Gold deposits of the Zimbabwe Province
https://doi.org/10.52349/08697892_2021_85_58_66
Abstract
A description of a number of gold deposits in the Zimbabwe Province is given. It is shown that the Main Fault is the main element of the structure of the province. It is healed by the Great Dyke with chromite and platinum-metal mineralization. Gold deposits are located in Late Archean greenstone belts and are confined to the faults occurring in echelon towards the Main Fault. Most of gold deposits are of low-sulfide, quartzvein type, others are gold-sulfide-quartz zones of vein-disseminated type, even less often zones of sulfide dissemination. Antimonite is often mined as a by-product.
About the Author
V. A. Stepanov
Scientific Research Geotechnological Center FEB RAS (SRGC FEB RAS)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher
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Stepanov V.A. Gold deposits of the Zimbabwe Province. Regional Geology and Metallogeny. 2021;(85):58–66. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.52349/08697892_2021_85_58_66
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