Mine detail: Madziwa

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Location: Zimbabwe, Africa
Lat / long: -17.03041, 31.45132
dep_id: 10079577
mrds_id: W029609
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper
Minor mineral: Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Polydymite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Chlorite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 13: Synorogenic-synvolcanic Ni-Cu
ore_ctrl: Archaean Greenstone Belt
Reporter: Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Madziwa Complex;
hrock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Structure: Archaean Greenstone Belt, Mafic Andultramafic Rocks In Cratonic Environment
tectonic: Precambrian Greenstone Belt
Year first produced: 1967
disc_yr: 1958
References:
  • Deposit:: H.D.PETERS: NICKEL,1975
  • Deposit:: TAUPITZ K.CH.: DER BERGBAU RHODESIENS
  • Deposit:: MINING IN RHODESIA (1968)
  • Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.
  • Other Database:: ISMI
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