Mine detail: Pikwe

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.91348, 27.83474

Resource(B)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Secondary:	Cobalt
Tertiary:	Sulfur, Platinum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	WEDGE,ARC SHAPED
Discovery year:	1966

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1974

Geology

Host rock:	Amphibolite
Host type:	Gneiss,Amphibolite
Associated rock:	Mafic And Ultrymafic Rocks
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Limpopo Mobile Belt (2.660 To 2.000 My) The Upper Metasedimentary Group Is Correlated With The Messina Formation Of The Northern Transvaal, Three Main Phases Of Folding, Metamorphism
Tectonic:	Ne-Trending Shearzone Marked By The Letlhakana Fault

References

MRDS	W029603
DEP	10079575
Reference	{Deposit:: PETERS H.D.: NICKEL,1975}{Deposit:: GORDON P.S.L.: THE SELIBI-PIKWE NI/CU DEPOSITS, BOTSWANA}{Deposit:: WAKEFIELD J.: THE GEOLOGY OF THE PIKWE CU-PROVINCE, EASTERN BOTSWANA}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK,1977}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D.}{Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1979, P. 180.}{Other Database:: ISMI}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G.