Mine detail: Madziwa

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.03041, 31.45132

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Secondary:	Cobalt
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Polydymite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chlorite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1958

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1967

Geology

Host rock:	Madziwa Complex;
Host type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Archaean Greenstone Belt, Mafic Andultramafic Rocks In Cratonic Environment
Tectonic:	Precambrian Greenstone Belt

References

MRDS	W029609
DEP	10079577
Reference	{Deposit:: H.D.PETERS: NICKEL,1975}{Deposit:: TAUPITZ K.CH.: DER BERGBAU RHODESIENS}{Deposit:: MINING IN RHODESIA (1968)}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.}{Other Database:: ISMI}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J.