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): |
Lake Ngami |
Political location(s): |
Botswana |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; in sandstone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Middle Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental marginal rift; divergent (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone; Depositional setting: shallow marine; Metamorphic grade: lower greenschistIndividual lithologies: | sandstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Ghanzi Formation, Damara System |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone; several deposits over 180 km strike length/ main deposit-Ngwako pan; host rocks are Sinclair sequence correlatives |
References: |
Maiden, K. J.; Innes, A. H.; King, M. J.; Master, S.; Pettitt, I., 1984 |
Regional Controls on the Localization of Stratabound Copper Deposits: Proterozoic Examples from Southern Africa and South Australia |
Precambrian Research, Volume 25, p. 99 - 118 |
Schwartz, M. O.; Akanyang, P.; Trippler, K.; Ngwisanyi, T. H., 1995 |
The Sediment-Hosted Ngwako Pan Copper Deposit, Botswana |
Economic Geology, Volume 90, p. 1118 - 1147 |
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Resource data: |
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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. |
20,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: drill indicated resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2 percent Ag: 60 grams/metric ton | Reference: Anonymous, 1986: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |