CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
211 Botswana 21.00 S -- 026.45 E Makala (matsitama) Cu; Zn
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Makala (matsitama)
Political location(s): Botswana; Nearest community: Thakadu (2 km NW)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in siliceous limestones/ quartz-schists/ phyllites
Geologic province: Matsitama Schistbelt
Commodities: Cu; Zn
Geological ages: Early Proterozoic - Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental marginal basin; unstated (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; quartzite-carbonate; Depositional setting: shallow marine; Metamorphic grade: greenschist
Individual lithologies:limestone (siliceous)
quartzite (calcareous)
Host rock stratigraphy:Matsitama Schist
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in siliceous limestones/ quartz-schists/ phyllites; near surface mineralization poorly developed/ oxides not important; traced over 1200 m along strike downdip extension to at least 650 m
References:
Baldock, J. W.; Hepworth, J. V.; Marengwa, B. S., 1976
Gold, Base Metals and Diamonds in Botswana
Economic Geology, Volume 71, p. 139 - 156

Baldock, J. W., 1977
Resources Inventory of Botswana: Metallic Minerals, Mineral Fuels and Diamonds
Mineral Resources Report, Botswana Geological Survey Department, Publication code 4, 65 p.

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1977; 5,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: drill indicated minimum resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.1 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1977: Resources Inventory of Botswana; Report, Publication code 4
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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