| Location: | Zimbabwe, Africa |
| Lat / long: | -17.29706, 31.33465 |
| dep_id: | 10079576 |
| mrds_id: | W029608 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Nickel, Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Cobalt |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Ilmenite, Magnetite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 11: Komatiitic Ni-Cu |
| alteration: | Serpentinization |
| conc_proc: | Seggregation, Tectonic Processes |
| ore_ctrl: | Archaean Greenstone Belt, Ultrabasics |
| Reporter: | Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Shamvaian Formation;Bulawayan Formation |
| hrock_type: | Dunite,Serpentinite,Komatiite (Ultramafite) |
| arock_unit: | Ultramafics |
| arock_type: | Dunite |
| Structure: | Archaean Greenstone Belt, Precambrian Mafic And Ultramafic Rocks In A Cratonic Environment, Traverse Faults Trend Obliquely Across The Ultrabsic Rocks, Quartz Diorite Stock Intrusive Into Precambrian Bulawan Greenstones, Of Bulawan System. The Rocks Are Isoclinaly Folded.Faults. |
| tectonic: | Archaean Greenstone Belt |
| Year first produced: | 1968 |
| disc_yr: | 1957 |
| discr: | Hilton A.J. |
| References: |
- Deposit:: PETERS H.D., NICKEL,1975
- Deposit:: ROEX D.H.LE, NICKEL DEPOSIT ON THE TROJAN CLAIMS, BINDURA DISTRICT, S. RHODESIA
- Deposit:: SCALLAN R.J., TROJAN NICKEL, VEIL IS LIFTED ON BIG BINDURA OPERATIONS.
- Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.
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