Mine detail: Madziwa Mine

Previously called 'Sulphide Hill DepositAm* Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.08037, 31.83462

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Nickel
Discovery year: 1958

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, GABBROIC, METAMORPHIC
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1967

Geology

References

MRDSISM0236
DEP60000600
Reference{Deposit:: CLUTTEN, J.M., FOSTER, R.P., AND MARTIN, A., 1981, NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN ZIMBABWE: EPISODES, V. 1981, NO. 2, P-. 10-15. (RR2)}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, SOUTHERN AFRICA--ZIMBABWE: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL LTD., P. 429-433. (PA1, RR41)}{Deposit:: ROSS, J.R., AND TRAVIS, G.A., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: ECONOMIC -GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1291-1329. (PC1)}{Deposit:: POTTER, M., 1984, SUCCESS RATES FOR NICKEL EXPLORATION IN ZIMBABWE: (LONDON) INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY- TRANSACTIONS (SECTION B: APPLIED EARTH SCIENCES), V. 93, FEB-., P. 1331-1334. (C9)}
ReporterDEYOUNG, JOHN H. JR.