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Pyrrhotite from
Ashanti Mine, Obuasi Gold Project, Obuasi Municipal District, Ashanti Region, Ghana


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ashanti Mine, Obuasi Gold Project, Obuasi Municipal District, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:153936
Long-form Identifier:1:3:153936:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘJustice Mine, Obuasi Gold Project, Obuasi Municipal District, Ashanti Region, Ghana
39.3km (24.4 miles) ⓘBosumtwi meteorite impact crater, Ashanti Region, Ghana
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘKonongo-Southern Cross Mine, Konongo, Ashanti gold belt, Ghana
82.5km (51.3 miles) ⓘDamang Mine, Abosso-Damang Au deposit, Tarkwa, Ashanti gold belt, Ghana
83.1km (51.6 miles) ⓘBogoso North Mine, Bogoso-Prestea mining district, Ashanti gold belt, Ghana
96.9km (60.2 miles) ⓘBuesichem deposit, Bogoso-Prestea mining district, Ashanti gold belt, Ghana
References
Bowell, R. J., Foster, R. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Telluride mineralization at Ashanti gold mine, Ghana. Mineralogical Magazine, 54 (377) 617-627 doi:10.1180/minmag.1990.054.377.15
Econ Geol (1996) 91:289-301
OberthÞr, T., Weiser, T., Amanor, J. A., Chryssoulis, S. L. (1997) Mineralogical siting and distribution of gold in quartz veins and sulfide ores of the Ashanti mine and other deposits in the Ashanti belt of Ghana: genetic implications. Mineralium Deposita, 32 (1) 2-15 doi:10.1007/s001260050068
Bonev, I.K., Petrunov, R., Cook, N.J., Ciobanu, C.L. (2005) Kostovite and its argentian varieties: Deposits and mineral associations. Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences): 42: 1-22.
 
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