The Patchway Gold Mine : a mineragraphic and petrographic examination of ore from the Patchway Gold Mine, Rhodesia, and an appraisal of the relationship between gold mineralisation and geological structure

Title: The Patchway Gold Mine : a mineragraphic and petrographic examination of ore from the Patchway Gold Mine, Rhodesia, and an appraisal of the relationship between gold mineralisation and geological structure
Creator: Ward, J H W
ThesisAdvisor: Eales, Hugh V
Subject: Gold ores -- Geology -- Zimbabwe
Subject: Petrology -- Zimbabwe
Subject: Geology -- Zimbabwe
Subject: Ores -- Zimbabwe
Subject: Gold mines and mining -- Zimbabwe
Date: 1969
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MSc
Identifier: vital:5069
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013471
Description: A remarkable correlation between hydrothermal gold mineralisation and geological structure is discussed. The mineralisation occurs in vein quartz which occupies a fissure in Archaean greenstones of the Basement Complex in Rhodesia, It has been determined that gold which is silver-rich is typical of low-grade ore, and is associated in space with sulphides that crystallised early in paragenesis. Silver-poor gold is characteristic of highgrade ore which is concentrated along the crestal zone of anticlinal warps in the fissure. It is suggested that the local pattern of fracturing and folding is related to fundamental wrench faulting.
Format: 147 pages, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Science, Geology
Language: English
Rights: Ward, J H W

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