CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
393 Zimbabwe 17.09.30 S -- 029.10 E Badze River Cu
 
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): Badze River
Political location(s): Zimbabwe
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; disseminated in grey shales lens within mauve shal
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone
Individual lithologies:shale (grey)
Host rock stratigraphy:Jinga Formation, Sijarira Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated in grey shales lens within mauve shale; peneconcordant deposit/Cu minerals redistributed during tectonics; Jinga fm occurs at base of Sijarira gp deposited in a submarine valley
References:
Harper, G., 1970
The Structure and Stratigraphy of the Eastern Portion of the Sijaria Group and Associated Formations in the Lower Umniati River Area, Rhodesia
Ph.D. Thesis, University of London


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