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Hunters Road Deposit

Prospect in Zimbabwe with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024571
MRDS ID ISM0295
Record type Site
Current site name Hunters Road Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.83469, -19.16362 (WGS84)
Relative position TOWN OF HUNTERS ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Upper Greenstones; Bulawayan Group
    Rock description Upper Greenstones; Bulawayan Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.83469, -19.16362
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thin Ultramafic Intrusions Or Flows

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TORRIES, T.F., 1985, COBALT SOURCES-HUNTERS ROAD: EXCERPT FROM UNPUBLISHED REPORT, MORGANTOWN, W.VA., 2 P. (RR33)

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, D.A.C., 1979, THE ASSOCIATION OF SOME NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS WITH KOMATIITIC VOLCANISM IN RHODESIA [ZIM-BABWE]: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, PT. 2 (MAY), P. 337-349-.

  • Deposit

    CLUTTEN, J.M., FOSTER, R.P., AND MARTIN, A., 1981, NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN ZIMBABWE: EPISODES, V. 1981, NO. 2, P-. 10-15. (L11, G2A-G2C, G13)

  • Deposit

    ROSS, J.R., AND TRAVIS, G.A., 1981, THE NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: ECONO-MIC GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1291-1329. (RR34)

  • Deposit

    MOUBRAY, R.J., BRAND, E.L., HOFMEYR, P.K., AND POTTER, M., 1979, THE HUNTERS ROAD NICKEL PROSPECT, IN ANHAEUSSER, -C.R., FOSTER, R.P., AND STRATTEN, T., EDS., A SYMPOSIUM ON MIN-ERAL DEPOSITS AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND DEPOSITION OF METALS:- SALISBURY [HARARE], GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, SPEC-IAL PUBLICATION NO. 5, P. 109-116.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1984 Foose, Michael P. U.S. Geological Survey

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