Mine detail: Trojan Mine

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Location: Zimbabwe, Africa
Lat / long: -17.29706, 31.33465
dep_id: 10106775
mrds_id: ISM0233
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Foose, Michael P.
hrock_unit: Bulawayan Group;Bulawayan Group;Bulawayan Group
hrock_type: Greenstone,Serpentinite,Komatiite (Ultramafite)
Structure: Magmatic Sulfide Segregations In Ultramafic Rocks
tectonic: Prec Greenstone Belt
Year first produced: 1968
disc_yr: 1957
References:
  • Deposit:: SHEKARCHI, E., MORGAN, G., CLARKE P. AND AMBROSIO, S., 1981, ZIMBABWE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL PERSPECTIVES- SERIES, WASHINGTON, DC, 62 P. (PA1)
  • Deposit:: CLUTTEN, J.M., 1980, ANGLO-AMERICAN CORP. SERVICES LTD., (SEP). (RR1-RR3)
  • Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1980, SOUTH AFRICA--ZIMBABWE: MINING JOURNAL LTD., LONDON, P. 429-433. (PA2, PA3, RR41)
  • Deposit:: CLUTTEN, J.M., FOSTER, R.P., AND MARTIN, A., 1981, NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN ZIMBABWE: EPISODES, V. 1981, NO. 2, P-. 10-15.
  • Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1981, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 3D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, LTD., -[498] P. (RR4)
  • Deposit:: ROSS, J.R., AND TRAVIS, G.A., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: ECONOMIC -GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1291-1329. (PC1)
  • Deposit:: LEROEX, H.D., 1964, NICKEL DEPOSIT ON THE TROJAN CLAIMS, BINDURA DISTRICT, SOUTHERN RHODESIA [ZIMBABWE]: IN HAUGH-TON, S.H., ED., GEOLOGY OF SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN AFRIC-A, V. II, DEPOSITS OF SOME MINERALS OUTSIDE THE WITWATERSRAND -BASIN: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, JOHANNESBURG, P. 5-09-520.
  • Production:: PA1: RF1; PA2, PA3: RF3, P. 429 PC1: RF6, P. 1326
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