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Pyrite from
Munali nickel project, Munali Intrusive Complex, Mazabuka District, Southern Province, Zambia


Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Munali nickel project, Munali Intrusive Complex, Mazabuka District, Southern Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1238773
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1238773:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘMunali Intrusive Complex, Mazabuka District, Southern Province, Zambia
48.5km (30.1 miles) ⓘNampundwe Mine (King Edward Mine), Sibuyunji District, Central Province, Zambia
68.4km (42.5 miles) ⓘDibwe East, Mutanga uranium project, Siavonga District, Southern Province, Zambia
References
Brotherton, R. L. (1979). The geochemistry and mineralogy of gossans overlying nickel-copper sulphide mineralisation. PhD Thesis University of London
Holwell, David A.; Mitchell, Chloe L.; Howe, Grace A.; Evans, David M.; Ward, Laura A.; Friedman, Richard (2017) The Munali Ni sulfide deposit, southern Zambia: A multi-stage, mafic-ultramafic, magmatic sulfide-magnetite-apatite-carbonate megabreccia. Ore Geology Reviews, 90. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.02.034
Blanks, Daryl E.; Holwell, David A.; Barnes, Stephen J.; Schoneveld, Louise E.; Boyce, Adrian J.; Mbiri, Laston (2022) Evolution of the Munali Intrusive Complex: Host to a carbonate-rich Ni-(Cu-PGE) sulfide deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 150. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.105109
 
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