Producer

Selebi/Phikwe

Botswana
NickelCopperCobalt
⌖ Show on mapUSGS source ↗
Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper
SecondaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Hornblende, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1974
Discovery year1964
Identification
Deposit ID10256133
Alternate namesSelebi, Selebi-Phikwe, Selebi NorthPhikwe
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-22.00511, 27.83471
References
GORDON, P.S.L. "THE SELEBI-PHIKWE NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSIT,BOTSWANA,"SYMPOSIUM ON GRANITES, GNEISSES AND RELATED ROCKAUG/SEPT 1971. PP 167-183.HOPPE,R."SELEBI-PHIKWE:RUNNING A GOOD AND TIGHT UNDERGROUNDMINE,"E/MJ.FEB 1980. PP.55-62."SELEBI-PHIKWE:CONCENTRATING AND SMELTING THE NICKEL-COPPERORE," E/MJ. MAY 1980. PP. 75-86.VALENTINE, R.J. AND YOUNG,T.M. "OPERATIONS AT BCL,LTD.,SELEBI-PHIKWE, BOTSWANA,"PRECEEDINGS OF THE 11THCOMMON-WEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS HONG KONG1978.WAKEFIELD,J. "THE STRUCTURAL METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF THEPHIKWE NI-CU SULFIDE DEPOSIT, SELEBI,PHIKWE,EASTERNBOTSWANA".MINING MAGAZINE, IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AT SELEBI-PHIKWE,BOTSWANA, JAN. 1981, P11.GORDON,P.S.L.THE SELEBI-PIKWE NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSITS,BOTSWANA.GEOL.SOC.OF S.AFRICA.SPECIAL PUBL.3.SYMPOSIUMON GRANITES,GNEISSES AND RELATED ROCKS.1973.PP.167-187.VALLENTINE,R.J.HOW SELEBI-PIKWE NI-CU PROJECT OVERCAME EARLYPRODUCTION PROBLEMS.WORLD MINING.NOV.1977.PP.47-52.S.A.MINING&ENGINEERING JOURNAL.SELEBI-PIKWE,A RAY OF HOPE.OCT.1975.PP.14-23.COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT, COPPER STUDIES, 1/92, P.9-12.BOTSWANA RST LTD. ANNUAL REPORT,1976.MINING MAGAZINE.PROGRESS AT BOTSWANA'S SELEBI-PIKWE PROJECT.SEPT.1972.PP.237-239.*NICKEL NEWS, JAN. 2, 1993, ISSUE NO. 1/52, P. 6.