Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper
TertiaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model11: Komatiitic Ni-Cu
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlArchaean Greenstone Belt, Ultrabasics
Materials
Ore mineralsIlmenite, Magnetite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockDunite,Serpentinite,Komatiite (Ultramafite) · Shamvaian Formation;Bulawayan Formation
Associated rockDunite · Ultramafics
StructureArchaean Greenstone Belt, Precambrian Mafic And Ultramafic Rocks In A Cratonic Environment, Traverse Faults Trend Obliquely Across The Ultrabsic Rocks, Quartz Diorite Stock Intrusive Into Precambrian Bulawan Greenstones, Of Bulawan System. The Rocks Are Isoclinaly Folded.Faults.
Tectonic settingArchaean Greenstone Belt
AlterationSerpentinization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1968
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10079576
MRDS IDW029608
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.29706, 31.33465
References
PETERS H.D., NICKEL,1975ROEX D.H.LE, NICKEL DEPOSIT ON THE TROJAN CLAIMS, BINDURA DISTRICT, S. RHODESIASCALLAN R.J., TROJAN NICKEL, VEIL IS LIFTED ON BIG BINDURA OPERATIONS.DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.