| Location: | Botswana, Africa |
| Lat / long: | -22.69678, 27.33475 |
| dep_id: | 10003928 |
| mrds_id: | AD00323 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Trace mineral: | Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Psilomelane |
| gangue: | Calcite, Glauconite, Hematite, Sericite |
| orebody_fm: | BLANKET |
| alteration: | Supergene Oxidation |
| conc_proc: | Supergene, Early Diagenetic |
| ore_ctrl: | Early Diagenetic With Dissolved Mn Moving From Underlying Oxygen-Depleted Shales Into Oxygenated, Overlying Arenites, All Of Deltaic Origin. Low Rates Of Sedimentation Postulated For A Basin Surrounded By Low Relief Hinterland. |
| Reporter: | Bolton, Barrie R. |
| hrock_type: | Argillite,Limestone |
| arock_type: | Granite |
| Structure: | Open Folds Cut By Major Faults (Trending N10w-N35w Paralllel To Fold Axes), Faulting Locally Has Steepened Dips By Up To 40. Faults In Part Controlled By Structural Trends In Basement Granites. |
| tectonic: | Intracratonic Basin Within Rift Setting |
| References: |
- KEY, R.M., 1980, STRATIFORM MANGANESE MINERALIZATION IN THE PALAPYE GROUP, CENTRAL-EASTERN BOTSWANA. IN.PROC. OF THE 5TH QUAD. IAGOD SYMPOSIUM, E. SCHWEIZERBAR*CHE VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG, STUTTGART. P. 607-617
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