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): |
Silverside |
Political location(s): |
Zimbabwe; Nearest community: Mangula (17 km SE) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in sedimentary rocks |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Early Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartzite-sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | arkose grit quartzite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Lower Lomagundi Series |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sedimentary rocks; mined as open pit until march 1975/ then mined underground |
References: |
Anonymous, 1971 |
Rhodesian Copper Prospects |
Mining Magazine, Vol. 124 No. 4 issue, p. 263 |
Anonymous, 1973 |
Two New Rhodesian Copper Mines Inaugurated |
Mining Magazine, February issue, p. 73 |
Davidson, C. F., 1965 |
A Possible Mode of Origin of Strata-Bound Copper Ores |
Economic Geology, Volume 60, p. 942 - 954 |
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: |
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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. |
Estimate date: 1973; 907,184.8 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 1.8 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 1973: Two New Rhodesian Copper Mines Inaugurated; Mining Magazine, February issue, p. 73 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |