Mine detail: Valozoro, Madagascar

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Location: Madagascar, Africa
Lat / long: -21.84667, 47.21778
dep_id: 10079583
mrds_id: W029617
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Garnierite, Serpentine
orebody_fm: WEDGE, BLANKET
work_type: Surface
alteration: Serpentinization, Alteration Zone Varies From Nil To 15 Meter.
Reporter: Saam, Henning G.
hrock_unit: Metasediments
hrock_type: Harzburgite,Mica Schist,Gneiss
arock_unit: Harzburgite
arock_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.
discr: Ungine
References:
  • 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
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