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Karelianite from
Oklo Mine, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Karelianite
Formula:V23+O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Karelianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oklo Mine, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:102493
Long-form Identifier:1:3:102493:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Karelianite
3.7km (2.3 miles) Mounana Mine, Mounana, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
inéral Le gisementde manganèsede Moanda (Gabon) Sauvonsles calcites de Cadacu (Gard) NUMERO 41 Septembre...NIA.THIEU 0 LA FISSION NUCLÉAIRE NATURELLE DU GABON par Cédric LHEUR et Régis 1\>.UlTHIEU et Marie Curie...jou@leregnemineral.fr LE GISElVŒNT DE MANGANÈSE DE lVlOAND.t~ GABON par Cédric LHEUR LES QUARTZ "DIA.M.1-\.NT"DE LA...!IJ Les 111inéranx de la 111ine de Monnana (Gabon) Cédric LHEUR111m•ec la collaboration de Régis...Mo1111a,za est sit11éau Sud-Est du Gabon dans la région du Haut-Ogooué (chef-lieu Francerille, sous-préfect11rede
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ma ago. The model explaining the formation of the Oklo uranium deposits suggests that at the time of sediment...Paleoproterozoic; Uranium; Manganese; Atmosphere; Oklo; Gabon; Carbon isotopes; Black shales 1. Introduction...Introduction The natural nuclear fission reactors in Gabon are unique. The possibility that nuclear fission reactions...occur 2.0 Ga ago in the Oklo uranium deposit of the Francevillian Series, Gabon (Neuilly et al., 1972)...in the Paleoproterozoic uranium ore deposits of Gabon. This observation raises the question whether this
Journal (issue)
THINK YOU HAVE FOUND A NEW MINERAL? Pete J. Dunn Department of Mineral Sciences Smithsonian Institution Washington...species, the locality, and the particular part of the mine or quarry from which the spec­ imens came, the date...were unearthed. Miscellaneous by-products at the mine were dumped, and it was in this area of the operation...areas of the operation were visited, and the actual “mine” and its operation were observed. Of particular...identifying natural crystals he finds in field, quarry, mine or mountain. By E. MITCHELL GUNNELL Denver. Colorado
Report (issue)
deposits of Mas Laveyre (France) and Mikouloungou (Gabon). 5 3. Hematite breccia complex deposits: Deposits...activities include drilling and coring to complete final mine plans and establish final processing flowsheets...case of an underground mine or overburden stripping in the case of an open pit mine, mill construction,...direction and dips south at 15–30º. In the Main Mine Series the ore zone is up to 35m thick. Jabiluka...open to the south and east at depth. In the Main Mine Series the ore zones are up to 135m thick. The metasedimentary
Book
........................................... 36 Gabon ..................................................uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...was about 270 tU. In Argentina the Sierra Pintada mine had been in standby status since 1999 and was expected...recovered from mine rehabilitation activities; small amounts were likewise recovered during mine remediation
Report (volume)
Editors: Peter C. Burns' & Robert Finch 2 1 Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences...Environmental issues such as coping with uranium mine and mill tailings and other uranium-contaminated...and Geochemistry of Natural Fission Reactors in Gabon Janusz Janeczek 8 393 Geomicrobiology of Uranium...and Geochemistry of Natural Fission Reactors in Gabon Janusz Janeczek INTRODUCTION: NATURAL FISSION REACTORS...largest construction projects in the history of the Department of Energy. Approximately three billion dollars
Book
(individual deposit) and regional scale (uranium province). Their ideas, observations, and data have directly...Granite-Related Vein Uranium Deposits: Schwartzwalder Mine, Front Range, USA ................................Uranium Deposits: Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Province, Zaire .........................................Deposits in Proterozoic Sandstones: Franceville Basin, Gabon ......................... 224 232 237 246 250 250...when analyzing pitchblende from the George Wagsfort mine at Johanngeorgenstadt, Sachsisches Erzgebirge (Saxonian
Report (issue)
Gauthier-Lafaye shows that the well-known Oklo sandstone-type uranium deposits of Gabon, which formed at ca. 2.1 Ga...post-depositional processes in uranium ores at the Stanleigh mine, Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada.....................reactors in the Paleoproterozoic Franceville Basin (Gabon)..................................................38400 St. Martin d’Heres, France Allan J. Hall* Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ...botryoids at a 350 Ma fossil warm spring at the Tynagh mine, Ireland: (A) The top surface (field of view measures
Book
........................................... 75 Gabon ..................................................vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated...to start production at the Talvivaara Ni-Zn-Cu-Co mine, ,vhere bio-heap leaching is used to extract metals...Production is expected to grow when the Four Mile ISL mine comes on strea1n, and planned expansion of Olympic
Journal (issue)
LESAUfEURS MINÉRALOGŒ Pyromorphite- 4 x 3,8 cm Mine des Farges, Ussel, Corrèze Coll. : F. Benjamin -...CHIAPPERO P.-J., DIETRICH J.-E., GAL VIER J. ( 1997). La mine de SainteLucie, Lozère, France, un petit gîte pour...2000, 33: 35-37. CHIRON A. et FORNER H. (1997). La Mine d'or de Salsigne: géologie du site, Aude, France...D DAIN Y. (2001). La Villeder: historique de la mine, HS7 :26-39. le Règne Minéral. DAIN Y. ( 2001)...TIXADOR Y., CASTERET A. et GOUJOU J.-C. (2002). La mine de manganèse de Coustou, Vielle-Aure, Hautes-Pyrénées
Book (edition)
information should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New...the late Horace Winchell of Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Brian J. Skinner...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan
Book
RamdohrlStrunz Klockmann's Lehrbuch der Mineralogie is a mine of rich crystalchemical information, perhaps the... ~ .~~~ . ~ - ... --~ ---.'IIIi!h!91JIM! z: MINe ~f$OOEE Fig. 51. Hooke's drawing emphasizing the...Melt.p. 1 () 0 . ~ 0 0 0 [~ 0 150 ;; 0 0 OKlO 0 -h adaman- ...' 0 0 --.£!'.L r-t1",.....Kainite 319 Kalsilite 260 Kaolinite 31, 236-237 Karelianite = Corundum Kawazulite = Tetradymite Keatite 271
 
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