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. 2023 Aug 3;15(8):127. doi: 10.1007/s12520-023-01811-7

Table 1.

Ore mineralogy, host rocks, and lithology types associated with some gold deposits (based on a modification of Table 2, Naden et al. 1994: 44)

Type of deposit Mine Region Ore mineralogy Host rocks Lithology type Stratigraphy
Vein Commoner Kadoma Tellurides, pyrite, galena, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, tennantite-tetrahedrite Greywackes, phyllites and andesites Sedimentary Calc-alkaline
Vein Tix Kadoma Galena, sphalerite, pyrite Granitic gneiss Granitic Rhodesdale batholith
Vein Gaika Kwekwe Pyrrhotite, stibnite, chalcostibite, gold Magnesite rock Ultramafic Kwekwe-Ultra mafic
Vein Globe and Phoenix Kwekwe Stibnite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena

Globe granite

Phoenix–Magnesite schist

Granitic

Rhodesdale Batholith

Kwekwe ulta-mafic complex

Vein Indarama Kwekwe Pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, stibnite, tetrahedrite, gold, gudmundite, berthierite, aurostibite Mafic lavas Mafic basaltic
Vein Storis golden shaft Mazoe Pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite Epidiorites
Vein Oceolla Pyrrhotite, pyrite, galena Mafic lavas Mafic Basaltic
Shear Zone Dalny Chegutu Arsenopyrite, pyrite, stibnite, galena, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, scheelite, tennantite-tetrahedrite Andesites Mafic Basaltic
Shear Zone Anthens Mvuma Pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, bismuthite, gersdofite Talc-chlorite and tremolite schists Ultramafic Basaltic