Description
M.D. Mc Millan
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryAntimony, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formSTRATABOUND AND STRATIFORM TABULAR BODIES
Ore controlProbably Syngenetic Deposition
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Celsian, Dolomite, Quartz, Witherite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Argillite,Dolomite · Kapok Formation
StructureOn W. Flank Of A Nw- Sse Trending Anticlinorium., A Single Fault Adjacent - East Of The A Orebody
AlterationOutcrops Are Well Oxidized
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1963
Identification
Deposit ID10073117
MRDS IDW018949
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-27.94666, 16.76825
References
PAGE, D. C., WATSON, M. D., 1976, THE PB-ZN DEPOSIT OF ROSH PINAH MINE, SOUTH WEST AFRICA; ECON. GEOL. V 71 P. 306 - 327MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985, GRADE, TONNAGE AND LITHOLOGIC DATA FOR SEDIMENT-HOSTED SUBMARINE EXHALATIVE ZN-PB AND SANDSTONE-HOSTED PB-ZN DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-206, 17 P.MC MILLAN, M.D., 1968, GEOLOGY OF WITPUTS - SENDELINGSDRIFT AREA: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH UNIT, BULLETIN 4, 176 P.E/MJ INTL. DIR. 1975, P.