Commodities
PrimaryNickel
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model11: Komatiitic Ni-Cu
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formROUGHLY TABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Polydymite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
Tectonic settingArchean Greenstone Belt
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1976
Discovery year1969
Identification
Deposit ID10107361
MRDS IDW029614
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.41355, 29.25137
References
MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 21, 1974.DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.ISMI