Mine detail: Valozoro, Madagascar

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.84667, 47.21778

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Chromium
Ore:	Garnierite, Serpentine
Orebody form:	WEDGE, BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Metasediments
Host type:	Harzburgite,Mica Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Harzburgite
Associated type:	Harzburgite
Structure:	Major Orogenese Older Than 2,420 Million Years, Harzburgit Dome, 700 M Diameter
Tectonic:	Regional Metamorphism, Post Tectonic, 550 To 480 Million Years Ago.
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization, Alteration Zone Varies From Nil To 15 Meter.

References

MRDS	W029617
DEP	10079583
Reference	{Deposit:: BESAIRE, HENRI: GITES MINERAUX DE MADAGASCAR (1966)}{Deposit:: MURDUC, TH.G.: MINERAL RECOURCES OF THE MALAGASY REPUBLIC}{Deposit:: RAPORT ANNUEL DU SERVICE GEOLOGIQUE POUR 1961}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G.