Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Avondale |
Political location(s): |
Zimbabwe |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in meta-arkose |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Early Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | arkose (metamorphosed) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Dewaras Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in meta-arkose |
References: |
Anonymous, 1977 |
Provisional Geological Map of Rhodesia |
Rhodesia Geological Survey, Scale 1000000 |
Thole, R. H., 1976 |
Isotopic Evidence on the Origin of the Shamrocke Copper Mine, Rhodesia |
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 11, p. 298 - 310 |
Thole, R. H., 1976 |
The Geology of the Shamrocke Mine Rhodesia: a Stratiform Copper Deposit |
Economic Geology, Volume 71, p. 202 - 228 |
Von Rahden, H. V., 1984 |
Copper Mineralization at the Shackleton Mine Zimbabwe-Syngenetic Or Epigenetic? |
in Syngenesis and Epigenesis in the Formation of Mineral Deposits, Edited by Wauschkuhn, A.; Kluth, C.; Zimmermann, R. A., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 653 p, p. 193 - 211 |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
Estimate date: 1980; 290,299.1 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ?Grade-commodity information: | Cu: 1.14 percent | Reference: United States Bureau of Mines (Editor(s)), 1980: Minerals Yearbook 1980; Volume, United States Bureau of Mines, 3 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 1971; 2,721,554 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 1 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 1971: Modern Rhodesian Copper Mine; South African Mining and Engineering Journal, Volume Sept, p. 37 - 42 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |