CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1 South Africa (Northern Cape) 28.53.00 S -- 023.36.00 E Bushy Park Zn; Pb
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Bushy Park
Political location(s): South Africa; Province or state: Northern Cape; Subprovince or locality: Griqualand West; Nearest community: Kimberley (150 km east)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: deposit
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Mineralization styles: discordant collapse breccia cement
Geological ages: Paleoproterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental marginal platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:siliceous dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:Kogelbeen formation
Mineralogy: sphalerite, calcite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite, quartz, ankerite, dolomite
References:
Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607

Price, B. J., 2011
2011 technical report, Blende Project, Beaver Creek area, Nash Creek map area, Yukon Territory
NI 43-101 Technical Report, B. J. Price Geological Consultants Inc., Blind Creek Resources Ltd., Publication code 2011-05-12, 110 p.

Wheatley, C. J. V.; Friggens, P. J.; Dodge, F., 1986
The Bushy Park Carbonate-Hosted Zinc-Lead Deposit, Griqualand West
in Mineral Deposits of South Africa, Volumes I and II, Edited by Anhausser, C. R.; Maske, S., Geolgical Society of South Africa, Johannesburg, 2335 p, p. 891 - 900

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1981; 0.59 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: proven
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 3.5 percent
Additional resourcesEstimate date: 1981; 0.04 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: proven
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 2.8 percent
Reference: Wheatley, C. J. V.; Friggens, P. J.; Dodge, F., 1986: The Bushy Park Carbonate-Hosted Zinc-Lead Deposit, Griqualand West; in Mineral Deposits of South Africa, Volumes I and II, Edited by Anhausser, C. R.; Maske, S., Geolgical Society of South Africa, Johannesburg, 2335 p, p. 891 - 900
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Reference: Wheatley, C. J. V.; Friggens, P. J.; Dodge, F., 1986: The Bushy Park Carbonate-Hosted Zinc-Lead Deposit, Griqualand West; in Mineral Deposits of South Africa, Volumes I and II, Edited by Anhausser, C. R.; Maske, S., Geolgical Society of South Africa, Johannesburg, 2335 p, p. 891 - 900
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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