widespread in the Xiaoqinling district and other parts of the southern North China craton...(Shackleton et al. 2003), the Commoner Mine and Viceroy Mine in Zimbabwe (Twemlow 1984; Oberthüt and Weiser...for gold mineralization. The Xiaoqinling gold district in the southern North China craton has been the...(Mao et al. 2002). Many gold deposits in this district contain a wide variety of tellurides (Luo et al |  | Acosta-Gongora, P., Gleeson, S. A., Samson, I. M., Ootes, L., Corriveau, L. (2015) Gold Refining by Bismuth Melts in the Iron Oxide-Dominated NICO Au-Co-Bi ( Cu W) Deposit, NWT, Canada. Economic Geology, 110 (2) 291-314 doi:10.2113/econgeo.110.2.291 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vol. 110 March–April No. 2 Gold Refining by Bismuth Melts in the Iron Oxide-Dominated NICO Au-Co-Bi...upgrading at NICO is consistent with the liquid bismuth collector model, suggesting that this process was...mineral deposits (e.g., NICO deposit; Tennant Creek district, Australia; Idaho cobalt belt, United States;... 2002; Cook et al., 2009; Sung et al., 2009). Bismuth and Te are typically associated with visible Au...described by the liquid bismuth collector model (Douglas et al., 2000). Bismuth has a low melting point |  | | Book | | Effect on Balance of Payments of Spending by a Sample Mine 281 Operations of a Mixed Company 303 Xl PART...Andean structure northward and then swing suddenly east, cutting through the mountains in a series of rapids--the...denoting a submarine table-top mountain. THE LAND 7 east Peru 0 which drains directly northeast into the...formed ot Tertiary volcanic rocks, while on the east, the Cordilleras Central and Oriental, where they...over 4,000 meters and much lower passes--the road east from Olmos crosses at 2,300 meters. The fertile |  | Paar, W. H., Putz, H., Topa, D., Roberts, A. C., Stanley, C. J., Culetto, F. J. (2006) Jonassonite, Au(Bi,Pb)5S4, a new mineral species from Nagyborzsony, Hungary. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44 (5) 1127-1136 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.44.5.1127 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sphalerite, chalcopyrite, native gold, native bismuth, bismuthinite, ikunolite, cosalite, lillianite...500 150 m, and contains inclusions of native bismuth, ikunolite and bismuthinite. It is megascopically...Keywords: jonassonite, new mineral species, gold bismuth sulfide, electron-microprobe analyses, X-ray data...pyrrhotite, sphalérite, chalcopyrite, or natif, bismuth natif, bismuthinite, ikunolite, cosalite, lillianite...atteignant 500 150 m, et contient des inclusions de bismuth natif, d’ikunolite et de bismuthinite. Il s’agit |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | emplacement of regional high-Ca granite and the East–West compression deformation. The M3a metamorphism...percentage of Pb is normally 1 to 5% less than Te. Bismuth can substitute Pb in altaite and the atomic percentage...Greece Fiji Golden Quadrilateral, Romania Baguio district, Philippines Age 125.3∼116.6 Ma ∼30 to ∼28Ma...Sardinia, Italy Tertiary Viceroy Mine Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe Mildlands greenstone...greenstone belt, Zimbabwe Archean Clv, Alt, Hes, Ttd; Bi-(S)selenides and Pb-(S)selenides in Kairagach; Bi-Te-(S)-selenides |  | Belogub, E. V., Moloshag, V. P., Novoselov, K. A., Kotlyarov, V. A. (2011) Native bismuth, tsumoite, and Pb-bearing tsumoite from the Tarn’er copper-zinc massive sulfide deposit, northern Urals. Geology of Ore Deposits, 53 (8) 798-805 doi:10.1134/s1075701511080034 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogical Society), 2010, No. 6, pp. 82–93. Native Bismuth, Tsumoite, and PbBearing Tsumoite from the Tarn’er...October 5, 2009 Abstract—Bismuth mineralization, including native bismuth, tsumoite (Bi1.99–2.03Te2...the effect of a large diorite intrusion. Native bismuth associated with hessite forms idiomorphic inclusions...Gold (Au0.65Ag0.35) was identified along with bismuth tellurides. The temperature of contact methamorphism...sillimanite, and cordierite. The morphology of the bismuth telluride aggregates in silicates and graphic intergrowth |  | Oberthür, T., Blenkinsop, T. G., Hein, U. F., Höppner, M., Höhndorf, A., Weiser, T. W. (2000) Gold mineralization in the Mazowe area, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe: II. Genetic relationships deduced from mineralogical, fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies, and the Sm-Nd isotopic composition of scheelites. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (2) 138-156 doi:10.1007/s001260050012 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mazowe area, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe: II. Genetic relationships deduced from mineralogical...In the Mazowe area some 40 km NW of Harare in Zimbabwe, gold mineralization is hosted in a variety of...the mainly granodiorite-hosted workings at Mazowe mine are on pyrite-rich reefs, mines of the Bernheim...arsenopyrite-rich ores, and Stori's Golden Shaft and Alice mine, both in metabasalts, work sul®de-poor quartz veins...Department, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe U.F. Hein Institut fuÈr |  | Dana, Cendi D. P., Agangi, Andrea, Idrus, Arifudin, Lai, Chun-Kit, Simbolon, Doly R. (2022) Bi-Ag-Sulfosalts and Sulfoarsenides in the Ruwai Zn-Pb-Ag Skarn Deposit, Central Borneo, Indonesia. Minerals, 12 (12) 1564 doi:10.3390/min12121564 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., East Perth, WA 6004, Australia PT Kapuas Prima Coal,...Bi-Ag sulfosalts were identified, including native bismuth, tetrahedrite, cossalite, tsumoite, bismuthinite...Kotaro Yonezu Keywords: Ruwai; skarn; sulfosalts; bismuth; silver; arsenides; Borneo Received: 10 November...enriched in Ag and Bi [5–7]; however, silver and bismuth minerals have not been reported so far. This study...4. Results deposit (Table 1). Generally, the bismuth and silver-bearing minerals can be grouped into |  | Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Birch, William D., Cook, Nigel J., Pring, Allan, Grundler, Pascal V. (2010) Petrogenetic significance of Au–Bi–Te–S associations: The example of Maldon, Central Victorian gold province, Australia. Lithos, 116 (1) 1-17 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.12.004 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | online 4 January 2010 Keywords: Gold deposits Bismuth melts Focussed ion beam Transmission electron microscopy...paragenetically tied to native bismuth. The simpler phase associations, involving bismuth, maldonite and one or...associations include symplectites of gold and bismuth resulting from replacement of maldonite and are...stages—all involving gold minerals—are recognised: (1) bismuth+ maldonite ± hedleyite; (2) Bi-sulphotellurides...jonassonite, and decomposition of maldonite (gold + bismuth); and (3) bismuthinite + gold from decomposition |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1203–1210 THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SILVER AND BISMUTH SULFOSALT MINERALS, PAVONITE (AgBi3S5) AND MATILDITE...matildite. Introduction Sulfosalts of silver and bismuth have attracted the attention of geochemists and...and Sn-W zones) vein-like deposits (e.g., Ikuno mine, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan; Shimizu and Kato, 1996;...hydrothermal As-Bi veinlike deposits (e.g., Nakdong mine, South Korea; Shin et al., 2004). Recent studies...ampoules from the elements S, Ag, and Bi. Metallic bismuth, obtained by zone melting, elemental sulfur (>99 |  | Cepedal, Antonia, Martínez-Abad, Iker, Fuertes-Fuente, Mercedes, Lima, Alexandre (2013) The presence of plumboan ingodite and a rare Bi-Pb tellurosulfide, Pb3Bi4Te4S5, in the Limarinho Gold deposit, Northern Portugal. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51 (4) 643-651 doi:10.3749/canmin.51.4.643 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | granite located in northern Portugal (Vila Real district) (Fig. 1). The gold mineralization is accompanied...by Lipovetskiy et al. (1977) from the Alekeseyev mine, Siberia (Russia), is known from fewer than ten...altered by late fluids that produced secondary bismuth minerals (see the text for more information). ...Borodaev, Yu.S., & Zav’yalov, Ye.N. (1977) New lead–bismuth tellurides of the Alekseyev ore show (Stanovoy...1230–1234. Liu, H. & Chang, L.L.Y. (1994) Lead and bismuth chalcogenide systems. American Mineralogist 79 |  | Voudouris, P. C., Spry, P. G., Mavrogonatos, C., Sakellaris, G.-A., Bristol, S. K., Melfos, V., Fornadel, A. P. (2013) Bismuthinite derivatives, lillianite homologues, and bismuth sulfotellurides as indicators of gold mineralization in the Stanos shear-zone related deposit, Chalkidiki, northern Greece. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51 (1) 119-142 doi:10.3749/canmin.51.1.119 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BISMUTHINITE DERIVATIVES, LILLIANITE HOMOLOGUES, AND BISMUTH SULFOTELLURIDES AS INDICATORS OF GOLD MINERALIZATION...50011-3212, USA Abstract Arsenic-copper-gold-bismuth mineralization in the Stanos area is hosted by...homologues, matildite), native elements (bismuth, electrum), and bismuth chalcogenides (joséite-A, joséite-B...native bismuth + galenobismutite → gustavite/lillianite + native gold + native bismuth + bismuth sulfotellurides...bismuthinite-aikinite solid solution series→ matildite + native bismuth + galena → chalcopyrite + bornite. The observed |  | Wang, Changhong, Huang, Yongjian, Ma, Yu, Zhang, Zhifeng (2019) Geochemistry, mineralogy and mineral chemistry of the Welatam Cu-Mo-Bi-Au prospect, Northeast Myanmar. Ore Geology Reviews, 111. 102973 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.102973 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: Bismuth minerals Fluid-rock interaction Liquid bismuth in gold enrichment Molybdenite...discovered bismuth-gold locality within the Tengchong-Lianghe (Tengliang) metallogenic district. Two mineralization...important in causing the precipitation of liquid bismuth from Bi3+. The high correlation between Bi and...and Au (R = 0.782) demonstrates that liquid bismuth may have played a crucial role in gold enrichment. Here...providing spaces for the precipitation of liquid bismuth, create local chemical conditions (e.g., reducing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chalcopyrite occur in the tourmaline-rich pockets. Bismuth, bismuth–gold intermetallic aggregates, and Bi-telluride...historically important Passagem de Mariana gold mine shows similarities that are indicative of a possible...quartz– tourmaline lode of the Passagem de Mariana mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Oberthür & Weiser 2008)....historically and economically important Passagem de Mariana mine (e.g., Hussak 1898, Chauvet et al. 2001, Vial et...fluid-inclusion study of quartz from the Turmalina gold mine, approximately 20 km west of the São Sebastião gold |  | Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Cook, Nigel J., Pring, Allan, Brugger, Joël, Danyushevsky, Leonid V., Shimizu, Masaaki (2009) ‘Invisible gold’ in bismuth chalcogenides. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (7) 1970-1999 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.01.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | www.elsevier.com/locate/gca ‘Invisible gold’ in bismuth chalcogenides Cristiana L. Ciobanu a,b,*, Nigel...concentrations have been determined by LA-ICPMS in bismuth chalcogenides (tellurides and sulfosalts, minerals...minerals of the tetradymite group, aleksite series, bismuth sulfosalts (cosalite, lillianite, hodrushite, bismuthinite...suggesting that Ag underpins Au uptake in both bismuth tellurides and sulfosalts. In the tellurides, correlation...interpret replacement and remobilisation processes. Bismuth chalcogenides have the potential to be significant |  | Meng, Lin, Huang, Fei, Gao, Wenyuan, Gao, Rongzhen, Zhao, Fude, Zhou, Yiran, Li, Yongli (2022) Multi-Step Gold Refinement and Collection Using Bi-Minerals in the Laozuoshan Gold Deposit, NE China. Minerals, 12 (9) 1137 doi:10.3390/min12091137 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | indicating that the geochemical anomalies observed with bismuth may be a critical potential exploration target...(https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). Bismuth is widely found in various sulfide-rich gold deposits...gold deposition and remobilization processes [1]. Bismuth acts as an effective Au scavenger in the liquid...mineralization was found to have occurred in the East and Central ore belts of the Laozuoshan gold deposit...the West ore belt, with minor occurrences in the East and Central ore belts [23,25]. C-O-S-Pb isotope |  | Zheng, Bo, Zhu, Yongfeng, An, Fang, Huang, Qiu-yue, Qiu, Tian (2015) As–Sb–Bi–Au mineralization in the Baogutu gold deposit, Xinjiang, NW China. Ore Geology Reviews, 69. 17-32 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.01.019 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | February 2015 Keywords: Native arsenic Native bismuth Pääkönenite Baogutu gold deposit Xinjiang a b...aurostibite, native arsenic, native antimony, and native bismuth found in the Baogutu gold deposit in the western...characterized by an intimate association between native bismuth and native gold mineralization. © 2015 Elsevier...reserved. 1. Introduction Arsenic, antimony, and bismuth generally show a close association with gold due...Compared to native arsenic and antimony, native bismuth is more commonly seen in various gold or non-gold |  | Zhou, Haoyang, Sun, Xiaoming, Cook, Nigel J., Lin, Hai, Fu, Yu, Zhong, Richen, Brugger, Joël (2017) NANO- TO MICRON-SCALE PARTICULATE GOLD HOSTED BY MAGNETITE: A PRODUCT OF GOLD SCAVENGING BY BISMUTH MELTS. Economic Geology, 112 (4) 993-1010 doi:10.2113/econgeo.112.4.993 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BY MAGNETITE: A PRODUCT OF GOLD SCAVENGING BY BISMUTH MELTS Haoyang Zhou,1 Xiaoming Sun,1,2,3,4,† Nigel...hosted by magnetite. A range of bismuth minerals (e.g., native bismuth, maldonite, and bismuthinite) occur...ongoing gold refinement, and entrapment of gold and bismuth minerals within magnetite. Sulfidation of Bi, triggered...temperature, further promoted gold precipitation. Bismuth melts are interpreted to have played a crucial...30, 2016 994 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS to the east of the Jinshajiang-Red River fault zone (Fig. 1) |  | Wu, Qiang, Zhao, Tai-Ping, Chen, Wei Terry, Gao, Xin-Yu, Meng, Lei, Qiu, Wenhong Johnson (2021) Origin of the Qiyugou gold deposit in the southern margin of the North China Craton: Insights from trace elements of pyrite and mineralogy of Bi-minerals. Ore Geology Reviews, 133. 104085pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104085 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Keywords: Qiyugou gold deposit Trace element of pyrite Bismuth minerals Bi melts scavenging Au The southern margin...area of the North China Craton, contains abundant bismuth-sulfosalts that are closely associated with gold...blebs in the Py2 grains where inclusions of native bismuth, galenobismutite, lillianite homologs, tetradymite...assemblage of native gold and bismuthinite. These bismuth minerals are associated with native gold/Au-bearing...low As but anomalously high concentra tions of bismuth have attracted considerable attentions in scientific |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | v. 107, pp. 667–682 Insights into the Liquid Bismuth Collector Model Through Analysis of the Bi-Au Stormont...Victoria 3800, Australia Abstract The liquid bismuth collector model has previously been proposed to...explain the common association between gold and bismuth seen in many ore deposits, and involves the scavenging...scavenging of gold from hydrothermal fluid by liquid bismuth. Here, textural relationships and temperature and...are analyzed to investigate whether the liquid bismuth collector model can explain gold accumulation at |  | Chapman, R. J., Allan, M. M., Mortensen, J. K., Wrighton, T. M., Grimshaw, M. R. (2018) A new indicator mineral methodology based on a generic Bi-Pb-Te-S mineral inclusion signature in detrital gold from porphyry and low/intermediate sulfidation epithermal environments in Yukon Territory, Canada. Mineralium Deposita, 53 (6) 815-834 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0782-0 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Additional gold discoveries in the adjacent White Gold district, such as the Golden Saddle orogenic gold deposit...containing pyrrhotite, marcasite, arsenopyrite, and bismuth tellurides intergrown with microcrystalline pyrite...chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, bismuth tellurides, and native gold. The bulk of mineralization...located in the Mt. Nansen epithermal and placer district of the Dawson Range (Yukon MINFILE 115I 066) (Online...(1995). The intimate association of gold with bismuth-bearing minerals at Nucleus and Revenue could be |
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