Mine detail: Tshweneng Hills

Previously called 'Tswapong Hills'

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.99681, 26.00144

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Gangue:	Hematite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LAYERS, SEAMS
Discovery year:	1966

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Mudstone,Shale,Conglomerate
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Fault
Tectonic:	Limpopo Mobile Belt
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	AD00017
DEP	10003696
Reference	KEY, R.M., 1980. STRATIFORM MANGANESE MINERALISATION IN THE PALAPYE GROUP CENTRAL-EASTERN BOTSWANA. PROC 5TH SYMP. IAGOD, 607-61
Reporter	Pracejus, Bernard.M.