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): |
Ganderowe Falls |
Political location(s): |
Zimbabwe |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; diss/joint fillings/conc on shear planes in grits |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | greywacke (grey and green) grit sandstone shale | Host rock stratigraphy: | Nyangadze Formation, Sijarira Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) diss/joint fillings/conc on shear planes in grits; several occurrences: Ganderowe, Ganderowe East, Kudu, & Tengwe form 10-km belt |
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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