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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