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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