Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper
SecondaryCobalt
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model13: Synorogenic-synvolcanic Ni-Cu
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlPrecambrian Bulawayan Greenstones. A Granodiorite Stock Intrude The Greenstones And A Zone Of Amphibolite And Hybrid Rock Occurs At The Greenstone-Granodiorite Contact In Which The Nickel Deposit Occurs.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueBiotite, Calcite, Prehnite, Quartz, Talc
Geology
Host rockTonalite,Diorite,Gabbro,Amphibolite,Granite
Associated rockUltramafic Intrusive Rock
StructureArchaean Greenstone Belt, Mafic And Ultramafic Cratonic Environment, A Quartz Diorite Stock Intrusiv Into Precambrian Bulawayan Greenstone And Gives Way To Altered Plutonic Rocks Of Mafic And Ultramatic Character Which Lie Against The Greenstone Margins.
AlterationAll Rocks Are Much Altered By Deuteric And Perhaps Regional Metamorphism.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10079578
MRDS IDW029610
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-18.46367, 29.41803
References
PETERS H.D.,NICKEL, 1975SHARPE J.W.N, THE EMPRESS NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSIT, SOUTHERN RHODESIAEALES V.H., MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE EMPRESS NI-CU DEPOSIT, SOUTHERN RHODESIAE/M.J. (1975) P. 263