Mine detail: Epoch

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Location: Zimbabwe, Africa
Lat / long: -20.41355, 29.25137
dep_id: 10107361
mrds_id: W029614
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Polydymite
orebody_fm: ROUGHLY TABULAR
model: 11: Komatiitic Ni-Cu
Reporter: Saam, Henning G.
hrock_type: Serpentinite
tectonic: Archean Greenstone Belt
Year first produced: 1976
disc_yr: 1969
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 21, 1974.
  • 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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